<s>
Bismarck	B-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Personal	O
Software	O
Services	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Mirrorsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
in	O
1987	O
for	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
home	O
computers	O
in	O
both	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
control	O
either	O
the	O
German	O
battleship	O
Bismarck	B-Application
or	O
command	O
the	O
pursuing	O
fleet	O
of	O
Royal	O
Navy	O
ships	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
during	O
the	O
Last	O
battle	O
of	O
the	O
battleship	O
Bismarck	B-Application
of	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
and	O
revolves	O
around	O
the	O
Bismarck	B-Application
attempting	O
to	O
escape	O
a	O
pursuing	O
fleet	O
of	O
Royal	O
Navy	O
ships	O
,	O
who	O
desire	O
to	O
avenge	O
the	O
deaths	O
of	O
1,412	O
men	O
in	O
the	O
sinking	O
of	O
the	O
flagship	O
and	O
"	O
pride	O
of	O
the	O
Royal	O
Navy	O
"	O
,	O
HMS	O
Hood	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
and	O
takes	O
place	O
during	O
the	O
Last	O
battle	O
of	O
the	O
battleship	O
Bismarck	B-Application
on	O
27	O
May	O
1941	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
battle	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
Battle	O
of	O
the	O
Denmark	O
Strait	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
Kriegsmarine	O
ships	O
Bismarck	B-Application
and	O
Prinz	O
Eugen	O
sank	O
the	O
Royal	O
Navy	O
flagship	O
,	O
HMS	O
Hood	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
deaths	O
of	O
1,412	O
men	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incensed	O
by	O
the	O
loss	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
pride	O
of	O
the	O
Royal	O
Navy	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
British	O
force	O
was	O
dispatched	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
pursue	O
and	O
destroy	O
the	O
Bismarck	B-Application
and	O
its	O
support	O
ship	O
,	O
the	O
Prinz	O
Eugen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
will	O
only	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
Bismarck	B-Application
itself	O
,	O
and	O
must	O
defend	O
themselves	O
against	O
Royal	O
Navy	O
and	O
Royal	O
Air	O
Force	O
attacks	O
if	O
compromised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
British	O
side	O
is	O
chosen	O
,	O
then	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
command	O
the	O
hunting	O
Royal	O
Navy	O
fleet	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
search	O
and	O
destroy	O
the	O
Bismarck	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
controlling	O
the	O
Bismarck	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
will	O
be	O
reported	O
of	O
hostile	O
British	O
U-boat	B-Operating_System
sightings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
controlling	O
the	O
Royal	O
Navy	O
fleet	O
,	O
they	O
will	O
be	O
told	O
of	O
radio	O
intercepts	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
pinpoint	O
the	O
Bismarcks	B-Application
approximate	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
Bismarck	B-Application
has	O
been	O
intercepted	O
or	O
compromised	O
by	O
Royal	O
Navy	O
ships	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
will	O
automatically	O
shift	O
to	O
an	O
arcade	O
sequence	O
which	O
will	O
give	O
the	O
player	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
defend	O
the	O
ship	O
against	O
a	O
British	O
attack	O
,	O
or	O
alternatively	O
,	O
if	O
playing	O
as	O
the	O
British	O
,	O
the	O
sequence	O
is	O
utilised	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	O
Bismarck	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lower	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
displays	O
a	O
diagrammatic	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
ship	O
from	O
the	O
side	O
chosen	O
(	O
Bismarck	B-Application
or	O
Royal	O
Navy	O
ships	O
)	O
;	O
the	O
diagram	O
will	O
change	O
colours	O
once	O
the	O
ship	O
receives	O
damage	O
from	O
shelling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bismarck	B-Application
is	O
able	O
to	O
withstand	O
99	O
points	O
of	O
damage	O
;	O
internal	O
fires	O
may	O
break	O
out	O
during	O
battle	O
and	O
will	O
risk	O
destroying	O
the	O
ship	O
if	O
the	O
fires	O
are	O
not	O
contained	O
quickly	O
enough	O
or	O
if	O
they	O
reach	O
fuel	O
tanks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Buckingham	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gamer	O
considered	O
Bismarck	B-Application
the	O
best	O
game	O
Personal	O
Software	O
Studios	O
had	O
released	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
that	O
the	O
two	O
genres	O
of	O
strategy	O
and	O
action	O
work	O
"	O
very	O
well	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Berlin	O
suggested	O
that	O
Bismarck	B-Application
was	O
a	O
good	O
introduction	O
for	O
players	O
who	O
were	O
"	O
bored	O
"	O
with	O
the	O
arcade	O
genre	O
and	O
preferred	O
"	O
something	O
a	O
little	O
bit	O
tougher	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
