Periscope: My Very First Subsim

[JohnCarterOfMars]

And my father would only give me four quarters to spend in the entire arcade. That was back in 1968.

Click the picture for a video of the gameplay.


https://alchetron.com/cdn/periscope-arcade-game-85acaa6d-b830-488b-9339-928e5f52cce-resize-750.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x5rpEyA8toQ)

[JohnCarterOfMars]

Then my brother and I would play Sub Search. This was essentially a 3D version of Battleship.

https://i.etsystatic.com/31788055/r/il/5f29e8/3487948722/il_794xN.3487948722_huvy.jpg

[JohnCarterOfMars]

And finally, we would play Radar Search.

https://i.etsystatic.com/7789548/r/il/c76adb/3968129028/il_794xN.3968129028_tid6.jpg

[ReallyDedPoet]

All very cool :yep:

[Exocet25fr]

HO !, I played the first one, a long time ago !:o:03:

[Threadfin]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[Aktungbby]

And my father would only give me four quarters to spend in the entire arcade. That was back in 1968.

Click the picture for a video of the gameplay.


https://alchetron.com/cdn/periscope-arcade-game-85acaa6d-b830-488b-9339-928e5f52cce-resize-750.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x5rpEyA8toQ) That shines!:Kaleun_Salute: I played this one in Truck stop arcades in the 1970's along I-80...essentially my first submarine game:https://www.arcade-museum.com/images-game/33/sea-wolf-33301.jpg there was no TDC; more like shooting skeet!!??:arrgh!: I can get one for my mancave for $4995.00??:k_confused:

[skin-nl]

That's a very cool arcade game :up:

[Aktungbby]

Thanks! It also gives you the skill-set of simply aiming your U-boat at approx. 1000-500 yards(submrged), perpendicular to the target(single or in convoy) without using a TDC. A mere 1⁰-2⁰ angle adjustment in the vessel's direction as it passes your 0'd scope's cross hairs delivers the torpex to target. In a large multi-column convoy even a miss will often hit another column's vessel. At night, steam eels, set on high speed, nearly always hit. When passing thru the first column of stricken vessels to use the convoy as 'cover' from escorts, and use the rear tube for a 5th target even as your bow tubes are being reloaded; be mindful of the rhe eel's 300-yard arming distance. As the reduced. convoy moves on, surface at 1000-2000 carefully(some cargo ships have guns) yards and finish any burning cripples with the deckgun....as per 'Silent' Otto's maxim "one ship, one eel". Worked fabulously in SHV!:yeah::arrgh!: