Dreadnoughts
Dreadnoughts was a First World War naval strategy computer game by Turcan Research Systems, and available in Amiga, Atari ST, Acorn Archimedes and MS-DOS formats.
Dreadnoughts
- Date
- 1992
- Genre
- vehicle simulation game
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Dreadnoughts was a First World War naval strategy computer game by Turcan Research Systems, and available in Amiga, Atari ST, Acorn Archimedes and MS-DOS formats.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Dreadnoughts. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q16962757
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Platform — Amiga, Atari ST, Acorn Archimedes, MS-DOS • Developer — Dr. Peter Turcan • Publisher — Turcan Research Systems • Genre — Ship simulation, strategy • Released — 1992
Gameplay
Gameplay
Players could choose to play as The Royal Navy or Imperial German Navy and can re-fight several real and fantasy naval battles from the war including:- • Battle of Coronel (With or without HMS Canopus present) • Battle of the Falkland Islands • Battle Of Dogger Bank • Battle Of Jutland Players may fight against each other, or against the computer and command their forces by typing in commands and sending them to the required ships or squadrons to carry out. There was also an option to watch a computer v computer battle.
History of the object
Dated record
History of the object
The full dated record · 2 entries
1992
Dreadnoughts published.
1992
Dreadnoughts is recorded as published in 1992.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- United States
Named but not plotted · 1
Dreadnoughts is associated with United States.
Country
Reception
A 1993 Computer Gaming World survey of wargames gave the game two-plus stars out of five, calling it "interesting, albeit very slow".
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 20 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Collectables
20,755 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Dread DelusionWork
- Dread Dragon DroomWork
- Dread HungerWork
- dreadnoughtTerminology
- DreadOutWork
- DreadOut 2Work
- Dream ChamberWork
- Dream ChroniclesWork
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a copy of Dreadnoughts?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.