Battleship

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Rate: 2 out of 5
Difficulty: 1 out of 5
Played: 10/26

Opinion: Oooooh...Battleship. How mindless. It's one of those games that involve almost no skill and lots of luck. This NES version presents 45 battles for you to win: 1-1 through 8-5. There are extras added per level, but they're nothing to get excited about. A big difference is special weapons which are much appreciated to cut down the time of guessing.

I consider this game beat by simply winning one battle. You are welcome to try all 45 of them if you have a lot of time to kill.

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Technical Notes

Basic Moves
♦It's pretty straightforward, but use the SELECT button to shift to special weapons, and I encourage you to use them first to save time and also because if you lose a ship, its special weapon is automatically gone.

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Battle

What To Do
♦Luck will play a big role at the beginning by locating the ships.

♦After a while, there will be plenty of hits and misses. Wherever there's a spot not touched, start applying logic. An example will be if a battleship, which occupies five spaces, hasn't yet been located, look around for a potential five-spacer, and there's a good chance it's there. Do the same for others with less space taken up.

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