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1990 · Artech Digital Entertainment · Adventure · Real-time strategy

Das Boot

A German submarine simulator partially inspired by the Das Boot movie. The game contains several missions for your submarine, which must be accomplished. There are several battle stations like : torpedo bay, anti aircraft gun, navigation, etc... which must be mastered to succeed.

Also known as
Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation · dosbox.exe
Released
1990
Platforms
AmigaWindowsMS-DOS
Genres
AdventureReal-time strategySimulationStrategyVehicular combatWorld War II
Developers
Artech Digital Entertainment
Publishers
Ziggurat Interactive
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Action
Country
Canada
Languages
English

About

Das Boot: German U-boat Simulation is a submarine simulator video game designed by Paul Butler and Rick Banks and published in 1990 for Amiga and MS-DOS by Three-Sixty Pacific. The game was inspired by the 1973 novel Das Boot and its 1981 German film adaptation.

The player takes command of a German Type VII U-boat and plays missions against the Allies which involve combat against aircraft, anti-submarine warships, and other submarines. The game was touted to feature 256 VGA Color, 3D Views, and historical realism.

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Reception

Computer Gaming World in 1991 panned the game as a serious submarine simulator, noting several issues such a frustrating user interface, unrealistic mechanics, and limited information presented to the player compared to other games of the same genre. The magazine did, however, praise the game as an arcade-shoot-'em-up but warned fans of the movie to avoid the game.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Releases by platform
PlatformReleasedRegions
Amiga31 December 1991Worldwide
Windows5 November 2021Worldwide
MS-DOSUnreleased

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Retro First Friday Collection #4Artech War Game Bundle

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