- Overboard!
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Overboard! Developer(s) Psygnosis Publisher(s) Psygnosis Platform(s) PlayStation, PC Release date(s) 1997
2004 (Rereleased)Mode(s) Single-player, two-player Media/distribution CD-ROM, PlayStation Overboard! (Shipwreckers! in North America[1]) is a top-down adventure game, released by Psygnosis in November 1997, in which the main character is a pirate ship manned by three pirates in cutscenes. In gameplay, when the ship catches on fire the men jump overboard until the lifebar becomes empty.
The game is sometimes thought of as a strategy game, but it is primarily an adventure game. Overboard! also features a multiplayer game in which players compete to sink other players’ ships.
References
Frankle, Gavin. "Overboard! Synopsis (European version)". Allgame.com. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=7922. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
Categories:- 1997 video games
- Action video games
- Naval video games
- PlayStation games
- Psygnosis games
- Video games about pirates
- Windows games
- Video games developed in the United Kingdom
- Adventure game stubs
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