diff --git a/public/assets/fx/8bit-action.mp3 b/public/assets/fx/8bit-action.mp3
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diff --git a/public/assets/fx/8bit-activate.mp3 b/public/assets/fx/8bit-activate.mp3
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diff --git a/public/assets/fx/8bit-move.mp3 b/public/assets/fx/8bit-move.mp3
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diff --git a/public/src/games/battleship/BattleshipGame.js b/public/src/games/battleship/BattleshipGame.js
index 9d7ebe3..a326cb5 100644
--- a/public/src/games/battleship/BattleshipGame.js
+++ b/public/src/games/battleship/BattleshipGame.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export default class BattleshipGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     // Player — bottom-right margin.
     this.plrX = RX + GRID + (GAME_WIDTH - (RX + GRID)) / 2;
     this.plrY = 740;
-    createPlayerPortrait(this, this.plrX, this.plrY, r, DEPTH.ui, 'Battleship');
+    createPlayerPortrait(this, this.plrX, this.plrY, r, DEPTH.ui, 'BattleshipGame');
     this.add.text(this.plrX, this.plrY - r - 12, auth.user?.username ?? 'You', {
       fontFamily: '"Julius Sans One"', fontSize: '20px', color: COLORS.textHex,
       wordWrap: { width: 240 }, align: 'center',
@@ -373,11 +373,7 @@ export default class BattleshipGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     const w = piece.horizontal ? piece.spec.len * CELL : CELL;
     const h = piece.horizontal ? CELL : piece.spec.len * CELL;
     piece.container.setSize(w, h);
-    // Our hull graphics are top-left anchored (local 0,0 → w,h), but Phaser's
-    // input normalizes the hit test by a Container's displayOrigin, which is
-    // hardcoded to (width/2, height/2). Offset the hit area by the same amount
-    // so the clickable zone lines up with the visible ship instead of sitting
-    // up-and-left of it.
+    piece.container.removeInteractive();
     piece.container.setInteractive(
       new Phaser.Geom.Rectangle(w / 2, h / 2, w, h), Phaser.Geom.Rectangle.Contains);
     this.input.setDraggable(piece.container);
@@ -423,6 +419,8 @@ export default class BattleshipGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   }
 
   onShipDragStart(piece) {
+    if (this.gs.phase !== 'placement') return;
+    this.tweens.killTweensOf(piece.container);
     this.activeShip = piece;
     if (piece.placed) { piece.placed = false; this.syncFleetFromPieces(); this.updateReadyButton(); }
     piece.container.setScale(1).setDepth(DEPTH.missile);
@@ -745,10 +743,26 @@ export default class BattleshipGame extends Phaser.Scene {
       if (res.result === 'sunk') this.onShipSunk(res.ship, firedByPlayer);
       if (this.opponentPortrait) this.playOppEmotion(firedByPlayer ? 'upset' : 'happy');
     }
-    this.renderMarkers();
+    this.drawImpactMarker(firedByPlayer, res);
     this.refreshFleetPanels();
   }
 
+  drawImpactMarker(firedByPlayer, res) {
+    const g = firedByPlayer ? this.enemyMarkers : this.yourMarkers;
+    const ox = firedByPlayer ? EX : RX;
+    const x = ox + res.c * CELL + CELL / 2;
+    const y = BY + res.r * CELL + CELL / 2;
+    if (res.result === 'miss') {
+      g.fillStyle(0x0a1a22, 0.5); g.fillCircle(x, y, 9);
+      g.fillStyle(C.miss, 0.95); g.fillCircle(x, y, 7);
+      g.lineStyle(1, 0x88a6b2, 0.8); g.strokeCircle(x, y, 7);
+    } else {
+      g.fillStyle(C.hit, 0.25); g.fillCircle(x, y, 16);
+      g.fillStyle(C.hit, 1); g.fillCircle(x, y, 10);
+      g.fillStyle(C.hitGlow, 1); g.fillCircle(x, y, 5);
+    }
+  }
+
   splash(x, y) {
     const ripple = this.add.graphics().setDepth(DEPTH.fx);
     const prox = { p: 0 };
diff --git a/public/src/games/risk/RiskGame.js b/public/src/games/risk/RiskGame.js
index 4229792..4d508c9 100644
--- a/public/src/games/risk/RiskGame.js
+++ b/public/src/games/risk/RiskGame.js
@@ -389,21 +389,27 @@ export default class RiskGame extends Phaser.Scene {
 
     if (s.phase === 'attack') {
       if (s.owner[id] === seat && s.armies[id] >= 2 && ADJ[id].some((t) => s.owner[t] !== seat)) {
+        playSound(this, SFX.EIGHTBIT_SELECT);
         this.selFrom = id; this.render(); return;
       }
-      if (this.selFrom != null && canAttack(s, seat, this.selFrom, id)) { this.doHumanAttack(this.selFrom, id); return; }
+      if (this.selFrom != null && canAttack(s, seat, this.selFrom, id)) {
+        playSound(this, SFX.EIGHTBIT_ACTIVATE);
+        this.doHumanAttack(this.selFrom, id); return;
+      }
       this.selFrom = null; this.render(); return;
     }
 
     if (s.phase === 'fortify') {
       if (this.selFrom == null) {
         if (s.owner[id] === seat && s.armies[id] >= 2 && connectedOwned(s, seat, id).length > 0) {
+          playSound(this, SFX.EIGHTBIT_SELECT);
           this.selFrom = id; this.render();
         }
         return;
       }
       if (id === this.selFrom) { this.selFrom = null; this.render(); return; }
       if (s.owner[id] === seat && connectedOwned(s, seat, this.selFrom).includes(id)) {
+        playSound(this, SFX.EIGHTBIT_ACTION);
         const from = this.selFrom, to = id;
         this.openMoveModal(1, s.armies[from] - 1, s.armies[from] - 1, async (n) => {
           this.selFrom = null;
@@ -937,8 +943,9 @@ export default class RiskGame extends Phaser.Scene {
       const progress = { t: 0 };
       this.tweens.add({
         targets: progress, t: 1, duration: 1000, ease: 'Sine.easeInOut',
-        onUpdate: () => drawArc(progress.t),
-        onComplete: () => { drawArc(1); resolve(); },
+        onStart:    () => playSound(this, SFX.BATTLESHIP_LAUNCH),
+        onUpdate:   () => drawArc(progress.t),
+        onComplete: () => { drawArc(1); playSound(this, SFX.BATTLESHIP_HIT); resolve(); },
       });
     });
 
@@ -986,7 +993,8 @@ export default class RiskGame extends Phaser.Scene {
       const progress = { t: 0 };
       this.tweens.add({
         targets: progress, t: 1, duration: 1000, ease: 'Sine.easeInOut',
-        onUpdate: () => drawLine(progress.t),
+        onStart:    () => playSound(this, SFX.EIGHTBIT_MOVE),
+        onUpdate:   () => drawLine(progress.t),
         onComplete: () => { drawLine(1); resolve(); },
       });
     });
diff --git a/public/src/scenes/PreloadScene.js b/public/src/scenes/PreloadScene.js
index 6c9f2a3..3c9616a 100644
--- a/public/src/scenes/PreloadScene.js
+++ b/public/src/scenes/PreloadScene.js
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ export default class PreloadScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     this.load.audio('sfx-scifi-woosh',   '/assets/fx/scifi-woosh.mp3');
     this.load.audio('sfx-scifi-plink',   '/assets/fx/scifi-plink.mp3');
     this.load.audio('sfx-scifi-plonk',   '/assets/fx/scifi-plonk.mp3');
+    this.load.audio('sfx-8bit-select',   '/assets/fx/8bit-select.mp3');
+    this.load.audio('sfx-8bit-activate', '/assets/fx/8bit-activate.mp3');
+    this.load.audio('sfx-8bit-action',   '/assets/fx/8bit-action.mp3');
+    this.load.audio('sfx-8bit-move',     '/assets/fx/8bit-move.mp3');
 
     this.load.spritesheet('catan-special-cards', '/assets/images/catan-special-cards.png', { frameWidth: 270, frameHeight: 390 });
 
diff --git a/public/src/ui/Sounds.js b/public/src/ui/Sounds.js
index 500a94d..0c8a56a 100644
--- a/public/src/ui/Sounds.js
+++ b/public/src/ui/Sounds.js
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ export const SFX = {
   MONOPOLY_EXPENSE:      'sfx-monopoly-expense',
   MONOPAY:               'sfx-monopoly-pay',
   MONOPOLY_PAID:         'sfx-monopoly-paid',
+  EIGHTBIT_SELECT:       'sfx-8bit-select',
+  EIGHTBIT_ACTIVATE:     'sfx-8bit-activate',
+  EIGHTBIT_ACTION:       'sfx-8bit-action',
+  EIGHTBIT_MOVE:         'sfx-8bit-move',
 };
 
 export function playSound(scene, key) {