Game Classification

Harpoon Applied Computing Services, Three-Sixty Pacific, 1989  

Informations Analyses Serious Gaming
 

Classification

VIDEO GAME

Keywords

Licensed - Naval - Real-time - Simulation - Strategy

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Licensed title

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
AVOID : explanation of this brick MATCH : explanation of this brick DESTROY : explanation of this brick MANAGE : explanation of this brick MOVE : explanation of this brick SELECT : explanation of this brick SHOOT : explanation of this brick
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Several Battleset data disks and a Scenario editor were later released.

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Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Amiga - PC (Dos) - Macintosh

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