Electronic Sea Battle Game, Interactive Toy for Kids 6+

Although this can be played as a classic battleship game with noises and a flashing light, the extra value comes from using enhanced versions of the game. In the "radar" version of the game, I select a point (like E 3) and press the "weapon" button. The radar will "ping" back at me. One ping means that a ship is within one location of me--up, down, right, left or diagonal. In "aircraft" mode, I get as many shots per turn as my enemy has ships in action. When my aircraft carrier is destroyed, I only get one shot per turn. There are six types of games, the original and five variations (two of which I alluded to above). A "cheat sheet" of 200 variations of ship setup is available for each side. This can be entered much more easily than coding the position of each ship. I can code the positions of each ship if so desired. When set up, this game is about 9 inches wide, 16 inches long and 8 inches high. It folds down to a flat pack and doesn't take much space for storage.

So, it basically tries to mimic the advanced Battleship game. If you, like me, have played the electronic Battleship game where you have fighter jets and special abilities for each of your ships, this is basically the same minus ease of use. The plus is this has a single player mode, which I don't remember if Battleship had Where this gets harder to figure out is there's a bit of figuring out with this game over how to set up your fleet, then how to do special weapons and such. I believe there is fighters but they are invisible basically. Also, to avoid copyright they changed the colors of the pegs from red and green (at least im pretty sure that's why they've done it) Besides the single player addition the really only other mentionable addition is the shape of the game being like an aircraft carrier, which is cool. However, the spots to keep pegs or ships really doesn't work, as there are openings where the ships and pegs fall through with ease making the slots unusable for long term storage, forcing you to use the containers that come with the game that allow you to put the fleet and pegs in. So, 3-4 stars on this one. It's ok, but even the instructions are a little complicated. So, tiny bit annoying

This game is so complex to understand and set-up. It became a source of frustration than fun. I paid nearly ninety dollars for this game, but ended up ordering the simpler thirty dollar version of "Battleship".

This electronic "Sea Battle" game is just like the commercial version you remember, but it also has a few other game modes that are fun to play. The game comes with two charts (one for each player) of 200 pre-set ship positions. This makes it far easier and faster to setup and begin playing then if you chose your own positions (which you can still do). If you use a pre-set position, you simply pick a number from the chart, place you ships where the chart indicates, then enter that number into the game. When playing the game and taking shots at each other you still need to call out your shots so your opponent can place a peg on their play-field, but the game will confirm whether you hit or miss with fun sound effects. My 10 year-old son and I played together and he was able to pick up the concepts of the game right away. We still need to try the other game modes, but for now we are enjoying the standard battle type game. Recommended for hours of fun and young kids will pick it up quickly.

This toy was fun for my son at the start of the summer but he quickly lost interest if we weren’t there to coach him. He likes the original battleship game. I could see this being fun for him in a year or 2. He is currently 7, so I’d reccomend more for the 9-10 year old age group

I was excited to find an electronic version to teach my kids like when I grew up playing battleship. But the only way we could make it work was to place the boats in the preprogrammed pattern. I could not get the game to accept my coordinates to play a custom game. It was returned unfortunately.

This is a very nice update of the game 'Battleship'. This one has all the bells and whistles and keeps the younger generation more engaged with the lights and sounds of this board. It is well made, and the directions are excellent. It is all around a good rendition of the classic game we all played when we were kits. This would make a wonderful gift. I would highly recommend this game.

This electronic version of Battleship has some fun upgrades. I love the lights and sounds and it makes the game more appealing to younger players. It is pretty easy to learn and to get going, especially if you use some of the presets. There are 200 different presets that the game comes programmed with so it is quickest and easiest to just select one of those and start playing. If you teach a younger player this game with the presets, you can be up and playing in minutes. If you want to select your own locations for the ships, it is a much more complicated process and not really fun. We had an issue with some of the pegs falling out so it was difficult to keep track of what guesses we made. It also makes this game difficult to use while traveling, which is a bummer. This game is a lot of fun and we enjoy playing it. I wish it was less expensive. It is outside of the price range of most gifts, which is a bummer.