| 5th Fleet | |
|---|---|
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| Developer | Stanley Associates |
| Publisher | Avalon Hill |
| Platform | MS-DOS |
| Release | 1994 |
| Genre | Computer wargame |
| Modes | Single-player,multiplayer |
5th Fleet is a 1994computer wargame developed byStanley Associates and published byAvalon Hill.
5th Fleet is acomputer wargame that simulates modernnaval warfare in theIndian Ocean.[1]
5th Fleet was developed byStanley Associates and published byAvalon Hill.[2] It is an adaptation of Avalon'sboard wargame5th Fleet byVictory Games.[3] The team was led by Stanley Associates' Mike Innella, with assistance from the board version's designer, Joe Balkoski.[2]5th Fleet was an early piece of Avalon Hill's wider effort to rebuild its computer game branch, a project begun in late 1992. The publisher hired Jim Rose to lead the plan. Overseeing5th Fleet, Rose noted that he asked Balkoski to "tell us where you cut corners ... for playability" in the board version, and Stanley Associates would include "everything he [had] wanted to put in".[4]
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Computer Gaming World |   [1] |
| PC Gamer (US) | 85%[2] |
5th Fleet sold fewer than 50,000 units globally. This was part of a trend for Avalon Hill games during the period; Terry Coleman ofComputer Gaming World wrote in late 1998 that "no AH game in the past five years" had reached the mark.[5]
InPC Gamer US,William R. Trotter called5th Fleet "an elegant conversion of a board-gaming classic; a must-have for fans of naval war who relish action above all other elements."[2] Tim Carter ofComputer Gaming World was similarly positive, dubbing it "great fun".[1]
Stanley Associates went on to adapt the Avalon Hill board wargameWooden Ships and Iron Men into a computer format, resulting in the gameWooden Ships and Iron Men (1996).
