๐ข Christian Oberth๐ 01 Jan 1978๐ฎ Christian Oberth Apple II Classics
Bringing the pulse-pounding naval combat of arcade blockbusters into the home microcomputer era, Apple II programming prodigy Christian Oberth created Depth Charge in 1978, standing as the very first high-resolution naval action game for the Apple II, programmed in lightning-fast 6502 assembly language to put players in command of an ocean destroyer dropping port and starboard depth charges to sink submerged submarine wolfpacks while dodging retaliatory torpedoes.
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Depth Charge is an action video game for the Apple II programmed by Chris Oberth and published by The Elektrik Keyboard of Chicago, Illinois in 1978. A clone of the 1977 arcade video game Depthcharge, the player drops explosives from a moving ship attempting to eliminate submarines below it.
Gameplay
Like the 1977 arcade game Depthcharge that it emulates, Depth Charge puts the player in control of a small ship that drops depth charges onto passing submarines. In the arcade original, the player moves the ship left and right, but in Depthcharge the ship automatically makes three passes from right to left across the top of the screen, and four submarines at varying depths move from left to right below it. Destroying deeper subs earns more points. An extra pass is awarded at 600 points and another at 900.
