Power At Sea

	European cover art
Developer(s)	Distinctive Software
Publisher(s)	EU: Accolade; : NA;
Composer(s)	Kris Hatlelid; Patrick Payne
Platform(s)	Commodore 64
Release	EU: 1988; NA: 1988;
Genre(s)	Submarine simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player

Power At Sea is a video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Accolade in 1988 for the Commodore 64.

Gameplay[]

It is a simulation of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in which the Japanese attempt to capture the Pacific during World War II. The player commands a battleship, an aircraft carrier, and a troop ship, to launch naval gun barrages against enemy cave emplacements and direct assault forces to capture beachheads in enemy-held territory.^[2]

Reception[]

In 1988, Dragon gave the game 3 out of 5 stars.^[2] A 1991 Computer Gaming World survey of strategy and war games gave it one star out of five, criticizing the game's abridged order of battle and arcade combat.^[3]

Reviews[]

Computer and Video Games - Apr, 1988
Zzap! - May, 1988
The Games Machine - May, 1988
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Apr, 1988
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) - May, 1988
Computer Gaming World - Dec, 1991

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Power At Sea at GameFAQs
^ ^a ^b Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (October 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (138): 70–75.
^ Brooks, M. Evan (December 1991). "Computer Strategy and Wargames: The 1900–1950 Epoch / Part II (M-Z) of an Annotated Paiktography". Computer Gaming World. p. 126. Retrieved 18 November 2013.

External links[]

[gamefaqs-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Power At Sea at GameFAQs

[Dragon138-2] Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (October 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (138): 70–75.

[brooks199112-3] Brooks, M. Evan (December 1991). "Computer Strategy and Wargames: The 1900–1950 Epoch / Part II (M-Z) of an Annotated Paiktography". Computer Gaming World. p. 126. Retrieved 18 November 2013.

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