Broadsides
Broadsides is a video game that simulates naval combat in the Age of Sail. It was published by Strategic Simulations in 1983 for the Atari 8-bit computers, Apple II, and Commodore 64.
Broadsides
- Date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Strategic Simulations
- Genre
- strategy video game
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Broadsides is a video game that simulates naval combat in the Age of Sail. It was published by Strategic Simulations in 1983 for the Atari 8-bit computers, Apple II, and Commodore 64.
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• Title — Broadsides • Developer — Strategic Simulations • Publisher — Strategic Simulations • Designer — Wayne Garris • Released — 1983 • Genre — Naval warfare • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Gameplay
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• Illustration — Gameplay screenshot (Atari 8-bit) Giant warships circle each other, waiting for the best time to unleash a broadside upon the enemy. Cannons can be loaded with various types of ordnance; cannonballs to destroy the hull, chain shot to destroy the sails, and grapeshot to kill the enemy crew. The player can also close with the enemy ship and attempt boarding. This aspect of the game plays a lot like rock-paper-scissors, where the player controls one crew member and which sort of attack he makes with his sword. This is compared against the enemy attack, and the results are used to decrease the crew count on one side. Once one side's crew is all dead, the other side is the victor. The game also offers a simplified, arcade-combat mode in which the player fights an endless number of enemy ships.
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Computer Gaming World in 1983 stated that Broadsides "is an excellent depiction of ship-to-ship combat". It cited the "superb" combat display, good graphics, user-designed scenarios, and the choice of tactical or arcade combat as highlights. In 1990 the magazine gave the game five out of five stars, stating that it had "vast entertainment value" and "remains the standard". In 1993 the magazine gave it three-plus stars, stating that "it remains the standard... this writer still plays it on an Atari 800". While noting the incomplete simulation of tacking, Antic in 1985 described the game as "a realistic and playable simulation" of a two-ship duel, praising the "superb graphics". The magazine concluded, "I recommend Broadsides to any computer gamer".
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- 1.Article en Computer Gaming World Jay Selover 3 4 juin 1984 24-25 lang en Broadsides Replay 0744-6667 .
- 2.Article en Analog Computing Steve Panak 38 janvier 1986 101-103 lang en Panak Strikes: Broadsides .
- 3.Article Tilt (magazine) Tilt Bernadette Colson 21 mai 1985 68-70 A l'eau ? Ne coulez pas .
- 4.Article en lang en Hobby and Industry News Computer Gaming World 3 4 juillet-août 1983 5 0744-6667 .
- 5.Article en lang en Hobby and Industry News Computer Gaming World 4 3 juin 1984 16, 43 0744-6667 .
- 6.Article en lang en A History of SSI Games Computer Gaming World 45 mars 1988 37 0744-6667 .
- 7.Carl Lund. Google.com.
- 8.Article en Dave Long lang en Broadsides Computer Gaming World 3 6 décembre 1983 30-31 0744-6667 .
- 9.Article en Electronic Games Neil Shapiro 15 2 octobre 1984 54-56 lang en Articles of War: Broadsides 0730-6687 .
- 10.Article en Ken Ryall Softalk 4 4 décembre 1983 347 lang en Broadsides 0274-9629 .
- 11.Article en Evan Brooks lang en Computer Strategy and Wargames: Pre-20th Century Computer Gaming World 75 octobre 1990 12 0744-6667 .
- 12.Article en Evan Brooks lang en An Annotated Listing of Pre-20th Century Wargames Computer Gaming World 107 juin 1993 137 0744-6667 .
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