Home of the Underdogs
About News FAQs Contact HOTU GoogleGroup Music Manuals
Category Applications Action Adventure Education Interactive Fiction Puzzle Role Playing Games Simulation Special Sport Strategy War




Support the EFF
Welcome How you can help
Browse Games
Welcome Random Pick
Welcome By Company
  Welcome By Theme  
Welcome By Alphabet
Welcome By Year
Welcome Title Search
Welcome Company Search
Welcome Designer Search
Recommended
Welcome Freeware Titles
Welcome Collections
Welcome Discord
Welcome Twitter
Welcome Facebook
Welcome File Format Guide
Welcome Help: Non PC Games
Welcome Help: Win Games
Welcome Help: DOS Games
Welcome Recommended Links
Site History Site History
Legacy Legacy
Link to Us Link to Us
Credits Thanks & Credits
Abandonware Ring

Abandoned Places

dungeoncrawlers.org

Creative Commons License


Game #5167
Dolphin Powerboating Simulator III  
Sport   Summer

Rating: 8.75 (4 votes)

Dolphin Powerboating Simulator III box cover

Dolphin Powerboating Simulator III screenshot
Dolphin Powerboating Simulator III is the last and best game in an obscure line of sailing simulations developed and published by Dolphin Marine Systems as shareware in the early 1990s. The game, like its predecessor in this series, lets you pilot a sailboat around North America continent in several 'courses.' The game is a big improvement over its predecessors in several ways: more options (such as boat engine types) prior to setting sail, sharp EGA graphics, and a more realistic environment that takes into account variables such as wind strength and direction, water conditions, and fuel availability. The boat is easier to control despite having more dials and buttons, and each course you can sail in the game is introduced with a lengthy, nicely written briefing pages that come complete with maps and backgrounds.

Despite all these improvements, though, the game is not that much fun to play - probably because, in the absence of competition of any kind (such as 'racing' modes), it is hard to get excited over an EGA sailing game that cannot be very realistic due to technological limitations at that time. Worth a look as a historical novelty, but don't expect to enjoy it at any great length. If you are interested in a sailing game, Interstel's First Expedition is more interesting in my opinion, even if it doesn't look as good.

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: Unknown
Developer: Dolphin Marine Systems
Publisher: Dolphin Marine Systems
Year: 1994
Software Copyright: Dolphin Marine Systems
Theme:  
Multiplayer:  
None that we know of
System Requirements: DOS
Where to get it:
Related Links:  
Links:    
If you like this game, try: American Challenge: Sailing Simulation, The, Dolphin Boating Simulator, Heat Wave: Offshore Superboat Racing

© 1998 - 2024 Home of the Underdogs
Portions are copyrighted by their respective owners. All rights reserved. Please read our privacy policy.