We've featured a lot of different kinds of sim games over the years. We've piloted fighter jets, space ships, a ww2-era bomber and even giant mechs. But never before have we gone under water! In a lot of ways, 1993's Subwar 2050 by Particle Systems and MicroProse could be described as "aquatic Wing Commander". But even though it might be a little light on its story, there's a surprising depth to this game (pun unintended!). Being submerged under the oceans brings its own unique atmosphere, and it turns out Subwar 2050 manages to capture it well and turn the experience of playing it into something that's quite unlike anything else.

Enjoy!

Sadly our trusty co-host Florian ("rnlf") couldn't make the episode, but joining host Martijn ("Tijn") we have three excellent guests to more than make up for it. First of all there is DGC veteran Bjorn ("TigerQuoll") who is always keen on any combat sim. Joining for the first time we have Dario ("Psy"), who we welcome to the family. Always exciting to have new club members on! And last but not least we have Alex, who runs the "Tales from the darkened room" blog and YouTube channel, which has several articles and videos on Subwar 2050, as well as many other sim games.

[ download mp3 ] (96 mins, 110 MB)

Many thanks to DGC member Richard ("Pix") who helped produce the show, to DGC member Bernd ("console") who edited this episode, and to Bjorn ("TigerQuoll") for providing the game audio & music. Thanks to all who help us make this show possible, we can't do it without you!

* Subwar content on Tales of the Darkened Room the sim gaming blog maintained by Alex

* Alex also posts to YouTube, such as this video of Subwar running in Dosbox Staging

* Subwar 2050 on Mobygames

* Subwar 2050 is available on both Steam and GOG

* Microprose was previously discussed on DGC in episodes: 024 (Master of Orion 2), 032 (Knights of the Sky), 034 (X-Com / UFO Enemy Unknown), 035 (Sid Meier's Pirates!), 052 (Master of Magic) and 078 (B17 Flying Fortress)