Ludography
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1985 · Adventure · Text adventure

Subsunk

As reporter Ed Lines, you are on board HMS Sea Lion when it is attacked and sunk. Now you must send the Subsunk message..

Released
1985
Platforms
Amstrad CPCCommodore C64/128/MAXZX Spectrum
Genres
AdventureText adventure
Developers
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Publishers
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Modes
Single-player
Perspective
First personText
Themes
Thriller
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

About

Subsunk is a text adventure game by Firebird released in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum home computers.

Keywords

  • interactive fiction

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

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.

Story

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.

Reception

ZX Computing: "... a very enjoyable game, mainly because of its sense of humour"

A 1992 Your Sinclair article described it as "possibly the worst of all the games that were around at the time."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Amstrad CPC31 December 1985Europe
Commodore C64/128/MAX31 December 1985Europe
ZX Spectrum31 December 1985Europe

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