Seaquest (video game)

This article is about the Atari 2600 game. For the unrelated video game based on the television show, see seaQuest DSV (video game).
Seaquest

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Developer(s) Steve Cartwright
Publisher(s) Activision
Platform(s) Atari 2600
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player

Seaquest is an Atari 2600 video game designed by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision in 1983.

Seaquest was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs on August 18, 2010.

Gameplay

Seaquest is a submarine combat game in which the player controls a water vessel and must avoid, collect, or destroy various objects at different levels of depth.[2] The player must pick up divers under water and must get air from the surface before the air meter drains out.

Game Modes

Like other Atari 2600 games, Seaquest features two modes. The first mode is a Single Player mode. In the second mode, Seaquest features a Multi-player mode.

References

  1. Seaquest at GameFAQs
  2. Bogost, Ian and Monfort, Nick (2009) Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System. MIT: Cambridge. p. 105.

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