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The game of Battleship is thought to have its origins in the French game L'Attaque played during World War I, although parallels have also been drawn to E. I. Horsman's 1890 game Basilinda, [1] and the game is said to have been played by Russian officers before World War I. [3] In 1907 the game playing was mentioned in the diary of Russian poet Ryurik Ivnev. [4]
The Battleship puzzle (sometimes called Bimaru, Yubotu, Solitaire Battleships or Battleship Solitaire) is a logic puzzle based on the Battleship guessing game. It and its variants have appeared in several puzzle contests, including the World Puzzle Championship , [ 1 ] and puzzle magazines, such as Games magazine.
Battleship/Connect Four/Sorry!/Trouble is a compilation video game developed by British studio Gravity-I and published by DSI Games. It was released for Nintendo DS in North America on August 17, 2006 and is the fifth of six compilation video games of Hasbro board games developed by Gravity-I and released on Nintendo handhelds.
Battleships is the international title of a video game based on the classic board game. The object is to sink the opponent's entire fleet (six ships) without him sinking the player's fleet first. This version of the game had the particularity of allowing fire by salvos of up to 24 shots, depending on the number of unsunk ships the player had.
Battleship is a revision of the board game popularised by the Milton Bradley Company.The game contains several variants: 'Classic', which generally follows the turn-based rules of the board game, and the more in-depth 'Ultimate Battleship', where players manipulate fleets of ships on a larger playing field in real-time.
Battleship: Surface Thunder received "mixed" reviews according to Metacritic. [2] The game received a 7.4/10 (Decent) rating on IGN. [3] GameSpot rated Battleship: Surface Thunder 5.0/10. [4] Many praised the classic version mode and detailed ships and environments but criticized repetitive gameplay and some visual issues.
Each game turn represents 15 minutes in the battle. Elements of pre-radar ship-to-ship combat are present, including rangefinding, torpedoes, gunnery, and damage control. [ 1 ] If ships sail off the edge of the map, another map piece is placed so that the map is extended in that direction.
X-ray specs or X-ray glasses are an American novelty item, purported to allow users to see through or into solid objects. In reality, the spectacles merely create an optical illusion; no X-rays are involved. The current paper version is sold under the name "X-Ray Spex"; a similar product is sold under the name "X-Ray Gogs".