Battleship: Surface Thunder

See also: Battleship (game)

In classic, you can play various different versions of the board game with up to 3 other players. You can select between 6x6, 8x8, and 10x10 grids before beginning a match. All modes begin with selecting where to place your 5 ships, which can be rotated freely. Once both players have placed all of their ships (In Classic Mode), they begin by taking turns firing single shots at the opposing player's grid, either getting a Hit or a Miss. In Salvo, you instead fire multiple shots at once depending on how many ships you have active. In Volley, you get to fire again if you get a Hit. Once a ship is hit in each grid space it occupies, the ship sinks, causing the player to lose a shot per turn in Salvo. The first player to sink all of the opponent's ship wins the game.

In arcade, you control a Battleship through 3D maps destroying opposing ships, turrets, and planes as you attempt to reach the exit. As the Battleship, you can fire in 4 directions, call in a whale to douse you and remove fire, and take advantage of various power-ups that can be found throughout the game's 20 maps.

Throughout the maps, various power-ups can be collected to assist you in destroying enemies and surviving their intense fire. Armor can extend your life bar up to two times, while Red and Green health crates will restore your health. Extra Lives will give you another chance should you die. Invincibility crates will temporarily make you invulnerable to damage. Speed and Turbo can increase your ship's speed, making it easier to dodge enemy fire. Turret and Rapid Fire give your ship greater fire power. Depth Charges and Rockets allow you to take on submarines and aircraft respectively. Mines and Flame give you other options to take out enemy ships. With the Submarine Power-up, you can briefly transform into a submarine, making it so most ships, all turrets, and all aircraft can't attack you.

The game features 20 missions with various objectives. These can include rescuing a certain number of life rafts, destroying specific targets, or escorting allies. Some missions are linear paths to the exit while others feature branching pathways that offer different enemies and power-ups. As you navigate through the level, you will be faced with numerous enemies and structures, some of which must be destroyed either to complete the mission objective or to open the next gate. You can use your standard fire or any nearby power-ups to take on these enemies. Taking them out will award you with points and sometimes extra power-ups. Losing all of your health will cost you a life, in which you will respawn immediately with the Invincibility power-up. If you lose all of your lives, you must restart the mission with your points reset back to zero.