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1987 video game
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1987 video game
Battle Cruiser
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). It is the follow-up to Grigsby's earlier Warship.

Gameplay

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

Development

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

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Computer Play6.4/10
Current Notes
Page 6

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

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

Reviews

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ Brooks, M. Evan (June 1987). "Battle Bytes; Battle Cruiser, by SSI". Current Notes. 7 (5): 44, 46.
  4. ^ 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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