BattleShip

Moby ID: 176095

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Released: 1979 on Xerox Alto
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Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Pacing: Turn-based
Interface: Direct control
Vehicular: Naval / watercraft

Business Model: Freeware / Free-to-play / Public Domain
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard, Mouse
Multiplayer Options: LAN
Number of Online Players: 2 Players

See Also

Battleship (1974 on Wang 2200)
Battleship (1976 on TI Programmable Calculator)
Battleship (1977 on Motorola 6800)
Battleship (1978 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Battleship (1978 on TI Programmable Calculator)
Battleship (1979 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Battleship (1979 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Battleship (1979 on Cybervision)
Battleship (1979 on TI Programmable Calculator)
Battleship (1979 on TRS-80)
Battleship (1982 on Apple II)
Battleship (1987 on Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum...)
Battleship (1991 on DOS)
Battleship (1991 on CD-i)
Battleship (1992 on Windows 3.x)
Battleship (1993 on NES, Game Gear)
Battleship (1998 on DOS, Windows, Windows 3.x)
Battleship (2009 on Xbox 360)
Battleship (2009 on iPhone, 2011 on iPad, Kindle Classic...)
Battleship (2012 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Battleship (2012 on Nintendo DS, Wii, Nintendo 3DS)
Battleship (2016 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4)

Description

BattleShip is an implementation of the classic board game. Players take turn guessing the location of a ship from the enemy fleet in a grid. The ship have different sizes and each player has five they have hidden in their grid. This implementation s played over the network and requires two human players. The interface is entirely mouse-driven, benefiting from the Xerox Alto's technical capabilities.

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Genre: Board game - Battleship

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MobyGames ID: 176095

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Game added by vedder.

Game added December 1, 2021. Last modified February 22, 2023.