Periscope: My Very First Subsim

JohnCarterOfMars · 08-25-24, 07:14 PM

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.

JohnCarterOfMars · 08-25-24, 07:16 PM

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

JohnCarterOfMars · 08-25-24, 07:19 PM

And finally, we would play Radar Search.

ReallyDedPoet · 08-25-24, 07:22 PM

All very cool

Exocet25fr · 08-26-24, 05:31 AM

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

Threadfin · 08-26-24, 10:04 AM

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

Aktungbby · 08-26-24, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

That shines!

I played this one in Truck stop arcades in the 1970's along I-80...essentially my first submarine game:

there was no TDC; more like shooting skeet!!??

I can get one for my mancave for $4995.00??

skin-nl · 08-30-24, 09:13 AM

That's a very cool arcade game

Aktungbby · 08-30-24, 09:56 AM

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!

08-25-24, 07:14 PM	#1
JohnCarterOfMars Loader Join Date: Jul 2023 Posts: 81 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Periscope: My Very First Subsim 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.

08-25-24, 07:22 PM	#4
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	All very cool __________________ Back in the Day

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Exocet25fr Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Paris/France Posts: 1,135 Downloads: 255 Uploads: 0	HO !, I played the first one, a long time ago ! __________________ \"Le Triomphant\" listens you !

08-26-24, 10:04 AM	#6
Threadfin Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,163 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Awesome. Thanks for sharing. __________________ What? Behind the rabbit?

08-30-24, 09:13 AM	#8
skin-nl Kapitain Leutnant Join Date: May 2010 Location: GlanerBrucke Posts: 424 Downloads: 251 Uploads: 0	That's a very cool arcade game __________________

08-25-24, 07:16 PM	#2
JohnCarterOfMars Loader Join Date: Jul 2023 Posts: 81 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Then my brother and I would play Sub Search. This was essentially a 3D version of Battleship.

08-25-24, 07:19 PM	#3
JohnCarterOfMars Loader Join Date: Jul 2023 Posts: 81 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	And finally, we would play Radar Search.

08-30-24, 09:56 AM	#9
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,979 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	"TDC! What TDC? just aim the damn boat!" 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! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!