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SNES Super Battleship

90s SKU KIC-VGAM-0506
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Super Battleship on SNES is Mindscape's 1993 cartridge adaptation of the Milton Bradley grid-combat board game, dressed up with 16-bit naval hardware and enough strategic depth to hold its own against a living room opponent. The grey cart puts a warship silhouette against a golden sunset with a green targeting crosshair overlaid on the scene. Classic Battleship DNA, rebuilt for a console generation that wanted more than cardboard pegs.

By 1993 the SNES library was hitting its stride. Capcom had Street Fighter II Turbo on shelves. Konami dropped Contra III and Super Castlevania IV in the two years prior. Square was mid-run on Final Fantasy. Mindscape carved a quieter corner of that catalog by adapting licensed board game properties into functional carts, and Super Battleship was one of their cleaner executions. The core loop is pure to the source: you call coordinates on a hidden grid, track hits and misses, and try to sink the opponent's fleet before yours goes under. The SNES version adds a campaign mode, different naval scenarios, and enough presentation polish that it justifies the cartridge format rather than just porting the box. For the board game crossover collector, this occupies a specific shelf position: it is not a prestige RPG, but it is not shovelware either. It is a competent licensed adaptation from a period when Mindscape was doing that work seriously, and it carries both the Milton Bradley and Hasbro pedigree on the label.

Fleet command for the SNES owner who wanted tactics over Mode 7 speed runs.

This copy is cart only, which is standard for how most of these surface 30-plus years out. The cartridge shell is the grey standard SNES form factor. Condition on carts from this period tracks to the label first. Super Battleship labels are prone to corner peel and sun fade on the sunset background gradient, so look at the lower right corner where the crosshair meets the edge. Peel or creasing there will tell you how this one was stored.

OWNER VERIFY: Confirm the 1993 production year and Mindscape publisher credit against the label text on the cartridge back.

Fleet command for the SNES owner who wanted tactics over Mode 7 speed runs.
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Inspected in Las Vegas on June 2026. Each piece is a single unit, sold as inspected.

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This snes super battleship originates from the 90s era[01], represents Nintendo[02]'s output, . Each piece in the shop is a single unit, inspected by hand in Las Vegas before listing. The data manifest to the right records the fields on file for this lot; where a field is empty it has been omitted rather than guessed.

Super Nintendo cartridge for "Super Battleship: The Classic Naval Combat Game" by Mindscape. The standard grey SNES cart features a dramatic naval warfare photograph. A warship silhouetted against a golden sunset on the ocean, with a green targeting crosshair overlay. "SUPER BATTLESHIP" in large bold red and white text with "THE CLASSIC NAVAL COMBAT GAME" subtitle. Mindscape "The Software Toolworks" publisher logo on the right. ©1993 Mindscape Inc. ©1993 Milton Bradley Company, a division of Hasbro. Made in Japan.

Super Battleship (1993) by Mindscape was the SNES adaptation of Milton Bradley's legendary Battleship board game. The grid-based naval combat game where players call out coordinates trying to sink each other's hidden fleet. The video game version added a strategic campaign mode alongside the classic guessing game. Hasbro's board game properties were frequently adapted to video games in the '90s, and Battleship was one of their most recognizable brands. Mindscape. Operating as The Software Toolworks. Published several board game adaptations for the SNES. The classic "You sunk my battleship!" experience, digitized for Nintendo.

Super Nintendo cartridge, loose. Pre-owned. See photos for condition.

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