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Submarine Commander
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<p><i>Submarine Commander</i> is a <a href="/facts/Simulation_video_game/Cg6yt1Mx">simulation video game</a> for <a href="/facts/Atari_8-bit_computers/aT04N5zR">Atari 8-bit computers</a> written by Dean Lock and published by <a href="/facts/Thorn_EMI_Computer_Software/EQDAINQB">Thorn EMI Computer Software</a> in 1982. A <a href="/facts/VIC-20/bLE8KkRE">VIC-20</a> port by Gary York was released in 1983 and an <a href="/facts/Apple_II/se82CNvK">Apple II</a> version by <a href="/facts/Patrick_Buckland/Fqmmx7Mm">Patrick Buckland</a> the same year. The Atari version was re-released in 1985 on <a href="/facts/Cassette_tape/w8I5uyfs">cassette</a> on the Sparklers budget label. A version for the <a href="/facts/TI-99%2f4A/9YWyzBhp">TI-99/4A</a> was announced but was not released until 1986 when a third party bought the rights. </p><p><i>Submarine Commander</i> <a href="/facts/Simulation/Q4QJV1oI">simulates</a> the operations of a <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">German</a> <a href="/facts/U-boat/GgjbMzMT">U-boat</a> during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>. The action takes place in the <a href="/facts/Mediterranean_Sea/Vr2pzVbM">Mediterranean Sea</a>, where the player has to track down a number of <a href="/facts/Allies_of_World_War_II/YzCdtjDY">allied</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_Allied_convoys_during_World_War_II_by_region/DPQvqXtw">convoys</a> and then approach them underwater to attack with their <a href="/facts/Torpedo/RLLPpktk">torpedoes</a>. <i>Submarine Commander</i> plays in <a href="/facts/Real-time_computing/p9HxgL4L">real time</a>: the actions of the player and those of the enemy <a href="/facts/Convoy/03yMx0P1">convoys</a> occur simultaneously. </p>