Depthcharge
Depthcharge is a black-and-white arcade video game released in 1977 by Gremlin Industries. The game shows a side view of a section of ocean with a destroyer on the surface and submarines passing beneath it. The player-controlled destroyer can be moved left and right and drop depth charges to destroy the submarines below.
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| Developer(s) | Gremlin |
| Publisher(s) | Gremlin |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | September 1977[1] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay
Up to four submarines may be present at any given time, each of which bears a score for destroying it that increases with its depth. Submarines release mines which the player-controlled ship must avoid by moving out of their path.
Legacy
Arcade clones
Home clones
- Depth Charge (Apple II, 1978)
- Depthcharge (Commodore 64, 1983)
- Sub Chase (ZX Spectrum, 1983)
- Submarine (ZX Spectrum, 1984)
- Depth Charge (ZX Spectrum, 1984)
- Sub Hunt (Commodore 64, 1984)
- Depth Charge (MS-DOS, 1984), text-based game
- Sub Attack (Commodore 64, 1985)
- Depthcharge (Amiga, 1994)
References
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