Subwar 2050
Subwar 2050 is a futuristic 3D submarine simulator video game developed by Particle Systems, designed by Michael Powell, and published by MicroProse in 1993.
Subwar 2050
- Date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Subwar 2050 was published by MicroProse.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- submarine simulator · science fiction video game
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Subwar 2050 is a futuristic 3D submarine simulator video game developed by Particle Systems, designed by Michael Powell, and published by MicroProse in 1993.
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• Developer — Particle Systems • Publisher — Interplay Entertainment • Designer — Michael Powell • Released — 1993: MS-DOS 1995: Amiga, CD32 • Genre — Submarine simulator • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Amiga, MS-DOS, CD32, Windows
Gameplay
Gameplay
The game includes four campaigns that take place in North Atlantic, Antarctic, the Sea of Japan and the South China Sea.
Publication history
Publication history
The game was released in 1993 for MS-DOS and 1994 for Amiga and CD32. In 1994 an expansion pack, Subwar 2050: The Plot Deepens was released for MS-DOS. Subwar 2050 was sold to Interplay Entertainment on 27 March 2009. In 2013 Subwar 2050 was released on Gog.com for XP/Vista/Windows 7 and is available for download.
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Computer Gaming World in April 1994 said that "SubWar 2050 is a product with an identity crisis. It wants to incorporate sophisticated physical models of the type you'd expect from a true simulation, and yet it wants to have an action game's visuals and pace", citing its including thermal layers, making them "largely irrelevant" with visual-oriented combat, then only providing unsophisticated short-range torpedoes. In 1994, PC Gamer UK named SubWar 2050 the 18th best computer game of all time. The editors called it "a game that will appeal to almost everyone."
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- 1.House, Michael L. Overview - Subwar 2050. AllGame. All Media Network.
- 2.Interplay.
- 3.Subwar 2050 Complete.
- 4.Captive II: Liberation. Edge. 5. 78–79. February 1994.
- 5.Dille, H.E. Wing Commander Under Water?. Computer Gaming World. 80–81. April 1994.
- 6.Staff. The PC Gamer Top 50 PC Games of All Time. PC Gamer UK. 5. 43–56. April 1994.
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