Subsunk
Publisher(s) | Firebird Software |
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Designer(s) | Peter Torrance Colin Liddle |
Platform(s) | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum |
Release | 1985 |
Genre(s) | Interactive fiction |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Subsunk is a text adventure game by Firebird released in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum home computers.
Plot[]
Ed Lines, reporter for the "Seafaring Gazette", is aboard the nuclear submarine Sealion for a routine patrol when the sub is attacked and disabled by a foreign power. The crew are taken into captivity and the sub scuttled - with the hidden journalist still aboard. He must alert headquarters with the news of what has happened and escape the doomed vessel.
Gameplay[]
The game was produced with The Quill and includes simple graphics.[1] The player must guide Ed Lines in his attempt to escape the stricken submarine; he must reach the telex room and issue the distress signal "SUBSUNK" to alert the authorities and bring assistance. Meanwhile, the wrecked submarine is filling with water...
It was followed by a sequel, Seabase Delta.
Reception[]
- : "... a very enjoyable game, mainly because of its sense of humour"[2]
- A 1992 Your Sinclair article described it as "possibly the worst of all the games that were around at the time."[3]
References[]
- ^ "Subsunk Review", Sinclair User, August 1985
- ^ "Subsunk Review", , November 1985
- ^ "Adventure All-Time Greats", Your Sinclair, April 1992
External links[]
- Subsunk at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- 1985 video games
- ZX Spectrum games
- Commodore 64 games
- Amstrad CPC games
- 1980s interactive fiction
- Video games developed in the United Kingdom