Battleship Electronic Star Wars edition

by Star Wars

Product Features

• Most exciting version of Battleship for all Star Wars fans
• Choose Galactic or Republic side with rapid fire action
• 11 detailed ships including Falcon, Naboo Star Fighter, Star Destroyer and others
• Use ion cannons, concussion missiles, and proton torpedoes
• 5 great missions

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 10.5 x 10.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000067BKZ
• Item model number: 40804
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,797 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Most exciting version of Battleship for all Star Wars fans. Choose Galactic or Republic side with rapid fire action. 10 detailed ships including Falcon, Naboo Star Fighter, Star Destroyer and others. Use ion cannons, concussion missiles, and proton torpedoes. 4 great missions.

Product Description

Play Electronic Battleship Star Wars style!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too much time and money to waste!!!!, January 1, 2003

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S. L. W. "Movie fan" (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Battleship Electronic Star Wars edition (Toy)

I bought this game for my 6 year old, and was very sorry I spent sooo much money on it! When I buy an electronic version of an established game or toy, I expect it to do some of the work for me. Is that asking too much? But in Star Wars Battleship, the two players have to punch buttons to enter each ship on their side. It takes a looonnnngggg time to set up the game before you can every play. Even in the "Classic" game mode. Then, you just spend your whole time entering coordinates. It takes much longer than the old basic Battleship to play. The only thing that is fun about this version is the voices and the hits that
you make.
My son could do this game after some coaching on how to enter coordinates, but the players still have to keep track of their hits and misses with little red and white pegs. The game does none of the work and tedious stuff for you! The only electronic part of the game are the voices and sound effects. I suppose you could play this game a lot faster by just not turning it on and playing it like the classic board game.
If you are a die-hard Star Wars fan, you will buy this game no matter what I say. In my opinion, though, it is just not worth the money. Especially when a parent sees how much work and hassle the whole game is. We've had more fun over the holidays playing with the basic board game "Trouble" that cost $10.
I would return the game if I could, but the stickers are in place, and the baggies are emptied. Tough luck for me, but maybe I can help someone else avoid the high sticker price, and the hassle.

41 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the brightest penny in the bag!!, December 30, 2002

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D. R. Kaiser (California) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Battleship Electronic Star Wars edition (Toy)

Electronic Battleship Star Wars Edition. The thought of a Star Wars Battleship and was so thrilled I went out and exchanged the Advanced Mission Battleship I got for Christmas for it. Instead of ships you have 6 distinct Imperial ships and 6 distinct Republic ships that are made of a rubber like material that can get deformed in shape since not plastic. For the Republic you have the Star Cruiser(AC Carrier), Millennium Falcon(Battleship), X Wing(Submarine), Naboo Star Fighter(Destroyer), and the Jedi Star Fighter(Patrol). For the Imperial you have the Star Destroyer, Sith Infiltrator, Tie Interceptor, Droid Star Fighter, and Slave 1. The unit itself has its own Star Wars colors and backrounds to it. Where you put your ships you have Outerspace instead of water. The unit is black instead of grey. You have the same blue, red, and white pegs though. OK on to the game. Having played the Advanced Missions Battleship you will see a slight difference with Star Wars. For example:

Advanced: Submarine - unlimited sonar sweeps 9 holes without knowing exact location
Star Wars: Jedi Star Fighter - 3 sonar scans per game 9 holes without knowing exact location
Advanced: Jets - move around board and scan in 2 different patterns with exact knowledge of location on ships.
Star Wars: Nothing
Star Wars does add something though that Advanced Missions doesnt have and thats the Super Laser Cannon. Its nice but worthless at the same time. What it does is destroy a whole ship if hit with this cannon. So you shoot at one specific peg and if there happens to be a ship there the ship is destroyed even if its the first time hitting this ship. But it has to be in that one peg you shoot at, not around it. You only get to shoot this once per game. It has the same gameplay in everything else though with Classic, Salvo, and Bonus missions. Advanced is just different. I didnt know this at first and was a little bummed I didnt have little jets to fly around and scan for things as well as unlimited sonar sweeps. If I had a choice I would have kept the Advanced Missions now that I know. Its a fun game and a nice concept with Star Wars and a must buy if a Star Wars fan but if you have played the Advanced Mission and love that game play then this is a little different.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a pain!, January 5, 2005

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S. Mayo - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Battleship Electronic Star Wars edition (Toy)

Absolutely terrible. I can understand that the game doesn't know where the ships got put automatically - that takes some additional electronics to achieve. But would it have killed them to put in a bunch of cheap 2-color LEDs, to keep track of when you hit and when you missed? Would it have been so hard to make the voice clear and understandable? Why can't you press any buttons until the voice stops speaking each prompt - which slows the game to a crawl as you sit there, waiting for it to finish saying the same stock phrases, over and over? Who playtested this thing, anyway?

Also, ships are poorly constructed - they sit on little stands and they fall off the stands easily - and you have to take them off the stands to pack the game up, so glue isn't an option.

Basically, this is 1.25$ worth of badly engineered electronics in a $49 plastic box, made frustrating to play. NOT a good deal.