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Popular Computing Weekly |
Set in the South Atlantic during World War Two, you are Captain Langsdorff at the helm of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee with the objective of seeking out and destroying enemy British ships. This is quite a good basis for a game but the implementation leaves a lot to be desired. For example searching for enemy ships is simply a matter of moving the Graf Spee around the screen, using either keypad or a joystick, towards intermittently flashing dots whilst trying to conserve fuel. Compared to this boring search, the battles are quite exciting. The Graf Spee must be manoeuvred within range and sight of the target before it can be engaged with guns and torpedos. The targets are able to return fire, with great effectiveness. Problems are the unresponsive controls, a ‘Hold' key that fails to work or else destroys the program and generally sluggish action. Greg Pearson , Popular Computing Weekly
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