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Marksman / Depth charge

Two titles are available in this cart: Depth Charge is a single-player BattleShip variant. The player controls a cannon in a top-down view trying to destroy 7 submarines hidden in the area of water shown on…

31 December 1979

Marksman / Depth charge is a shooter, released 31 December 1979 on Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000.

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What Marksman / Depth charge is

Marksman / Depth charge was released in 1979. It was published by Philips. It is available on Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Two titles are available in this cart: Depth Charge is a single-player BattleShip variant. The player controls a cannon in a top-down view trying to destroy 7 submarines hidden in the area of water shown on screen. The area is a 8x8 grid, and the player controls a white cross-hair over it with the joystick. Pressing the action button will shoot the cannon. If a submarine is hidden in that particular area, a blue square will appear, marking it. If there are no submarines, the game will warn the player with a sound and that area will continue unmarked. There are submarines of 4 different sizes, with there being 3 with one section each, 2 with 2 sections each, 1 with 3 sections and 1 with 4…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Marksman / Depth charge come out?
Marksman / Depth charge was released on 31 December 1979 for Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000.

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