| 688 Attack Sub | |
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Box art for the Sega Mega Drive version |
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| Developer(s) | John W. Ratcliff |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Designer(s) | John W. Ratcliff & Paul Grace |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Amiga, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, NEC PC-9801 |
| Release date(s) | MS-DOS
Amiga
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| Genre(s) | Submarine simulator |
| Mode(s) | Single player Multi-player |
| Media/distribution | Floppy disk |
| System requirements
IBM XT or greater (MS DOS) |
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688 Attack Sub is a submarine simulator game designed by John W. Ratcliff & Paul Grace, published in 1989 for MS-DOS systems and 1990 for Amiga computers by Electronic Arts. A Sega Mega Drive version was also published.
The player takes command of a US Los Angeles-class or Soviet Alfa class nuclear powered attack submarine and plays 10 missions ranging from into either Cold War scenarios or combat missions in a hypothetical global conflict.
As modeled in the game, the American submarine has more sophisticated electronics and more weapons. The Soviet boat has fewer weapons but higher sustained speeds.
688 Attack Sub is known as an early classic of the genre.
John W. Ratcliff followed it up by SSN-21 Seawolf later.
This was one of the earliest games that allowed two players to play against each other over a modem (or null modem cable).
Computer Gaming World gave the MS-DOS version a positive review, noting the game was designed to be a fun game, as opposed to a realistic simulator.[1]