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Depthcharge is a coin operated arcade game developed by Gremlin Industries and released in 1977. It is a shooter game for a single player in which the player controls a ship dropping depth charges on submarines.

Gameplay
The player controls a ship at the top of the screen and drops depth charges in order to destroy submarines moving below the ship. Two buttons control the left/right movement of the ship and two buttons are used to drop depth charges off the sides of the ship. The player can have six depth charges on the screen at a time which can be dropped off either side of the ship. The submarines move across the screen at different speeds and depths and have the amount of score they are worth printed on the side of them. The score that the submarine is worth when destroyed depends on the depth which it is at; the deeper the submarine is the more points it is worth. There can only be four submarines on the screen at once and they will launch mines upward in an attempt to destroy the player's ship. When a submarine is destroyed or the players ship is sunk it is sent to the graveyard at the bottom of the screen. The player is given 90 seconds to sink as many submarines as possible and can earn another 45 seconds if they earn 500 points within the time limit.

Scoring
The player has 90 seconds and can earn an additional 45 seconds to score as many points in as possible. Each submarine in the graveyard at the end of the game is worth 30 bonus points. When the submarine is destroyed the player is rewarded the number of points printed on the side of the submarine which vary from 10 to 90 points depending on the depth. If the player's ship is destroyed their score is reduced by half.

Hardware
Depthcharge was built in an upright cabinet style with a CRT black and white TV inside. It has amplified mono sound and an aqua-blue plexiglass in front of the TV. It runs off of an Intel 8080 CPU at 1.93356 Mhz. The player controls the game via four physical buttons, two for ship movement and two for launching the depth charges.

Depthcharge (arcade game) 1977
Depthcharge is a coin operated arcade game developed by Gremlin Industries and released in 1977. It is a shooter game for a single player in which the player controls a ship dropping depth charges on submarines.

Gameplay
The player controls a ship at the top of the screen and drops depth charges in order to destroy submarines moving below the ship. Two buttons control the left/right movement of the ship and two buttons are used to drop depth charges off the sides of the ship. The player can have six depth charges on the screen at a time which can be dropped off either side of the ship. The submarines move across the screen at different speeds and depths and have the amount of score they are worth printed on the side of them. The score that the submarine is worth when destroyed depends on the depth which it is at; the deeper the submarine is the more points it is worth. There can only be four submarines on the screen at once and they will launch mines upward in an attempt to destroy the player's ship. When a submarine is destroyed or the players ship is sunk it is sent to the graveyard at the bottom of the screen. The player is given 90 seconds to sink as many submarines as possible and can earn another 45 seconds if they earn 500 points within the time limit.

Scoring
The player has 90 seconds and can earn an additional 45 seconds to score as many points in as possible. Each submarine in the graveyard at the end of the game is worth 30 bonus points. When the submarine is destroyed the player is rewarded the number of points printed on the side of the submarine which vary from 10 to 90 points depending on the depth. If the player's ship is destroyed their score is reduced by half.

Hardware
Depthcharge was built in an upright cabinet style with a CRT black and white TV inside. It has amplified mono sound and an aqua-blue plexiglass in front of the TV. It runs off of an Intel 8080 CPU at 1.93356 Mhz. The player controls the game via four physical buttons, two for ship movement and two for launching the depth charges.