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Encyclopedia > Battleship (video game)

Battleship is an NES video game based on the classic board game of the same game. The object is to sink the opponent's entire fleet without him sinking the player's fleet first. In this updated version, both the player and the computer gets extra firepower from military aircraft and support weapons. There are even scenarios that start a player off in a pre-played game that he must resume (and overcome a bleak scenario). This video game was mentioned in an old issue of Nintendo Power. Nes is: A municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway, see Nes, Akershus. ... pencil and paper game version The game Battleship is a guessing game played by two people. ... A rare occurance of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ... Military aircraft are airplanes used in warfare. ... The first cover of Nintendo Power featured a clay sculpture of Mario from . ...


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Computer and video games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3189 words)
The popularity of computer and video games, as a whole, has been increasing steadily ever since the 1984-1987 dropoff caused by the video game crash of 1983, and the popularity appears to be continuing to increase.
The average age of the video game player is now 29 [3], belying the myth that video games are largely a diversion for teenagers.
Video games are made by developers, who used to do this as individuals in the 80's (Bedroom Coders), but now are almost always a large team consisting of designers, graphic designers and other artists, programmers, sound designers, musicians, and other technicians.
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