Dreadnoughts (video game) explained

Platform:	Amiga, Atari ST, Acorn Archimedes, MS-DOS
Developer:	Dr. Peter Turcan
Publisher:	Turcan Research Systems
Genre:	Ship simulation, strategy
Released:	1992

Dreadnoughts was a First World War naval strategy computer game by Turcan Research Systems, and available in Amiga, Atari ST, 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:-

• Battle of Coronel (With or without HMS Canopus present)
• Battle of the Falkland Islands
• Battle Of Dogger Bank
• Battle Of Jutland

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 survey of wargames gave the game two-plus stars out of five, calling it "interesting, albeit very slow".^[1]

See also

• Naval warfare
• Harpoon (series)

External links

• • Another article on the game at Home of the Underdogs

Notes and References

1. Brooks' Book of Wargames: 1900-1950, A-P . Computer Gaming World . September 1993 . 30 July 2014 . Brooks, M. Evan . 118.