Turbo Sub released in 1985 as an arcade shooter game by Entertainment Sciences. Then later in 1991 for the Atari Lynx. The arcade version was a one player game set in the future where you control a submersible ship against a horde of aliens. The Atari Lynx version is the same but can be played with two players and tells us the story is set in the 28th century on Earth. The planet has been invaded and the goal of the game is that the player must destroy all the aliens.
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Played as part of Atari 50.
Very repetitive and not very fun shooter. Slow turn speed is pretty annoying. It's not really in 3d even though that's what you're supposed to believe, which combined with the wonky inaccurate sprite scaling makes it nigh impossible to keep track of where enemies are. Not the bottom of the barrel, and it surely looks better than any Gameboy game, but it still isn't very good. All the Lynx games are gonna be bad, aren't they?
Very repetitive and not very fun shooter. Slow turn speed is pretty annoying. It's not really in 3d even though that's what you're supposed to believe, which combined with the wonky inaccurate sprite scaling makes it nigh impossible to keep track of where enemies are. Not the bottom of the barrel, and it surely looks better than any Gameboy game, but it still isn't very good. All the Lynx games are gonna be bad, aren't they?
(played as part of ATARI 50)
Feels like a first-person SPACE HARRIER but you can go underwater - so, pretty cool! Great transition effects when you dive under, and at the end of the level when you fly through some kind of portal to move on. The combat is ho-hum but, as with many Lynx games, the cool look and good music go a long way to making this likeable.
Feels like a first-person SPACE HARRIER but you can go underwater - so, pretty cool! Great transition effects when you dive under, and at the end of the level when you fly through some kind of portal to move on. The combat is ho-hum but, as with many Lynx games, the cool look and good music go a long way to making this likeable.
(Atari 50)
This game is definitely really cool, feels like a 1st person Space Harrier. I really suck at it though, it's too fast for me to keep up with.
This game is definitely really cool, feels like a 1st person Space Harrier. I really suck at it though, it's too fast for me to keep up with.
Feels like a first person Afterburner with the cool addition of being in the air or going underwater and attacking enemies above and below, it's a really impressive idea and concept for a game that many future games would improve upon what was shown in Turbo. I have to say it was an enjoyable time to play.
Played on Atari 50.
Played on Atari 50.
Genuinely pretty sweet. You shoot aliens that are flying at you above water, and then dive to collect gems and shoot some more aliens. Looks great for 91 and being on the Lynx. You get a ton of lives to offset just how easily things can kill you, but still a lot of fun.
Hard to hate this one for how great it looks for a 1991 handheld game at the time compared to the Game Boy. Turbo Sub brings together the traditional alien shooter with a submarine style of gameplay that also lets you go underwater too. The first person shooting is solid and gorgeous, fast paced and completing a round lets you use gems for extra rewards to keep the run going. Really sold me on how great the Lynx was back then.