Battle Cruiser (video game)
{{Short description|1987 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Battle Cruiser
| image = Battle Cruiser video game box.png
| developer =
| publisher = Strategic Simulations
| designer = Gary Grigsby
| released = 1987
| genre = Computer wargame
| platforms = Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
}}
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.{{cite magazine | author=Emrich, Alan | title=The Pioneering Spirit of a Wargame Guru | date=September 1995 | issue=134 | magazine=Computer Gaming World | pages=201, 202, 204 }} 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
{{Video game reviews
| rev1 = Computer Play
| rev1Score = 6.4/10{{cite journal | author=Miller, J. L. | title=The Wargamer's Desk Reference | date=January 1989 | journal=Computer Play | pages=34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42 }}
| rev2 = Current Notes
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal | author=Brooks, M. Evan | date=June 1987 | title=Battle Bytes; Battle Cruiser, by SSI | journal=Current Notes | volume=7 | number=5 | pages=44, 46 }}
| rev3 = Page 6
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}
}}
Reviewing Battle Cruiser for Computer Gaming World, Bob Proctor called it "the exact same game [as Warship] with new Ship and Weapon Tables."{{cite magazine | author=Proctor, Bob | title=Battle Cruiser | issue=38 | date=June–July 1987 | magazine=Computer Gaming World | pages=30, 31 }} 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".{{cite journal | author1=Moore, Rich | author2=Stanoch, John | title=Call to Wargames | journal=Antic | date=March 1988 | volume=6 | number=11 | pages=10, 14 }}
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."{{cite journal | author=Brooks, M. Evan | title=Wargames | journal=Page 6 | issue=31 | date=January–February 1988 | pages=12–16 }} 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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{MobyGames|/battle-cruiser}}
- [https://archive.org/details/Page6-49-Apr91/page/26/mode/2up Review] in Page 6
{{Gary Grigsby}}
Category:Ship simulation games
Category:Strategic Simulations games