Depthcharge Explained

Depthcharge
Developer:Gremlin
Publisher:Gremlin
Platforms:Arcade
Released:September 1977[1]
Genre:Submarine simulator
Modes:Single-player

Depthcharge is a black-and-white submarine simulator arcade video game released in 1977 by Gremlin Industries. The game shows a side view of a section of ocean with a destroyer on the surface and submarines passing beneath it. The player-controlled destroyer can be moved left and right and drop depth charges to destroy the submarines below.

Gameplay

Up to four submarines may be present at any given time, each of which bears a score for destroying it that increases with its depth. Submarines release mines which the player-controlled ship must avoid by moving out of their path.

Similar arcade games

Clones

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Depthcharge, Arcade Video game by Gremlin Ind, Inc. (1977).