ZX Spectrum

Privateer

ZX81 48K version. This screen displays while the game is loading

ZX81 48K version. Game nearly loaded, credits displayed

The game's menu

Stage 1 : Enter Elevation

Stage 1 : Enter time delay on the shell

Stage 1 : The shot didn't get to the target before it exploded

Stage 1 : getting better but being close is not good enough and now the battery knows I'm here

Stage 1 : They got me

Stage 1 : Replayed and this time I've got a shot that looks good

Stage 1 : Success

Stage 2 : start screen

Stage 2 : The wind conditions vary for each enemy ship

Stage 2 : the enemy seems to move much faster than me, they're almost off the screen

Screen 2 : That one got away

Stage 2 : yes I want to continue

Stage 2 : If enough get away then it's game over, back to level 1.

Stage 2 : Got the hang of this now. Don't stab at the navigation keys, keep them pressed down all the time.

Stage 3 : Caught one of the privateers!. This is the start of the combat phase.

Stage 3 : Combat consists of sitting there and taking a pasting as the privateer pounds you with shot after shot.

Stage 3 : That's the gun deck gone

Stage 3 : That's the crew hit

Stage 3 : That's the foremast hit

Stage 3 : in comes another salvo. I cannot fire back until Mr Bush tells me that our guns are ready

Stage 3 : I take hits to morale, the gun deck, the 'tweendecks, aftercastle, foc'sle, foremast, stern, mainmast and prow, but if I try to shoot back before the guns are ready ....

Stage 3 : Caught one privateer, failed to sink him, End of the game.