Tall Ships Overview
Tall Ships was one of those games you'd find in the later days of the Flash era, a time when simple concepts could fill an afternoon. It was a sailing race against the clock, asking you to cross the Atlantic as quickly as possible. The developer's name isn't something I recall clearly, but the premise was straightforward and memorable.
You control a single ship with the arrow keys, steering it across a vast, scrolling map. Your main goal is to reach a series of designated ports in order, but the direct path is rarely the best one. Moment to moment, you're constantly adjusting your route to skirt around hazards like rock formations, icebergs, and storm systems. You also collect flags along the way, which act as checkpoints. The pacing is tense; the clock is always counting down, and a wrong turn into calm waters can waste precious seconds. It feels like a quiet puzzle of patience and prediction, where the real opponent is the ocean itself.
