Sink the Fleet

Sink the Fleet is a strategy game published by Acorn Software Products for the IBM PC and TRS-80. It is a computerized version of the popular board game Battleship; In the game, two players take turns attempting to sink their opponents ships and the first player to do so wins. The game can be played by two human players or one player against the computer.

Sink the Fleet features a game board with a 10x10 grid. Each player has five ships, and the game starts with them placing each ship on the board (if there are two human players, the player whose turn it isn't will need to look away from the computer screen). The ships are an aircraft carrier, battleship, cruiser, destroyer, and submarine which take up 5, 4, 3, 3, and 2 spaces respectively. The ships can be placed in anywhere on the board in any direction (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal).

After ships are placed, players take turns attempting to sink their opponents ships. On each turn coordinates are entered for the location to fire at. The computer will indicate for each shot if it is a hit or a miss. In order to sink a ship, each section of the ship must be hit. The first player to sink all of their opponents ships wins. Sink the Fleet includes three skill levels for the computer player and also allows games to be saved so they can be continued at a later time.