Mystery Subsim #75

Marcantilan · 12-13-08, 05:10 PM

Midway´s Sea Wolf?

Onkel Neal · 12-13-08, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcantilan

Midway´s Sea Wolf?

Ooh!

Close!

Btw, that was your third incorrect guess, so you cannot guess again.

Sonarman · 12-13-08, 05:57 PM

Midway's "Sea Raider"

Onkel Neal · 12-14-08, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Sonarman

Midway's "Sea Raider"

Yep, Sea Raider

About the game:

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Sea Raider, Midway #543, 7/69, electronic sound, a submarine game with the player looking through a periscope to shoot ships.

Inside, the machine is lit up with a blacklight tube. As the game starts, boats start cruising by across the back of the scenery, and the front glass lights up "torpedoes ready to fire". Look through the periscope and aim in front of the ship, then press the fire button on the right handle. An electronic "whoosh" sounds is made as the torpedo heads towards the boat. There are a series of ten torpedo shaped lights on the playfield that make the torpedo look like it's moving towards the ship (light animation). If the boat is hit the scenery flashes a red light from each side and an explosion is heard.
The machine tracks how many torpedoes have been fired and how much tonnage has been sunk. The goal is to sink as many boats as you can using your torpedoes. The game gives you ten torpedoes per play with bonus torpedoes awarded for a perfect score. The boats also may change direction at any time for more challenge. There are also two windows in the front top glass that allow other people to watch the action as you play. Scoring is done with light box scoring (no score reels).

Quite possibly, this is the game that got me started on submarines back in my youth.

Next up, Mystery Subsim #76, it's all downhill from here.

Neal

Marcantilan · 12-14-08, 01:28 PM

Well, I was close...

Was my first subsim too.

I used to play the game back in the late ´70s. I was a kid (under five), and my grandpa take me to "Dumbo games" saloon and helped me with the game....

Those were the times...

sonicninja · 12-16-08, 06:42 AM

im gonna go for "Hunt for Red October"

12-13-08, 05:10 PM	#1
Marcantilan Weps Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 374 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Midway´s Sea Wolf? __________________ Ultima Ratio Regis

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Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,392 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Midway's "Sea Raider" __________________ "The action is simulated...the excitement is real!" Microprose Simulation Software.

12-14-08, 01:28 PM	#5
Marcantilan Weps Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 374 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Well, I was close... Was my first subsim too. I used to play the game back in the late ´70s. I was a kid (under five), and my grandpa take me to "Dumbo games" saloon and helped me with the game.... Those were the times... __________________ Ultima Ratio Regis Last edited by Marcantilan; 12-14-08 at 01:30 PM.

12-16-08, 06:42 AM	#6
sonicninja Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 341 Downloads: 937 Uploads: 0	im gonna go for "Hunt for Red October"