---
title: "Naval Battle"
subtitle: "Aim carefully and destroy a fleet of enemy cargo ships with your tank."
date: 2016-03-29T00:00:00.000Z
category: game
url: https://phaser.io/news/2016/03/naval-battle
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Naval Battle

*Aim carefully and destroy a fleet of enemy cargo ships with your tank.*

![image](naval-battle.png)

The developer writes: "the game mechanic and it's visual style come from the original game written in BASIC for my Commodore VIC-20. All sprites and animations are made by its character set. I played it as a kid 30 years ago."

"Naval Battle is an HTML5 arcade game in which your mission is to destroy a fleet of enemy cargo ships before they deliver ammunition and provisions to the enemy troops.

You are the commander of the VIC Victory, a fast light tank used by the Mobile Coastal Artillery in defending a country against sea attacks. Your tank is armed with a limitless supply of anti-ship shells, but be aware that only one shell can be in view at a time!

You have only 70 seconds to sink all enemy ships. They are not armed, but they are protected by the gun fire from a fortified enemy battery on the other side of the bay. And they are moving with different speeds. So you need to aim very carefully!

The game ends if you fail to complete the mission within the 70-second time limit or if your tank is destroyed by enemy gun fire."

[Play Game](http://www.html5gamedevs.com/topic/21550-phaser-naval-battle/)

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