1982 · APh Technological Consulting · Simulation · Strategy

Sub Hunt

In Sub Hunt you control a group of four submarines one at a time. The goal is to destroy six convoys which will be attempting to cross the stretch of sea you are guarding. You can aim and fire torpedoes using a periscope view, have your submarine dive and surface, and adjust your speed. An overhead display allows you to strategically move your submarines in the position of your choice. There are five difficulty levels to choose from.

Released: 1982
Platforms: Intellivision
Genres: Simulation Strategy Submarine simulator
Developers: APh Technological Consulting
Publishers: Mattel Electronics
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Warfare
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E
Languages: English

About

Sub Hunt is a submarine simulator video game released by Mattel for its Intellivision video game system in 1982. Players take control of a wolfpack of submarines attempting to stop an enemy invasion.

Keywords

modern warfare
modern military
submarine
naval warfare
naval combat

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Gameplay

In Sub Hunt, the player commands a fleet of four submarines. An enemy nation is preparing an invasion fleet to attack the player's home island, and it is up to the player to either destroy the convoys arriving to build the invasion fleet or, failing that, to destroy the invasion fleet itself before it reaches the player's island.

After selecting from one of five skill levels, the "deployment" mode game map appears, showing the player's island on the far right side of the screen and an enemy-controlled harbor at the top of the screen. The first of six convoys, each with six ships, begin arriving from the far left of the screen, on a course to the enemy staging harbor. All four of the player's submarines are active, but only one can be controlled at any one time. The player dispatches submarines to intercept the convoys as they make their way across the ocean; the submarines will move in a straight line on their last heading until ordered to stop or until they reach an enemy convoy.