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688 Attack Sub
Developer(s)	John W. Ratcliff
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Designer(s)	John W. Ratcliff & Paul Grace
Release date(s)	1989, 1990
Genre(s)	Simulation game
Mode(s)	Single player Multi-player
Platform(s)	MS-DOS, Amiga, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Media	Floppy disk
System requirements	IBM XT or greater (MS DOS)
Input	Keyboard, mouse

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688 Attack Sub, Sega Genesis version

The player takes command of a US Los Angeles-class or Soviet Alfa class nuclear powered attack submarine and plays 10 missions organized into a Cold War scenario. Image File history File links 688_Attack_Sub_Genesis. ... Image File history File links 688_Attack_Sub_Genesis. ... The Los Angeles-class attack submarines (SSN) are the most numerous class of nuclear powered submarines built by any nation, and form the bulk of the U.S. attack submarine force as of 2004. ... Alfa class submarine at sea. ... A nuclear power station. ... USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...

688 Attack Sub is known as an early classic of the genre.

John W. Ratcliff followed it up by SSN-21 Seawolf later. SSN-21 Seawolf is a submarine simulator game designed by John W. Ratcliff and published for MS-DOS systems by Electronic Arts in 1994. ...

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