Battle Cruiser (video game)

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Battle Cruiser
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Publisher(s) Strategic Simulations
Designer(s) Gary Grigsby
Platform(s) Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Release1987
Genre(s) Computer wargame

Battle Cruiser is a 1987 computer wargame designed by Gary Grigsby and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI). [1] It is the follow-up to Grigsby's earlier Warship .

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Gameplay

Battle Cruiser is a computer wargame that simulates conflict in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I and World War II. [1]

Development

Battle Cruiser was designed by Gary Grigsby and released in 1987, the same year he debuted War in the South Pacific . [2] It serves as a sequel to Grigsby's earlier game Warship , [3] adapted to warfare in the Atlantic Ocean. The game reuses its predecessor's game engine and mechanics, [1] and has been described as a "clone" of Warship with an expanded scope. [4]

Reception

Reviewing Battle Cruiser for Computer Gaming World , Bob Proctor called it "the exact same game [as Warship] with new Ship and Weapon Tables." [1] M. Evan Brooks of Current Notes offered a similar opinion, but felt that Battle Cruiser was "a better bargain". [3] In Antic , Rich Moore opined that the game's "graphics aren't great, but this quickly becomes secondary". [6]

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." [4] In his similar 1989 survey, J. L. Miller wrote in Computer Play that Battle Cruiser was "historically accurate and recommended for the naval buff." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Proctor, Bob (June–July 1987). "Battle Cruiser". Computer Gaming World . No. 38. pp. 30, 31.
  2. ↑ Emrich, Alan (September 1995). "The Pioneering Spirit of a Wargame Guru". Computer Gaming World . No. 134. pp. 201, 202, 204.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Brooks, M. Evan (June 1987). "Battle Bytes; Battle Cruiser, by SSI". Current Notes. 7 (5): 44, 46.
  4. 1 2 3 Brooks, M. Evan (January–February 1988). "Wargames". Page 6 (31): 12–16.
  5. ↑ Miller, J. L. (January 1989). "The Wargamer's Desk Reference". Computer Play: 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42.
  6. ↑ Moore, Rich; Stanoch, John (March 1988). "Call to Wargames". Antic . 6 (11): 10, 14.
  7. ↑ "Ludotique | Article | RPGGeek".
  8. ↑ "Jeux & stratégie 49". February 1988.
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