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Depthcharge (1977)

Gremlin Industries

Arcade

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Depthcharge is a single-player arcade game released in 1977 by Gremlin Industries for the Sega VIC Dual system board. The game presents the player with a cut-away view of a section of ocean, on the surface of which is a destroyer with submarines passing beneath it. The player drops depth charges (up to six at a time) to destroy the … Depthcharge is a single-player arcade game released in 1977 by Gremlin Industries for the Sega VIC Dual system board. The game presents the player with a cut-away view of a section of ocean, on the surface of which is a destroyer with submarines passing beneath it. The player drops depth charges (up to six at a time) to destroy the submarines and moves the ship back and forth in order to avoid the submarines' mines. 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.

The game was imported and released in several versions by Japanese publishers. Esco Trading released the game as Detphcharge, Taito as Sub Hunter, Sega as Depthbomb and in two versions by Data East - first as Submarine and then as Battleship in a two-in-one cabinet. Read more

Details

Developers
Gremlin Industries
Publishers
Data East, Esco Trading, Gremlin Industries, Sega, Taito
Genres
Arcade, Shooter, Strategy
Themes
Action
Series
Depthcharge
Also known as
Sub Hunter (Japanese title, Taito version) · Depthbomb (Japanese title, Sega version) · Submarine (Japanese title, Data East version) · Battleship (Data East title, Two-in-one cabinet version)

Release dates

  • Sep 1977 (North America) Arcade
  • Dec 1977 (Japan) Arcade