Depthcharge
From Sega Retro
| Depthcharge | |||||||||||||
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| System(s): VIC Dual | |||||||||||||
| Publisher: Gremlin Industries (US), Sega (JP) | |||||||||||||
| Developer: Gremlin Industries | |||||||||||||
| Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | |||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||
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Depthcharge, known in Japan as Depthbomb (ディプスボンブ), is an arcade game released by Gremlin Industries for VIC Dual hardware in 1977. The gameplay is based on Sega's earlier electro-mechanical arcade game Periscope (1966).
Contents
Gameplay
Players control a battleship on the surface of some water, moving left and right in an attempt to avoid enemy mines. One button drops a depth charge off the left hand side of the ship, another the right hand side, with the objective of destroying enemy submarines below.
History
A version of the game was released by Taito in Japan the same year, called Sub Hunter, though it is unknown which version released first.
Depthcharge pre-dates the slightly more successful (and more well known) Deep Scan though the gameplay is largely identical. Depthcharge has a monochrome display and lacks any sort of radar or ranking system.
Specifications
Dimensions
- Mass: 91kg
Promotional material
Physical scans
| VIC Dual, US | ||||
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 Manual | ||||
Artwork
Photo gallery
Cabinet
