Electronic Battleship Advanced Mission

by Hasbro

Product Features

• The classic naval combat game now comes with an electronic upgrade and a unique laptop design
• Featuring a whole new arsenal of special weapons, radar, search planes, electronic battle sounds and voice commands
• This timeless strategy game is more thrilling than ever before
• For 1 or two players, requires 3 "AA" batteries (not included)

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 10.6 x 10.7 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GL1K5C
• Manufacturer recommended age: 5 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,449 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

The classic naval combat game now comes with an electronic upgrade and a unique laptop design. Featuring a whole new arsenal of special weapons, radar, search planes, electronic battle sounds and voice commands, this timeless strategy game is more thrilling than ever before. One or two players. Requires 3 "AA" batteries (not included).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beware on What Advanced Version You Buy!, November 26, 2006

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Efrain Rivera Jr. "UltraJ" (Anasco, PR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electronic Battleship Advanced Mission (Toy)

I just came back from buying the Electronic Battleship Advanced Mission game. First, I bought the one that comes in the BLUE BOX. After five minutes into the game, I could see how badly this game was done. Especially the annoying voice of the announcer that lets you know if you hit or miss a target because not only does he sounds awful but also you just cannot understand what he says. Therefore, if you are playing with the advanced weapons and use the tomahawk missile, when the game announces the spaces that you hit and missed you will not be able to tell the difference between the two no matter how many times you press the repeat button. It was so frustrating that I immediately packed the game and went back for a refund.

Then I saw the Electronic Battleship Advanced Mission that comes in the GREEN BOX and I exchanged it for that one. Wow, what a difference! The voices, the sounds, the design, everything is just excellent. Here is what you get in this new and revised game. Remember, it's the one in the GREEN BOX.

1. The original game play in a bigger grid (10 x 14), Salvo mission (You fire one shot for each one of your ships still afloat) and Target Plus One Mission, or Bonus Mission (You earn and extra turn for every hit or successful scan until you miss).

2. Advanced Weapons can now be used in Salvo and Bonus Missions.

3. The voice of the announcer is understandable. You will have NO problem whatsoever in understanding hits and misses.

4. The Attack Squadron Planes now move AND scan on the same turn, and the Planes now scan the space immediately underneath them. Beware of the Anti-Aircraft Missile Battery, the only defense against these pesty little creatures.

5. The Aircraft Carrier missiles were eliminated. Now the Attack Squadron Planes are equipped with a one-time use only missile that automatically hits every space where it detects an enemy target. It does that on the first target found only, and then it only scans.

6. The Battleship has one Tomahawk missile that hits everything in the 3 x 3 square where it lands. The now called Light Missile Cruiser has two Harpoon Missiles that covers three vertical or horizontal spaces. The Fast-Attack Sub has two torpedoes that travel from one side to the other of the grid unless it hits a target first. The Sub also has a scanner that will tell you that an enemy ship is in the vicinity but will not tell you the precise location unlike the Attack Squadron Planes.

7. The new design brings the game to eye level but if you must you can place it the conventional way. The ships are redesigned and the place where you store the pegs actually works (you know, it will not open after storage). Plus the pegs will NOT fall of the grid easily.

8. The new sound effects are cool and necessary. Before the sound of a missile launching and a hit were too confusing. Now not only can you distinguish between the two but also there are different colored lights to indicated launches, scans, hits and misses.

In my opinion, this is a great upgrade to a classic game. A small screen that will record your latest moves is still necessary. I mean, more than once we have found ourselves forgetting what pattern we choose our planes to scan and the repeat button repeats only the last sentence said. But until then, enjoy this beautiful and impressive Electronic Battleship. It actually made me remember how I felt around twenty years ago when I got the first Electronic Battleship made. I hope you have as much fun as I did then and are having now. Bye.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Serious problems with the blue box version, March 19, 2007

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Louis Reed (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electronic Battleship Advanced Mission (Toy)

I really wanted to like this game, but there are serious problems with the version that comes in the blue box.

1. The pegs fall out of the vertical board. This is a serious game play issue because you cannot tell where you have fired or scanned.
2. The voice is VERY difficult to understand.

I cannot emphasize this enough...DO NOT buy the version in the blue box. It stinks. I was able to contact Hasbro (not an easy feat because their phone line is CONSTANTLY busy, you have to wait on hold for about ten minutes and their operators hung up on me twice [accidentally I hope] before I got to speak to them), and they sent me an entirely new unit in the green box. BUY the version in the green box; it is great (just don't use it in the elevated mode; keep it flat on the table).

1 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Wroking, March 8, 2007

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Brian B. White - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electronic Battleship Advanced Mission (Toy)

I had this sent to my little brother and they threw away the packaging before discovering that they recieved a broken unit, and of course they didn't tell me in a timely fashion. Shoddy merch is not cool, anything we can do to swap it out is fine, but being over 30 days I guess you win.