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12-08-07, 12:07 PM | #1 |
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Epyx Sub Battle
Did anyone place this? I think it came out after Silent Service. Its cool feature was that you could lay mines. You could also play as German or US.
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12-08-07, 01:36 PM | #2 |
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I remember that one and the other Epyx naval game, the arcadey but fun "Destroyer" on the good old Commodore 64.
Sub battle had lots of potential and a lot more depth than Silent Service but was ultimately sunk by poor graphics, speed of response and a terribly flawed time compression system. You can find a ZZap review of it here Look at the price £24.99 in 1988, I only paid £17.99 for SH4 online... and we moan about the price of todays games? Last edited by Sonarman; 12-08-07 at 01:49 PM. |
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12-16-07, 08:12 AM | #4 |
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I think there are some pictures in the 2007 almanac.
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12-23-07, 10:52 AM | #5 | |
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i think i still have it in box with the manual somewhere. dont think vista would run it even if i could get a 5 1/4 floppy somewhere |
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It plays within Windows XP without any problems.
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01-12-08, 01:28 PM | #7 |
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I played it on an Atari 520ST.
What I remember: You could play as a Gato class sub, or as a Type VII u-boat. That was it. There was a 'drop of the agent' mission. The graphics seemed to be mostly black and blue. There was a wierd side-scrolling picture that showed your depth relative to the surface and the bottom. I liked it for the German side, but I mostly stuck with Silent Service.
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08-04-08, 11:20 AM | #8 |
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I think you could lay mines in this game. The few times I played it, i loved to race infront of the convoy and lay a minefield.
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08-04-08, 03:29 PM | #9 |
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AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!
McBee resurrects his own necro-thread! I started reading it and composing a reply in my mind, only to find I did post a reply - seven months ago! :p
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08-04-08, 08:59 PM | #10 | |
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That's okay, I did that in another thread, and my second post was almost verbatim .
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08-05-08, 12:54 AM | #11 |
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09-16-08, 01:29 PM | #12 | |
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hey wait a sec i already said it and yes there were mines |
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09-16-08, 02:49 PM | #13 |
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Hey, has anyony played this? We need to change this to the "Alzheimer's thread" :rotfl:
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09-17-08, 08:52 AM | #14 |
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hey i used to have this, there were mines and you could play as either side and it was the first sub game to include attacking aircraft , and
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