Depthcharge is a black-and-white submarine simulator arcade video game released in 1977 by Gremlin Industries. The game shows a side view of a section of ocean with a destroyer on the surface and submarines passing beneath it. The player-controlled destroyer can be moved left and right and drop depth charges to destroy the submarines below.

Depthcharge
Developer(s)Gremlin
Publisher(s)Gremlin
Platform(s)Arcade
ReleaseSeptember 1977[1]
Genre(s)Submarine simulator
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

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Up to four submarines may be present at any given time, each of which bears a score for destroying it that increases with its depth. Submarines release mines which the player-controlled ship must avoid by moving out of their path.

Similar arcade games

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Clones

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Depthcharge, Arcade Video game by Gremlin Ind, Inc. (1977)".

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