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Subs

Description

You are piloting a sub and trying to torpedo your enemy as many times as you can in the time allowed. You do not see your enemy nor does he see you except in the sonar, in fleeting occasional glances and in seeing where a torpedo came from.

Subs was produced by Atari in 1977.

Atari released 139 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari during the time period Subs was produced include: Atarians, LeMans, Breakout, Cops 'N Robbers, Indy 4, Airborne Avenger, Dominos, Canyon Bomber, Boxing, and Dirt Bike

Specs

Name	Subs
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1977
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9858
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White Two monitors
Conversion Class	Atari B&W Raster
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Steering: Wheel Buttons: 1 - Launch Torpedo
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Subs Control Panel Image

Video Clips

Subs by Atari (1979)

Arcade Game: Subs (1977 Atari)

Subs KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.30 (2 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.55

Overall Like	3.50
Fun (Social)	4.50
Fun (Solo)	1.00
Collector Desire	3.50

Technical Rating: 3.13

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	2.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	2.50

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Cabinet Information

The front of the cabinet is blue with the word "Subs" at the top with a white submarine just below that and the coin door below that. At a 45 degree angle to the left and right are the monitors and controls for each player.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Subs Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 20 known instances of this machine owned by Subs collectors who are active members. Of these, 18 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Subs circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Subs.

This game ranks a 6 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Manuals

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 72; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 72; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated (8d4f10933939949b533276a8c0b1c862)

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