Battle Cruiser
Battle Cruiser is a 1987 computer wargame designed by Gary Grigsby and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. It is the follow-up to Grigsby's earlier Warship.
Battle Cruiser
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Battle Cruiser is a 1987 computer wargame designed by Gary Grigsby and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. It is the follow-up to Grigsby's earlier Warship.
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Key facts
• Title — Battle Cruiser • Publisher — Strategic Simulations • Designer — Gary Grigsby • Released — 1987 • Genre — Computer wargame • Platforms — Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Gameplay
Gameplay
Battle Cruiser is a computer wargame that simulates conflict in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I and World War II.
Development
Development
Battle Cruiser was designed by Gary Grigsby and released in 1987, the same year he debuted War in the South Pacific. It serves as a sequel to Grigsby's earlier game Warship, adapted to warfare in the Atlantic Ocean. The game reuses its predecessor's game engine and mechanics, and has been described as a "clone" of Warship with an expanded scope.
Reception
Reviewing Battle Cruiser for Computer Gaming World, Bob Proctor called it "the exact same game [as Warship] with new Ship and Weapon Tables." M. Evan Brooks of Current Notes offered a similar opinion, but felt that Battle Cruiser was "a better bargain". In Antic, Rich Moore opined that the game's "graphics aren't great, but this quickly becomes secondary". In a 1988 Page 6 survey of wargames for Atari computers, Brooks wrote of Battle Cruiser, "No new ground is broken, although this is the better bargain given its more extensive coverage." In his similar 1989 survey, J. L. Miller wrote in Computer Play that Battle Cruiser was "historically accurate and recommended for the naval buff."
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- 1.Article en Computer Gaming World Bob Proctor 38 juin-juillet 1987 30-31 lang en Battle Cruiser 0744-6667 .
- 2.Article en Evan Brooks lang en Brooks’ Book of Wargames: 1900-1950, A-P Computer Gaming World 110 septembre 1993 120 0744-6667 .
- 3.Carl Lund. Google.com.
- 4.Carl Lund. Google.com.
- 5.Carl Lund. Google.com.
- 6.Article en Computer Gaming World 45 mars 1988 37 lang en A History of SSI Games 0744-6667 .
- 7.Article en Commodore User Mark Patterson date=août 1987 73 lang en Battle Cruiser 0265-721X .
- 8.Article en Computer Gaming World M. Evan Brooks 88 novembre 1991 138-146 lang en Computer Strategy and Wargames: The 1900-1950 Epoch - Part I .
- 9.Article Jeux et Stratégie Michel Brassinne 49 février-mars 1988 87 lang en BattleCruiser 0247-1124 .
- 10.Article Tilt (magazine) Tilt L.S. 43 juin 1987 49 lang en Battle Cruiser: Croisière mouvementée .
- 11.Article en Zzap!64 numéro=27 juillet 1987 78 lang en Battle Cruiser 0954-867X .
- 12.Article en Analog Computing Steve Panak 56 juillet 1987 65-66 lang en Panak Strikes: Warship and Battle Cruiser .
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