Battleship

[lolBST]

So...downloaded a copy of the old 1997? Battleship game from Hasbro to give me something to do when on a work vacation in Phoenix next week, only problem is came with no manual and there are none online that I can find. I have tried every button and cannot get the ships to rotate when placing them. Anyone got a long memory and can help me out?

[rezn0r]

However, the Classic game springs a serious leak: no strategy. Not an intensely complicated game with intricate strategic developments to begin with, it's now just a guess-fest. The reason for this? You can't turn your boats lengthwise. Try as you might, you just can't. Sure, you can move your boat from one end of the grid to the other, but only horizontally. Try to flip it around vertically and you'll find yourself frustrated. And if that wasn't bad enough, those dramatic cutscenes also show you which of your opponent's boats you just hit. So when you fire your first missile and see it hit the aircraft carrier squarely in the middle, you know you have to hit it exactly four more times to make it sink. Same thing holds true for the submarine, the battleship, and the rest.

http://reviews.cnet.com/pc-games/bat...-30984260.html

[lolBST]

Ah..that'll do it. Axis and Allies is fucked up on Windows 7 too. Oh well, Risk, STratego, and all the eumulators work, so my plan for a 300 buck glorified NES still works.