Sea Wolf (video game)

For the 1994 video game, see SSN-21 Seawolf. For other uses, see Seawolf (disambiguation).
Sea Wolf
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Dave Nutting Associates
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Dave Nutting
Platform(s)Arcade, Commodore 64, VIC-20
Release
Genre(s)Shooter
Arcade systemMidway 8080/BW

Sea Wolf is an arcade video game designed by Dave Nutting and released by Midway in 1976.[3] It is a video game update of an electro-mechanical Midway game, Sea Devil,[4] itself based on Sega's 1966 electro-mechanical arcade submarine simulator Periscope.[5] The game was released in Japan by Taito.[1] In Sea Wolf, the player, piloting an unseen submarine, launches torpedoes vertically in an attempt to sink ships moving horizontally across the screen before time runs out. The screen is viewed through a faux periscope mounted on the cabinet.

The game sold 10,000 arcade cabinets and was the highest-grossing arcade video game of 1976 and 1977 in the United States and Japan's fifth highest-grossing arcade video game of 1976.

Midway released a color arcade sequel, Sea Wolf II, in 1978.[6] In 1982, Commodore International produced cartridge ports of Sea Wolf for the VIC-20 and then-new Commodore 64 computers.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d e 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. 41, 124. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  2. ^ a b "Video Game Flyers: Sea Wolf, Midway Manufacturing Co. (Germany)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Sea Wolf Killer List of Video Games Entry". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  4. ^ Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. "1976 Midway Sea Wolf". Archived from the original on May 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  5. ^ Steve L. Kent (2001), The ultimate history of video games: from Pong to Pokémon and beyond: the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world, p. 102, Prima, ISBN 0-7615-3643-4
  6. ^ Steven L. Kent (2000), The first quarter: a 25-year history of video games, BWD Press, p. 83, ISBN 0-9704755-0-0, retrieved 2011-04-09, Sea Wolf, which was another creation of Dave Nutting, did solid business, selling more than 10,000 machines. A later color version sold an additional 4000 units.
  7. ^ "Sea Wolf for Commodore 64 (1982) - MobyGames". Retrieved 2012-06-07.