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Up Periscope

You play as a fleet commander and your task is to escort a convoy from one end of the map to the other within a set time limit, with at least half the convoy vessels surviving the U-boat wolfpack hiding in the…

31 December 1982

Up Periscope is a strategy, released 31 December 1982 on Dragon 32/64 and TRS-80.

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What Up Periscope is

Up Periscope was released in 1982. It was published by Beyond. It is available on Dragon 32/64 and TRS-80.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You play as a fleet commander and your task is to escort a convoy from one end of the map to the other within a set time limit, with at least half the convoy vessels surviving the U-boat wolfpack hiding in the depths. The fleet commander has six destroyers for protecting the convoy and clearing the sea of submarines. The ships are equipped with sonar to discover the submarines and a number of depth charges and torpedoes to destroy them with. Only a limited amount of moves may be made during each turn.
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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. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Up Periscope launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Up Periscope come out?
Up Periscope was released on 31 December 1982 for Dragon 32/64 and TRS-80.

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