Turbo Sub
Turbo Sub is a first-person shoot 'em up released in arcades by Entertainment Sciences in 1985. Aliens have attacked the planet and the player fights them beneath the ocean using a submersible ship. Six years after the arcade original, Atari Corporation published a Lynx version, which adds a two-player mode.
Turbo Sub
- Date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Atari
- Genre
- science fiction video game
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Turbo Sub is a first-person shoot 'em up released in arcades by Entertainment Sciences in 1985. Aliens have attacked the planet and the player fights them beneath the ocean using a submersible ship. Six years after the arcade original, Atari Corporation published a Lynx version, which adds a two-player mode.
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• Title — Turbo Sub • Developer — Entertainment Sciences • Publisher — Entertainment Sciences Atari Corporation (Lynx) • Designer — Dick Keenan • Artist — Lars-Arne Hult • Programmer — Dick Keenan Steve Tatsumi David Fox • Composer — Gary Hubatka Suren Yegiyants • Platforms — Arcade, Atari Lynx • Released — Arcade Lynx • Genre — Shooter • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer (Only on Atari Lynx) • Arcade System — RIP System
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — Arcade version screenshot
Development
Development
Entertainment Sciences created Bouncer and then Turbo Sub before folding. According to a promotional flyer, Turbo Sub contains over 400 images.
Release
Release
A version for the Lynx was developed by NuFX and published by Atari Corporation in 1991. The manual clarifies the alien conflict as taking place on Earth in the 28th century.
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1985
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Turbo Sub is recorded as published in 1985.
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In 1986, Computer & Video Games magazine called Turbo Sub, "One of the most bizarre trips you're likely to make". The reviewer praised how the experience is automatically adjusted based on the player's skill, so the game plays differently over time. In a contemporaneous review for the Lynx version, Robert A. Jung concluded, "What Turbo Sub lacks in originality and variety, it makes up with blistering excitement. If you've got an appetite for simple, uncomplicated massive destruction at Mach 3, Turbo Sub is the way to go." He gave a score of 7.5 out of 10. In the "Atari Attack" column in the final issue of Raze magazine, Turbo Sub received a score of 73%.
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- 1.Chris. Turbo Sub. turbosub.com. Entertainment Sciences. 2019.
- 2.Turbo Sub. arcade-history.com.
- 3.The International Arcade Museum, arcade-museum.com. Turbo Sub.
- 4.Edgeley, Clare. Arcade Action: Turbo Sub. Computer and Video Games. 54. 86. April 1986.
- 5.Iida, Keita. Random Reviews Lite - Turbo Sub (Atari, for Lynx). Digital Press - The Bio-Degradable Source For Videogamers. Joe Santulli. 35. 17. January 1998.
- 6.Jung, Robert A. LYNX: Turbo Sub. atariarchives.org. September 29, 1991.
- 7.Raze. Atari Attack. archive.org. 12. 24. October 1991.
- 8.Turbo Sub.
- 9.Turbo Sub. Atari Gamer.
- 10.Atari Corporation. Turbo Sub Manual (HTML). AtariAge. 1991.
- 11.Entertainment Sciences. Turbo Sub Arcade Flyer. archive.org. 1985.
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