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The Admiral Graf Spee steamed out of port and into battle in the South Atlantic.

Standing proudly on the bridge I wondered how many British ships I could send plunging to the ocean depths. Wait a minute, I'm on the wrong side...! But to succeed at this game you have to be - because your job is to fight for the glory of the fatherland.

Your pocket battleship is equipped with 11-inch guns and torpedoes and is displayed on a map of the South Atlantic. Frequently an inadequate pixel flash will occur indicating where a British vessel is.

Placing your unwieldy ship over its location and pressing S will change the display mode to a head-on view from the bridge. The range and direction of the craft is shown and when you are close enough it appears visually.

When in view, you can fire gun salvoes and torpedoes at the enemy shipping. Several hits cause them to go to a watery grave, unfortunately in less than Titanic block characters. This demise is made more satisfactory by the difficult chase that preceeds it as the enemy take evasive action.

Some ships can fire back at you but this doesn't register until you're actually hit and sustain damage, when you may even sink.

Torpedoes and shells are limited but your fuel is the most important thing to watch. Steaming about at at 25 knots depletes your supplies rapidly.

Your support ship Altmark can provide you with more materials but finding it is a matter of chance, and when you do it's not much use.

Your last resort is to scuffle the ship - but the game isn't really that bad.