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Submarine Commander (PlayStation Game)
''Submarine Commander'' is a simulation video game for Atari 8-bit computers written by Dean Lock and published by Thorn EMI Computer Software in 1982. A VIC-20 port by Gary York was released in 1983 and an Apple II version by Patrick Buckland the same year. The Atari version was re-released in 1985 on cassette tape, cassette on the Sparklers budget label. A version for the TI-99/4A was announced but was not released until 1986 when a third party bought the rights. ''Submarine Commander'' Simulation, simulates the operations of a Germany, German U-boat during World War II. The action takes place in the Mediterranean Sea, where the player has to track down a number of Allies of World War II, allied List of Allied convoys during World War II by region, convoys and then approach them underwater to attack with their torpedoes. ''Submarine Commander'' plays in Real-time computing, real time: the actions of the player and those of the enemy Convoy, convoys occur simultaneously. Gamep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Buckland
Patrick Buckland is a British video game programmer, designer and chief executive officer of Stainless Games, which he co-founded with Neil Barnden in 1994. Career Buckland is a video games pioneer, having been in the industry since 1982. Crystal Quest In 1985 Buckland developed one of the first Macintosh games, the shareware title Crystal Raider. A year after the game's release, Buckland decided to work on a follow up, Crystal Quest, which would take the gameplay of its predecessor, and add new features. The game ended up ported to numerous other platforms, including the Apple IIgs, Amiga, Nintendo Game Boy, Palm and much later, PC and Xbox 360. Stainless Software In 1993, Along with Neil Barnden, Buckland started up Stainless Software "in order to concentrate on games". Among their first clients was Argonaut Games, who contracted the team to work on 3D engine development. Two years later, in 1995, the company landed their first games contract, with British publisher SCi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |