Playing The Deep (C64)

Entry posted by Cybergoth April 18, 2010

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Hi there!

Let's have a look at another C64 conversion of an obscure arcade one hit wonder:

Did you ever hear of an Arcade games maker called "Cream"? Me neither. According to the KLOV, The Deep was the only game they ever made. Well, while it apparently wasn't good enough to keep the company going, it was at least considered good enough by U.S. Gold to aquire the license for homecomputer conversions.

The C64 version at hands didn't impress me much. The graphics are functional at best and the whole audio experience is driven by approximately 3-4 different SFX.

Regarding the gameplay, if you remember the old Sega game "Sub Scan", you already have a very good idea of how The Deep works - basically one could consider it a sidescrolling, graphically enhanced remake of Sub Scan.

There's a bit more to it. Occasionally you can transform into a little sub, in order to pick up some treasure (I think). Then there's bigger middle and end (mother-)ships you have to fight against in each of the 5 levels, and a little minigame/bonus sequence inbetween them, obviously inspired by Missile Command.

The later levels certainly ramp up the difficulty level. Overall it's not quite as boring as Sub Scan, but still far from a good game. And once again it's a game without an ending: After 5 levels it just loops back to the first :roll:

Some future day the "Playing..." series may see another U.S. Gold game in the form of "Human Killing Machine", but first it'll continue with something else.

Greetings,

Manuel

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