Submarine (arcade game)

Submarine[lower-alpha 1] is a mechanical arcade game that was released by Namco in September 1979, and was licensed to Midway for US manufacturing and distribution.

Submarine
Japanese promotional flyer.
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Akira Osugi[1]
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Torpedo shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer (alternating turns)[2]

Gameplay

The player uses the yellow periscope to aim at the moving submarines on the screen. Pressing the button on the right handle will fire a torpedo, and the goal is to shoot down all of the submarines in the fastest amount of time. The farther the submarine is, the more points the player will receive, with green being the closest, and red being the farthest. The game ends when the timer on the cabinet reaches zero.

Reception

The November 11, 1978 issue of Cashbox called it ""one of the most realistic" games of its kind "ever put into a cabinet",[3] while the December 30 issue noted of the game's realistic design and gameplay features.[4]

Notes
  1. Japanese: サブマリン Hepburn: Sabumarin

References
  1. "バンダイナムコ知新「第1回 ビデオゲームのはじまり 前編」大杉章氏インタビュー". Bandai Namco Entertainment. 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  2. "Submarine - Videogame by Midway Manufacturing Co". Killer List of Videogames. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  3. "Namco's AMOA Exhibit Will Focus On Four Machines" (PDF). Cashbox. 11 November 1978. p. C-16. ISSN 0008-7289.
  4. In Review (PDF). Cashbox. 30 December 1978. Retrieved 2 August 2019.


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