// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the subsunk ship say? I'm sunk.
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| Publisher | Firebird Software |
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| Designers | Peter Torrance Colin Liddle |
| Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | 1985 |
| Genre | Interactive fiction |
| Mode | 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ZX Computing: "... 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
[edit]- ↑ "Subsunk Review", Sinclair User, August 1985
- ↑ "Subsunk Review", ZX Computing, November 1985
- ↑ "Adventure All-Time Greats", Your Sinclair, April 1992
External links
[edit]- Subsunk in the Interactive Fiction Database
- Subsunk at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- Subsunk at Lemon 64