BISMARCK
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On the evening of 24th May 1941, HMS Hood took a direct hit in her magazine. Of the 1415 men on 
board, only 3 escaped with their lives. BISMARCK had claimed her first kill...

THE FEATURES

GAME CONTROLS

Full joystick control	
"Set Battles" option
Icon driven	
Save game
Variable speed game	
Real Time action
Variable difficulty level

FLEET CONTROLS

Main map screen	
Weather forecasting
Air reconnaissance screen

SHIP CONTROLS

Visual search from bridge	
Allocate damage control via
Radar search	
Fully detailed plan views
Control heading, speed etc.	
Torpedo attacks
Fire heavy guns	(destroyers only)
Control anti-aircraft guns 
Fairey Swordfish flight simulator


The PSS Wargamers Series - Living Wargames.

The PSS Wargamers Series has been created for those people who enjoy a stimulating and thought 
provoking game as well as an exciting one requiring all your arcade game reflexes.

Historically they are as accurate as possible, allowing you to recreate actual events and examine 
"what if" situations. That is not to say they are not exciting - we also incorporate optional 
arcade simulation screens allowing you to fly fighter planes, drive tanks, command destroyers etc 
in the actual combat situations that you set up via the main game.

BISMARCK

In April 1941, German submarines and aircraft sank a total of 687,901 tons of merchant shipping in 
the Atlantic. In May, these vital convoy routes from America, so essential to the British war effort 
in Europe, were to come under an even greater threat. The German navy had completed the sea trials 
of the largest battleship in the world. “Bismarck”, displacing more than 53,000 tons was due to sail 
from Gedynia harbour on May 18th on what was to be her one and only voyage.

The British Admiralty committed the entire home fleet of more than 30 ships, including 6 battleships, 
6 heavy cruisers and 2 aircraft carriers to the sole task of finding and sinking the Bismarck.

On the evening of 24th May, HMS Hood, a much loved and the largest ship in the British Navy, took 
a direct hit in her magazine. Of the 1,415 men aboard, only 3 escaped with their lives. Bismarck had 
claimed her first kill.

After two more days of hide and seek in mid Atlantic, she was attacked by Swordfish aircraft from 
HMS Ark Royal. Her rudder was damaged beyond repair and she was left a virtual sitting target. At 
10.36 on the morning of the 27th, Bismarck was finally sunk some 30 miles west of Brest.

The hunt was over.

BISMARCK - THE GAME

In this real simulation, the player can either command the Bismarck and try and escape the pursuing 
British fleet, or command the British ships in their search for the largest battleship in the world, 
and sink her before she escapes into the Atlantic to wreak havoc with the convoys. In either case 
the computer controls the opposition.


DESIGNED BY: ALAN STEEL
GRAPHIC HELP: PAUL HUTCHINSON
MUSIC BY: SOFTMACHINE