Deep Scan

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Deep Scan
Deep Scan VICDual NA flyer.jpg
North American arcade flyer
Developer(s) Sega
Publisher(s) Arcade
2600
Sega
Platform(s) Arcade, Atari 2600
ReleaseArcade
2600
  • March 1983 [2]
Genre(s) Submarine simulator
Mode(s) Single-player

Deep Scan is a 1979 submarine simulator video game developed and published by Sega for Japanese arcades; in North America, it was distributed by Sega/Gremlin. The player controls a battleship on the surface of the ocean attempting to destroy submarines below it, similar to games such as Periscope (1965), Sea Wolf (1976) and Depthcharge (1977). Some arcade cabinets also include Invinco, a Space Invaders clone released by Sega in 1979.[ citation needed ]

Contents

A port to the Atari 2600 was published in 1983 as Sub-Scan. [3]

Gameplay

Most of the screen is a side view of the water with enemy submarines patrolling in it. The goal is to destroy as many submarines as possible by dropping explosives from either the left or right side of the ship while avoiding mines launched from these submarines. [4] A mini-map at the bottom of the screen shows submarines coming from the sides, before they are visible.

Legacy

Deep Scan is a bonus game in the Sega Saturn version of Die Hard Arcade . [4] Every 200 points earned gives the player an extra credit for the disc's title game.

References

  1. 1 2 Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 35, 131. ISBN   978-4990251215.
  2. ↑ "Availability Update". The Video Game Update . Vol. 2, no. 1. April 1983. p. 16.
  3. ↑ "Sub-Scan". Atari Mania.
  4. 1 2 "Preview: Die Hard Arcade". Sega Saturn Magazine . No. 16. Emap International Limited. February 1997. p. 24.


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