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Ship Simulator 2008 PC

Ship Simulator 2008 is another game prepared by the Dutch company VSTEP, which deals with sailing on various ships. This time Dutch developers decided to serve a much more elaborate and richer product than in the previous iteration.

Simulation | multiplayer | singleplayer | internet | LAN

Ship Simulator 2008 Release Date PC

13July2007

developer: VSTEP publisher: Lighthouse Interactive Official website

English language game language: English

- Ocean waves, with realistic ship motions

- Advanced day/night/weather system

- Large-distances trips between harbours (open sea missions)

- Multiplayer

- Walkthrough options on all new ships

- Mid-mission save function

- Visible damage on ships after a collision

- New navigation instruments, like a depth meter

- Advanced towing and mooring rope operations

- Complex and challenging missions, like chasing other ships, container loading, fire-fighting, rescue operations

- Three brand new exciting sailing areas: San Francisco, Southampton/Solent incl. Cowes, and Marseille

- At least nine new vessels, under which several ferries, a hovercraft, a massive container ship, an offshore drilling rig, an oil tanker, a rescue boat and a jet-ski

- Two cranes for container loading and unloading, which can be controlled by the player

Last updated on 05 April 2012

Game mode: single / multiplayer   Multiplayer mode: Internet  

Media type: 1 CD

User score: 8.3 / 10 based on 360 votes.

PEGI rating Ship Simulator 2008

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty.

Ship Simulator 2008 System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Recommended:
  • Pentium 4 3 GHz
  • 1 GB RAM
  • graphic card 256 MB (GeForce FX 5900 or better)
  • Windows XP/Vista
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