Game Classification

GATO Spectrum Holobyte (Paul Arlton & Ed Dawson) (U.S.A.), Spectrum Holobyte (U.S.A.), 1983  

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Classification

VIDEO GAME

Keywords

Historical - Naval - Real-time - Simulation - Submarine simulator

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
AVOID : explanation of this brick MATCH : explanation of this brick DESTROY : explanation of this brick MANAGE : explanation of this brick MOVE : explanation of this brick SELECT : explanation of this brick SHOOT : explanation of this brick
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GATO GATO was a real-time submarine simulator published by Spectrum HoloByte in the 1980s for use on several platforms, including the Apple IIe and Atari XE Game System. It simulated combat operations aboard the Gato-class submarine USS Growler (SS-215) in the Pacific Theater of World War II. GATO was the first PC submarine simulator and the first simulator for the Apple Macintosh. [source:wikipedia]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : PC (Dos) - Apple II - Atari 800 - Atari ST - Macintosh

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