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The Naval Battle of Tsushima Avalon Hill (U.S.A.), Avalon Hill, 1984  

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VIDEO GAME

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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)

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The Naval Battle of Tsushima The Japanese combined fleet and the Russian Baltic Fleet, sent over from Europe, fought in the straits between Korea and Japan near the island of Tsushima. The Battle of Tsushima (in Japan, it is called the "Sea of Japan Naval Battle") was the decisive sea battle of the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905. In this battle the Japanese fleet under Admiral Heihachiro Togo destroyed 2/3 of the Russian fleet under Admiral Zinovi Petrovich Rozhdestvenski. You take the side of one of these commanders and see how well you fare in the same situation. This is a "what if" game of tyring different strategies to effect the outcome.

The game is run in turns with the computer handling weather and executing your orders. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Commodore 64

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