Mystery Subsim #27

[TDK1044]

Silent Hunter 5.

[Fincuan]

Finally I'm here early enough

Sea Dragon, the TRS-80 CoCo-version

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Fincuan

Finally I'm here early enough

Sea Dragon, the TRS-80 CoCo-version

Fincuan has the conn! Congrats on becoming an Ace, you are five away from your Iron Cross, mate.

Sea Dragon


About the game:

This game appeared on multiple platforms (TRS-80 Model I/III, Apple II, Atari 400/800, as well as Coco), and only two versions (as far as I know) had speech: The Apple, and the Coco version. The Coco version also featured a lot of multi-part harmony songs throughout the game, although you could shut that off during the main game (I wouldn't recommend it though, or destroying the reactor at the end is quite disappointing). The basic premise is similiar to such arcade hits as Scramble; you are going through a maze of underwater tunnels, etc. trying to get to the reactor at the end in order to blow it up. Like Scramble, once you get far enough to certain points, if you die, you will start at the new point, rather than right at the beginning. If you are good enough, you will not notice this, as it is one smooth run through the whole thing (there is no pauses between the stages). The first three 'levels' pictured above are the starting points of each stage... there are several screens worth of scrolling terrain between each of them. You are the submarine, and you have to shoot and dodge your way through all of this, and also surface occasionally to replenish your air, or you will die of suffocation. Once you get to the reactor, you have to dodge fire from two indestructable turrets, while blasting through a stationary triangular wall, and then a moving rectangular one.

I thought that one would have lasted longer but it figures there are some old timers who know what a Radio Shack computer is

(I'm going to let TDK slide with his SH5 "guess"... hah hah hah )

Next up: Mystery Subsim #28: The Unholy Adventure

Neal

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Mystery Subsim winners
The following people have won a Mystery Subsim challenge and have had their name added to the prize pool.

11/1 MS#1 - Mikekiller16 - Sub Battle
11/1 MS#2 - Fincuan - Wolfpack
11/1 MS#3 - Nisgeis - 688 Attack Sub
11/1 MS#4 - Mookie - Silent Service II
11/2 MS#5 - Contact - Steel Tide
11/2 MS#6 - To be - Destroyer Command
11/3 MS#7 - Fincuan - Enigma: Rising Tide
11/3 MS#8 - Molon Labe - Sub Command
11/4 MS#9 - Subnuts - Grey Wolf: Hunter of the North Atlantic
11/4 MS#10 - Subnuts - Iron Wolves
11/5 MS#11 - Danlissa - Navy Ops Warship Gunner
11/5 MS#12 - Fincuan - Silent Hunter II
11/6 MS#13 - gandalf71 - Pacific Aces
11/6 MS#14 -gandalf71 - Fighting Steel
11/6 MS#15 - SandyCaesar - Ship Hunt
11/7 MS#16 - Fincuan - Lost Admiral Returns
11/7 MS#17 - Subnuts - Danger from the Deep
11/8 MS#18 - D'biter - Tom Clancy's SSN
11/8 MS#19 - Subnuts - Salvo!
11/9 MS#20 - Subnuts - Command Aces of the Deep
11/9 MS#21 - MBot - Fast Attack
11/10 MS#22 - Subnuts - Silent Steel
11/10 MS#23 - Subnuts - Pacific Storm
11/11 MS#24 - Bort - Silent Hunter
11/11 MS#25 - ekempey - Dangerous Waters
11/11 MS#26 - Subnuts - Raging Thunder
11/12 MS#27 - Fincuan - Sea Dragon



Wrong Guess Count
gandalf71 - 3 You are lost at sea, out of the contest, no more guesses for you.
Captain Vlad - 2 (one more wrong guess and you're out)
FIREWALL - 2 (one more wrong guess and you're out)
kiwi_2005 - 2 (one more wrong guess and you're out)
Mikekiller16 - 2 (one more wrong guess and you're out)
Molon Labe - 2 (one more wrong guess and you're out)
Raptor1 - 2 (one more wrong guess and you're out)
Rhodes - 2 (one more wrong guess and you're out)
SteamWake - 2 (one more wrong guess and you're out)
SteveW1 - 2 (one more wrong guess and you're out)
danlisa - 1
Fincuan - 1
flareo - 1
Graf Paper - 1
I-25 - 1
Letum - 1
LobsterBoy - 1
nikimcbee - 1
Nikita - 1
Philipp_Thomsen - 1
Red Heat - 1
rifleman13 - 1
robbierob2005 - 1
SmithN23 - 1
TLAM Strike - 1
XabbaRus - 1
SandyCaesar - 1



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