Turbo Sub

{{short description|1985 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

|title = Turbo Sub

|image = Turbo Sub arcade flyer.jpg

|caption = Arcade flyer by Jeff Conly

|developer = Entertainment Sciences{{efn|Ported to Atari Lynx by NuFX}}

|publisher = Entertainment Sciences
Atari Corporation (Lynx)

|designer = Dick Keenan{{cite web|author=Chris|url=http://www.turbosub.com/turbosubmain.html|title=Turbo Sub|work=turbosub.com|publisher=Entertainment Sciences|date=2019|accessdate=2019-07-19}}

|artist = Lars-Arne Hult

|programmer = Dick Keenan
Steve Tatsumi
David Fox

|composer = Gary Hubatka
Suren Yegiyants

|platforms = Arcade, Atari Lynx

|released = Arcade{{vgrelease|NA|1985}} Lynx{{vgrelease|NA|1991|EU|1991}}

|genre = Shooter

|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
(Only on Atari Lynx)

|arcade system = RIP System{{efn|Short for Real-Time Image Processor System.{{cite web|url=https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=turbo-sub&page=detail&id=3902|title=Turbo Sub|website=arcade-history.com|accessdate=2019-07-19}}}}

}}

Turbo Sub is a first-person shoot 'em up released in arcades by Entertainment Sciences in 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10219 |title=Turbo Sub |publisher=The International Arcade Museum, arcade-museum.com |accessdate=December 22, 2012 }} 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.

Gameplay

File:ARC Turbo Sub.png

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Development

Entertainment Sciences created Bouncer and then Turbo Sub before folding.

According to a promotional flyer, Turbo Sub contains over 400 images.

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.

Reception

In 1986, Computer & Video Games magazine called Turbo Sub, "One of the most bizarre trips you're likely to make".{{cite journal |last1=Edgeley |first1=Clare |title=Arcade Action: Turbo Sub |journal=Computer and Video Games |date=April 1986 |issue=54 |page=86 |url=https://archive.org/details/computer-and-videogames-054/page/n85}} 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,{{cite magazine|last=Iida|first=Keita|url=https://archive.org/stream/Digital_Press_Issue_35_1998-01_Santulli_Joe_US#page/n16/mode/1up|title=Random Reviews Lite - Turbo Sub (Atari, for Lynx)|magazine=Digital Press - The Bio-Degradable Source For Videogamers|issue=35|publisher=Joe Santulli|date=January 1998|page=17}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Jung |first1=Robert A. |title=LYNX: Turbo Sub |url=https://www.atariarchives.org/cfn/08/07/0017.php |website=atariarchives.org |date=September 29, 1991}} In the "Atari Attack" column in the final issue of Raze magazine, Turbo Sub received a score of 73%.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/raze-magazine-12/Raze_12_Oct_1991#page/n23 |website=archive.org |title=Atari Attack |publisher=Raze|issue=12 |page=24 |date=October 1991 |accessdate=20 August 2018 }}

Notes

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References

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{{KLOV game|id=10219|name=Turbo Sub}}

{{cite web |title=Turbo Sub |url=https://www.atarigamer.com/lynx/game/TurboSub/752912127 |website=Atari Gamer}}

{{cite web |title=Turbo Sub Manual (HTML) |url=https://atariage.com/manual_html_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=1888 |website=AtariAge |publisher=Atari Corporation |date=1991}}

{{cite web |title=Turbo Sub Arcade Flyer |url=https://archive.org/details/arcadeflyer_turbo-sub |website=archive.org |publisher=Entertainment Sciences |date=1985}}

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