Initial release date 1985 Mode Single-player video game | Genre Interactive fiction | |
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Designer(s) Peter Torrance, Colin Liddle Platforms Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC Publishers Telecomsoft, Firebird Software Ltd. Similar Telecomsoft games, Interactive fiction games | ||
Subsunk is a text adventure game by Firebird released in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers.
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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. 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.