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Ssn-21 Seawolf Gold Edition

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Oh man, few games have engrossed me like Seawolf. With it's non-splashy yet impressive for the time graphics, mesmerizing soundtrack, and the thrill you get when you hear a torpedo hit home, I have yet to find a game so totally engrossing on a very passive and active level all at once.

Again, the graphics aren't sexy, but the game play is. The video primitive, but gives the appropriate feel for commanding a high tech submarine. In fact I remember a news' piece being shot the making of the next generation of games back in the 90s, and Electronic Arts was one of the companies being showcased in the piece. And, it was this very game for which EA was shooting video. I saw the snippets of video of mock sailors in front of their stations reporting to the captain of the vessel, you the player, as to the state of their sea wolf. EA was commenting on their market theory of games, and how they wanted the player to be more engrossed in the gaming experience.

So it is that EA kept true to their promise in the doc I saw on TV a year or two before Seawolf hit the shelves. And so it was that I saw the compressed video enacted before me as I commanded my sub taking on various task forces of the now former Soviet Union.

Seawolf is essentially an advanced DOS game with some relatively sexy graphics (for a DOS game at least), and the sound effects are respectable and jarring as well. The real gem for this game is the CD soundtrack. The music is duplicated in MIDI format, but unless you're playing the game with the CD quality music running, you're missing out.

There's not much more to say about this game. The missions get progressively harder, almost to the point of impossibility. In fact, I never could complete the final mission. Even so, I had a real blast playing this thing, especially wearing my earphones listening to the sonar.

Great stuff. Check it out if you're a retro gamer fan.