''Dreadnoughts'' was a First World War naval strategy computer game by Turcan Research Systems, and available in
Amiga
Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16- or 32-bit processors, 256 KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphi ...
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Atari ST
The Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the Atari 8-bit family. The initial model, the Atari 520ST, had limited release in April–June 1985 and was widely available in July. It was the first pers ...
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Acorn Archimedes and
MS-DOS formats.
Gameplay
Players could choose to play as The
Royal Navy or
Imperial German Navy and can re-fight several real and fantasy naval battles from the war including:-
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Battle of Coronel (With or without
HMS Canopus present)
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Battle of the Falkland Islands
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Battle Of Dogger Bank
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Battle Of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland (german: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of the Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy ...
Players may fight against each other, or against the computer and command their forces by typing in commands and sending them to the required ships or squadrons to carry out.
There was also an option to watch a computer v computer battle.
Reception
A 1993 ''
Computer Gaming World
''Computer Gaming World'' (CGW) was an American computer game magazine published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 1993. It expanded greatly through ...
'' survey of wargames gave the game two-plus stars out of five, calling it "interesting, albeit very slow".
See also
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Naval warfare
Naval warfare is combat in and on the sea, the ocean, or any other battlespace involving a major body of water such as a large lake or wide river. Mankind has fought battles on the sea for more than 3,000 years. Even in the interior of large la ...
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Harpoon (series)
''Harpoon'' is a series of realistic air and naval computer wargames based upon Larry Bond's miniatures game of the same name. Players can choose between either the Blue or Red side in simulated naval combat situations, which includes local confli ...
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References
External links
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Another article on the game at Home of the UnderdogsArticle and option to view user manual
1992 video games
Acorn Archimedes games
Amiga games
Atari ST games
DOS games
Ship simulation games
Naval video games
World War I video games
Naval games
Video games developed in the United States
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