[Disclaimer: Good grief. The following comments regarding Carrier: Fortress at sea are not meant, in any way, to belittle or degrade either the British people, the Argentinean people, the people of the Falklands or anyone else - living or dead. The comments on this website are a light hearted view of entertainment on the 3DO multiplayer from a time before the turn of the last century. Anything that could be considered offensive is not said with that intent. Rather a half-arsed attempt at comedy. While 3DO kid recognises people of all races, religions, cultures, sexual persuasion and political beliefs and would happily embrace them all as his brother - he reserves the right, as culturally British, to take the piss - especially of do-gooder hippy tree-hugging sheep shaggers like ALC. If you find yourself being offended - sod-off.]

What is most astounding about the 3DO multiplayer, even today, is that it still manages to surprise. "Of cause it does 3DO Kid!" I hear you cry, "You're a dyed-in-the-wool 3DO fan-boy and you'll say anything to justify this blogs existence!" Maybe so. Yet who would have thought that such a derided, ignored, scorned genre of the mid-nineteen-nineties, the veritable cow-pat-zilla of video game console genres, could stump up something worth while? It's a fact: Carrier - Fortress at sea is entertaining and I learnt something. I was, without a desire to cause peoples hearts to stop - 'Edutained' by Carrier.

A phrase, and I don't wish to give credit where it's not due - but a phrase forged I believe in the mighty mind of Trip Hawkins himself*. Father of the 3DO multiplayer. Edutainment.

OK. I'm not talking bunny-girl mud wrestling entertained or Tony Blair lobotomised live on Channel 5 entertained. More like it's the last thing to watch on the interactive in-flight entertainment, entertained. Still - entertained I was.

Carrier: Fortress at sea has depth, it has breadth and it has scope. It's not solely focused on American Aircraft Carriers either. One of the highlights was a quick summary of Falklands conflict - a glorious moment in history where Britain exercised it's sovereign right to kick seven military grade shades out of the filthy pilfering Argentinian neigh-do-wells and their nefarious designs to steal land that didn't belong to them.

It covers all aspects of Aircraft carriers from history, to functions, deployments, manning, it's very good.

The menu's are pretty and well designed. The video footage is clear and large enough to see without binoculars or magnifying-rose-tint-o-spec's and even the little game of land the F15 on the carrier is mildly amusing - if not entirely technically accurate.

If you get a chance I would strongly recommend you grab a copy of this. Not at all like the other Edutainment I have seen on the Multiplayer.

Rare like the Argentinian flag at Port Stanly.

3DO kid.

*Apparently not true. Which is a pity. See below.

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