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Das Boot | |
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Developer(s) | Artech Digital Entertainment |
Publisher(s) | Three-Sixty Pacific |
Designer(s) | Paul Butler Rick Banks |
Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Amiga |
Release | Amiga
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Genre(s) | Submarine simulator |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Das Boot: German U-boat Simulation is a submarine simulator game designed by Paul Butler & Rick Banks and published in 1990 for Amiga and MS-DOS systems by Three-Sixty Pacific. It was inspired by the 1973 novel of the same name and its film adaptation.
The player takes command of a German Type VII U-boat and plays missions against the Allies which involve combat against aircraft, anti-submarine warships, and other submarines. The game was touted to feature 256 VGA Color, 3D Views, and historical realism.
The MS-DOS version was released on 3.5" floppy disks and came packaged with a copy of the novel of the same name.
Computer Gaming World in 1991 panned the game as a serious submarine simulator, noting several issues such a frustrating user interface, unrealistic mechanics, and limited information presented to the player compared to other games of the same genre. The magazine did, however, praise the game as an arcade-shoot-'em-up but warned fans of the movie to avoid the game. [1]
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