In 1977, Milton Bradley also released a computerized Electronic Battleship, followed in 1989 by Electronic Talking Battleship. The method of play involved using pegboards and miniaturized plastic ships, and was thought of by Ed Hutchins. In 1967 Milton Bradley introduced a version of the game that used plastic boards and pegs. All of these early editions of the game consisted of pre-printed pads of paper. produced a version called Wings which pictured planes flying over the Los Angeles Coliseum. Other versions of the game were printed in the 1930s and 1940s, including the Strathmore Company's Combat: The Battleship Game, Milton Bradley's Broadsides: A Game of Naval Strategy and Maurice L.
The first commercial version of the game was Salvo, published in 1931 in the United States by the Starex company. Horseman's 1890 game Baslinda, and the game is said to have been played by Russian officers before World War I. The game of Battleship is thought to have its origins in the French game L'Attaque played during World War I, although parallels have also been drawn to E. It was published by various companies as a pad-and-pencil game in the 1930s, and was released as a plastic board game by Milton Bradley in 1967. It is known worldwide as a pencil and paper game which dates from World War I. Battleship (also Battleships or Sea Battle) is a guessing game for two players.