Windows xp battleship game free download

Conjuring long-forgotten memories of a misspent youth. There we'd be, me and CStinky' Henderson, hiding out ind the bike sheds, pitching A4S inst C9S, D3S against fus, when we uld have been sitting in a sweaty dassroom learning about Applied retical Mathematics.

Now someone has the gall, nay barefaced cheek, to try and re-invent the eel so to speak. To update the classic, o remake that which should remain, er, unremade. Did they learn nothing from Last Man Standing? Yes, Hasbro Interactive are unleashing Battleship onto a pc near you. And the worst thing is that it looks so bloody good.

In this age of high technology, it simply wouldn't be enough to just give you a digital version of what's little more than a guessing game. Thus Hasbro's Battleship has been totally revamped, from the ground up. The basic principles are still the same - find your enemy and sink him, but added to this is a much deeper understanding of naval warfare.

Now you can move your fleet around, launch aircraft from your carriers to go on scouting or bombing missions, intercept missiles and so on. At your disposal is much more than the simple missile. Multiple types of weapons, aircraft, helicopters, awacs radars and submarines help you plan out a strategy.

Islands, oil rigs and dockyards help with reinforcements and fuel problems. Mission objectives range from the simple total annihilation of your enemy to the more challenging problem of capturing islands, escorting convoys and recovering satellites.

Basically Hasbro have done for Battleship what Nihilist reviewed last issue did for Asteroids. The level of challenge is increased with the option for up to four players to battle it out over a network or Internet server.

Because the action is also in realtime, gone is the problem of waiting for your turn to arrive before you can retaliate. You can even form alliances with other players which naturally can be broken whenever is most opportune - hey, all's fair in war and war. Pencil and paper Complimenting the advances in gameplay, Hasbro have filled the game with state-of-the-art presentation techniques. Launch a missile and you're treated to a short fmv sequence showing it taking off. Unlike many other games, these don't become intrusive - partly because they've been kept short enough not to get in the way of the gameplay, partly because there are just so many of them that there's no danger of repetitiveness, and mainly because they fit the action so well.

The layout of the game screen as you can see from the pictures on these pages has been well thought out, too. You can zoom in to see the individual ships and planes in your fleet or you can zoom out to get a more global look at things.

Enemy ships are only revealed when you can see them or pick them up on radar and everything is designed to be less than two clicks away. Battleship is just the first of a series of board game conversions see panels in the pipeline from Hasbro Interactive, and if this is any indication of what's to come, then we're in for a real treat over the next few months. Of course, I'm really holding out for a version of Operation or Ker-Plunk. So Firstly, To Ask The Obvious question: what makes this game any better than the pen and paper original?

Well, the fundamental concept of the standard battleship game has been changed in two basic ways. Firstly, fleets can now move around instead of waiting like sitting ducks for a random shell to find them, and secondly, players must use various technologies to help them find the general area of the ocean where the opposing fleet is likely to be, before they can start to even think about lobbing shells and listening for the bang. The first thing you'll notice is that the playing area is absolutely massive.

The old paper grid in which you used to hide your fleet of ships is now only one of a large number of tiles which make up the ocean map.

If you tried to recreate this with pen and paper you'd need to buy about four zillion graph pads and then you'd have Sting and loads of other conservationists banging on your door. The first trick is to find the correct tile in which the enemy fleet is located before you bother to start shelling it. To begin your search you'll need to employ long-range aircraft, submarines and even satellite photography to identify possible locations.

Of course you'll only get an indication of likely spots, as the enemy fleet is probably steaming at top knots in the opposite direction. So there's no guarantee that once you've sailed halfway across the ocean there will be anyone there to arm wrestle with.

In addition to the simple scenario of CChase me Sailor' around the massive map, there are 21 special missions for you to play such as escort missions and others where you've got to guard and protect nuclear weapons from attack.

As well as the central HQs you'll discover many islands peppered over the vast ocean which offer repair facilities for your damaged ships. This is useful because as long as you keep an eye on your damage control screen you can break away from no-win situations and make smoke for a friendly harbour, therefore prolonging the mission.

Programmed in Python 3. The download file is an installer that simply creates a folder containing the game files. The installer does not create desktop or start menu shortcuts.

An icon file is provided in the Battleship folder for shortcuts. By installing you are agreeing to the terms in the EULA. Full Specifications. What's new in version 1. Release February 1, Date Added January 31, Version 1. Operating Systems. Additional Requirements None. Total Downloads Downloads Last Week 0. Report Software. Related Software. Microsoft Solitaire Collection for Windows 10 Free. Check out the new look and feel of Microsoft Solitaire Collection on Windows Running Sheep: Tiny Worlds.

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