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Subsunk

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Publisher(s)Firebird Software
Designer(s)Peter Torrance
Colin Liddle
Platform(s)Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Release1985
Genre(s)Interactive fiction
Mode(s)Single-player

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

Plot

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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

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The game was produced with The Quill and includes simple graphics.[1] 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.

Reception

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  • ZX Computing: "... a very enjoyable game, mainly because of its sense of humour"[2]
  • A 1992 Your Sinclair article described it as "possibly the worst of all the games that were around at the time."[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Subsunk Review", Sinclair User, August 1985
  2. ^ "Subsunk Review", ZX Computing, November 1985
  3. ^ "Adventure All-Time Greats", Your Sinclair, April 1992
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