Gunboat (video game)

Gunboat is a simulation video game developed and released by Accolade in 1990 for MS-DOS. Ports were released for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Amiga and TurboGrafx-16. It is a combat simulator of a Patrol Boat, River (PBR).
Gameplay.
The game starts out in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. When the player earns a second lieutenant's bar, the game moves on to battle the drug kingpins of Colombia. After making the grade of lieutenant commander, the player may begin patrolling the Panama Canal Zone.
The player uses the keyboard, the function keys, and the joystick to move through a number of stations aboard the PBR, including those for the pilot, the stern gunner, and the midship gunner. The pilot controls the searchlights and the ship's speed, and can identify targets for the gunners, and command the crew to open or cease fire.
Each weapon station has a specific gun type: M2 Heavy MG, M134 Gatling Gun, Mk19 Automatic Grenade Launcher, Etc. Each of the weapon is better for certain type of targets, Which in turn sometimes requires maneuvering the boat in respective angle of that weapon to the target.
Reception.
"Gunboat" was rated 9/10 in "VideoGames & Computer Entertainment". The PC version of the game received 4 out of 5 stars in "Dragon", while the Amiga version of the game received 3 out of 5 stars. A 1992 "Computer Gaming World" survey of wargames with modern settings gave the game three stars out of five, and a 1994 survey gave it two-plus stars.