Gato (computer game)

Gato (computer game)

Infobox VG
title = GATO


developer = Spectrum Holobyte
publisher = Spectrum Holobyte
designer = Paul Arlton & Ed Dawson
released = vgy|1983
genre = Submarine simulator
modes = Single-player
platforms = PC, Apple IIe, Atari XE
media = Floppy disk
requirements =
input = Keyboard

"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.

The player was tasked with chasing Japanese shipping across a 20-sector map while returning for resupply as necessary from a submarine tender. The islands on the map were randomly generated and not based on real-world geography. Combat was conducted using a screen with a view through the periscope and at various gauges and indicators. The game had multiple difficulty levels, the highest of which required the player to translate mission briefings which were transmitted only as audible Morse Code.

A review in "Computer Gaming World" praised the game for being simultaneously easy to play and having deep, detailed strategy.citation | date = Apr-May 1985 | last = Sipe | first = Russell | periodical = Computer Gaming World | title = IBM Goes to War | year = 1985 | pages = 24-25]

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External links

*moby game|id=/gato|name="GATO"
* [http://www.atarimagazines.com/v7n5/ProductReviews.html GATO atari review & screenshot]
* [http://www.bytecellar.com/archives/000069.php Of AJAX, GATO, and Bill Scott]


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