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Sub Chase
Author	Woody
Filename	SubChase.zip
Year	2008
Position	84
Format	ZX Spectrum 16K/48K
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Description	Imagine the scenario, as J?rgen Prochnow and friends remain silent and scared inside their vulnerable U-boat in the depths of the deep blue sea. Recall the endless tension as we rooted for our German heros as they pitted their wits against the allies, until that final heartbreaking scene of DAS BOOT when they were all killed by a ruthless aerial bombardment from the RAF! Nah, instead, chuckle with glee as you mercilessly blow submarines to bits from your magenta bomber. Try not to hit too many friendly targets though! Nice use of pseudo-non-perspective allows for both a wide sea-surface and a depth to the sea within the same contiguous block of colour. Fine flight control is permitted via the use of a throttle and air brakes too. We are being spoilt with features here! *Updated 26/03/08* - Woody has now supplied a 16K version of his game, also available via the download link.
Comments	Nicely implemented with colourful graphics and smooth scrolling, I'm sorry but this game isn't actually that crap! I've downloaded worse from the WoS archive with an original price of ?12.99. The game does have some crapness, perhaps like the simple sound, or the fact that the "top of the sea" and the "depths below the sea" are merged into one flat surface, initially confusing the player. Woody needs to move the "lever of crapness" about two or three notches towards "totally crap" in order to crap things up a bit more. I'm sure an Atari 2600 owner would rank this amongst one of their top ten games if it were on a deluxe bank switched cart. Anyway, Woody can't help but provide an excellent level of support for most of his crap game efforts and so he eventually provided a 16K version of his game (which was tested under "Virtual ZX Spectrum" and was very contentious - I said "contentious", get it?) oh, never mind.