Previous Next

Power At Sea is a one player game of sea warfare based on the American fleet at the battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944. The American task was to capture island strongpoints by amphibious landing against opposing Japanese sea and air forces, including for the first time the Kamikaze suicide attacks.

Anyone expecting a serious strategy game will be disappointed. Power At Sea bears only the most fanciful relation to the real events of Leyte Gulf. But if you like good graphics, good sound and an undemanding shoot-'em-up, then this will be one of the best games for you! The player commands from the bridge of an American battleship, with an aircraft carrier and cargo freighter in support.

Four Japanese bases must be weakened by bombarding them from the sea, knocking out strongpoints before sending them. At any time you may have to man the guns against Japanese air attacks, or fly off an airstrike against interfering Japanese destroyers.

Picking and destroying targets in this game is not particularly taxing, nor is it very fast, but you do have to be accurate. The real joy of the game are the graphics screens of the battleship bridge, the Japanese bases and destroyers, and your own gun positions. This is the sort of game that even quite young players will enjoy, and only a killjoy would complain about its lack of realism.