Ports of Call (video game)
{{Short description|1986 video game}}
{{Infobox videogame
|title=Ports of Call
|image=Ports of Call cover.jpg
|developer=Rolf-Dieter Klein
Martin Ulrich
|publisher=Aegis Interactive Entertainment
|platforms=DOS, AmigaOS (original version)
iOS, Android (mobile version)
|released=1986
}}
Ports of Call[https://www.mobygames.com/game/ports-of-call Moby Games] is a 1986 business simulation game developed by German duo Rolf-Dieter Klein and Martin Ulrich, and published by Aegis Interactive Entertainment. It was initially released for AmigaOS. After a subsequent early release for DOS it was also made available to a number of different platforms over the years, including Windows, iOS, Android and as a browser game.[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rdklein.portsofcall&hl=en Google Play][https://www.portsofcall.de/index_de.html Ports Of Call - history and future]
Gameplay
The game simulates the management of a global freight transport company, where the player charters freight, and, using the accumulated profit, can buy more and better ships. Minigames include manually piloting your ship into a specified berth in the harbour and picking up survivors from a liferaft. The original version provided multiplayer capability in the form of hot seat.
Reception
Roy Wagner reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Ports of Call provides plenty of challenge without being bogged down with lots of economic details."{{cite magazine |last=Wagner |first=Roy |title="Down To The Sea In Ships" |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=May 1988 |volume=1 |issue=47 |pages=46–48}}
Reviews
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Mar, 1988{{Cite web | title=kultpower | url=https://www.kultpower.de/external_frameset.php3?site=asm_testbericht.php3%3Fim%3Dportsofcall.jpg | access-date=2025-04-03 | website=www.kultpower.de}}
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Dec, 1990{{Cite web | title=Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games! | url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=9923 | access-date=2025-04-03 | website=www.kultboy.com}}
- Amiga Joker (Jul, 1991){{Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_21031|title=Ports of Call review from Amiga Joker (Aug - Sep 1991) - Amiga Magazine Rack}}
- Happy Computer (May, 1988){{Cite web | title=Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games! | url=http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=138 | access-date=2025-04-03 | website=www.kultboy.com}}
- Power Play (Apr, 1988){{Cite web|url=http://www.kultpower.de/powerplay_testbericht_extern.php3?im=portsofcall.jpg|title = Kultpower.de - die Powerplay und ASM Fan Site}}
References
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/info-magazine-21/page/n11/mode/2up Review] in Info
- [https://archive.org/details/amiga-world-1988-12/page/n121/mode/2up Review] in Amiga World
- [https://archive.org/details/amazing-computing-magazine-1988-06/page/n15/mode/2up Article] in Amazing Computing
- [https://archive.org/details/amazing-computing-magazine-1988-08/page/n17/mode/2up Review] in Amazing Computing
- [https://archive.org/details/AmigaClubMagazineIssue0011988Microtech/page/n37/mode/2up Review] in Amiga Club Magazine
- [https://archive.org/details/18-commodore-magazine/page/n39/mode/2up Review] in Commodore Magazine
- [https://archive.org/details/Arcades07/page/n41/mode/2up Review] in Arcades (French)
Category:Android (operating system) games
Category:Business simulation games
Category:Games commercially released with DOSBox
Category:Video games developed in Germany
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