Sea Wolf (video game)
Sea Wolf
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| Developer(s) | Dave Nutting Associates | ||
| Distributor(s) | Midway | ||
| Platform(s) | Arcade | ||
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| Genre(s) | Military shooter | ||
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| Cabinet | Standard | ||
| CPU | Intel 8080 | ||
| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) | ||
| Display | Horizontal orientation, raster (Black and White with Blue color overlay) | ||
Sea Wolf is an arcade game by Midway, originally released in 1976.[1] It was a video game update of an earlier coin-operated electro-mechanical (em) Midway game, Sea Devil,[2] itself based on Sega's 1966 coin-op electro-mechanical arcade submarine simulator Periscope.[3] Midway's video game version was designed by Dave Nutting and eventually sold 10,000 video game arcade cabinets. A color sequel, Sea Wolf II, was released in 1978 that sold another 4,000 units.[4]
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[edit] Gameplay
The player looks through a large periscope to aim at ships moving across the virtual sea line at the top of the screen, using a thumb button on the right handle of the scope to fire torpedoes. The periscope swivels to the right and left, providing horizontal motion of a targeting cross-hair. The cabinet features a mixture of video game and older em technology for player feedback. Using back-lit transparencies reflected inside the scope, the number of torpedoes remaining are displayed, as well as a red "RELOAD" light which lights up momentarily when the player has launched five torpedoes. Additionally, when ships are hit on the screen, an explosion "light" is reflected inside the scope. A blue overlay is affixed to the screen to provide a "water color" to the sea. Sounds include a sonar ping and the sound of the PT Boat racing across the screen.
Sea Wolf is time-limited, with the player having an opportunity to win bonus time by reaching an operator-set score. The player's score is shown on the bottom half of the screen as well as the high score, one of the first known instances of a high score in a video game. Targets include destroyers, a fast moving PT Boat, and mines floating across the screen can that serve as obstructions.
[edit] Legacy
Sea Wolf was followed by Sea Wolf II in 1978.
In 2008, Coastal Amusements released a "retro video"[5] redemption game based on the original Sea Wolf, released by Midway in 1976.[6] It is a 3D remake.[7]
[edit] Ports
In 1983 Epyx ported Sea Wolf II and another Midway game, Gun Fight, to the Atari 8-bit family, and released them in an "Arcade Classics" compilation.[8]
A version of the game with text mode graphics was released for the IBM PC in 1982.[9]
[edit] Highest score
The current world record holder for Sea Wolf is Alan Radue with a score of 11,300 points. The record was set on October 2, 2011 at the Tranquility Base Arcade and verified by Twin Galaxies International on October 9, 2011.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Sea Wolf Killer List of Video Games Entry". http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9459. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- ^ Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. "1976 Midway Sea Wolf". http://www.marvin3m.com/arcade/seawolf.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-25.[dead link]
- ^ Steve L. Kent (2001), The ultimate history of video games: from Pong to Pokémon and beyond: the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world, p. 102, Prima, ISBN 0761536434
- ^ Steven L. Kent (2000), The first quarter: a 25-year history of video games, BWD Press, p. 83, ISBN 0970475500, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ny-CAAAAMAAJ, retrieved 2011-04-09, "Sea Wolf, which was another creation of Dave Nutting, did solid business, selling more than 10000 machines. (A later color version sold an additional 4000 units.)"
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- ^ "Sea Wolf Redemption". Highwaygames.com. http://www.highwaygames.com/products/view.php?id=3415. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
- ^ by Shaggy. "Shaggy's Review – Sea Wolf by Coastal Amusements". Arcade Heroes. http://arcadeheroes.com/2008/04/16/shaggys-review-sea-wolf-by-coastal-amusements/. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
- ^ "Atarimania - Arcade Classics: Sea Wolf II / Gun Fight". http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-arcade-classics-seawolf-ii-gun-fight_1169.html. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ^ Seawolf at MobyGames
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