It's World War II, and every encounter is to kill or be killed. As captain of Battleship 88, you know that the entire crew is well trained and prepared for battle. Expertly conducted, your crew - and thus your ship - can operate as an extension of your body and mind. Only by thinking on your feet, knowing your enemy, and capitalizing on your every opportunity can Battleship 88 make it safely back home to America. Your men are counting on you.
In Battleship 88, your ship and the enemies have location based damage with health are divided into six sections. The top three correspond to the guns and cooling system. If you target and destroy enemy's guns you can prevent them from shooting. The three lower hull sections which affect the speed, buoyancy, and agility. The most important is the lower middle part of the of the ships hull which affects the buoyancy. If it gets destroyed then your ship sinks and you lose. This is also the part you want to target on enemy ships to sink them.
Your battleship is equipped with Anti-Aircraft guns and Cannons. The Anti-Air guns are useful to shoot enemy aircraft but try to avoid shooting aircraft coming towards you or they might do a kamikazi attack and damage your ship. Shooting 15 enemy airplanes calls in air support who help stop enemy airplanes from constantly attacking you. The cannons are used to shoot enemy ships. They fire in an arc above the water for a bit. Shooting on top of enemy ships allows you to destroy their guns. After the shell enters the water they travel underwater for a bit to allow you to do hull damage to enemy ships. When enemy ships get destroyed they release powerups or mines. You want to collect powerups but they could be destroyed by your shells. To avoid accidentally destroying powerups you want to aim so the shell hits enemies underwater so when they are destroyed the powerup floats on the surface and doesn't get hit.
There are many different types of enemy ships. The most common is the standard battleship that you find in most levels. A patrol boat that is faster, smaller, and harder to hit. Levels with airplanes have aircraft carriers that spawn them so you want to destroy them to prevent airplanes from spawning. Submarines are hard to hit and shoot torpedoes which does hull damage. In order to destroy them you have to shoot so the shell goes underwater to hit them.
Try to avoid crashing into enemy ships as this results in instant death. But it is fun to try to trick enemies to crash into each other. This game also reminds me of a great commercial game called Battlestations: Midway, it's old so you can find it cheap now.
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