Under Southern Skies (video game)

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Under Southern Skies
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Developer(s) The Avalon Hill Game Company
Publisher(s) The Avalon Hill Game Company
Platform(s) Apple II
Release1984
Genre(s) Turn-based strategy

Under Southern Skies is a 1984 video game published by The Avalon Hill Game Company.

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Gameplay

Under Southern Skies is a game in which the player must contend with one German warship in the shipping lanes of the South Atlantic, in a strategic tactical naval wargame. [1]

Reception

Johnny Wilson reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "USS has a few relatively minor problems [...] but it makes up for them in the graphic presentation." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Wilson, Johnny (June 1984). "Micro-Reviews". Computer Gaming World. 1 (16): 30.