Grey Seas, Grey Skies

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Grey Seas, Grey Skies
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Publisher(s) Simulations Canada
Platform(s) Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64
Release1983
Genre(s) Strategy

Grey Seas, Grey Skies is a 1983 video game published by Simulations Canada.

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Gameplay

Grey Seas, Grey Skies is a game in which tactical engagements are simulated between forces composed of surface units and submarine units. [1]

Reception

Jay Selover reviewed Grey Seas, Grey Skies and Fall Gelb for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "Both games are good simulations, and appear to be built on well researched data bases. They are both designed in presentation and content for the board gamer who now has a computer and wants to make use of its limited intelligence and rules adjudication abilities." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Selover, Jay (February 1984). "Two Simulations Canada". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 14. pp. 16–17, 45.
  2. "InCider 1984-11: Vol 2 Iss 11". IDG Communications/Peterborough. November 1984.