688 Attack Sub
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688 Attack Sub is a submarine simulator game designed by John W. Ratcliff & Paul Grace, published in 1988 for MS-DOS systems and 1990 for Amiga computers by Electronic Arts. A Sega Mega Drive version was also published. Image:688 Attack Sub Genesis.png
688 Attack Sub, Sega Genesis version
The player takes command of a US Los Angeles-class or Soviet Alfa class nuclear powered attack submarine and plays 10 missions organized into a Cold War scenario. 688 Attack Sub is known as an early classic of the genre. John W. Ratcliff followed it up by SSN-21 Seawolf later. This was one of the earliest games that allowed two players to play against each other over a modem (or null modem cable). ReceptionThe simulation was praised among PC users. External links
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