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The player uses the yellow periscope to aim at the moving submarines on the screen. Pressing the button on the right handle will fire a torpedo, and the goal is to shoot down all of the submarines in the fastest amount of time. The farther the submarine is, the more points the player will receive,
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that was released by Namco in 1978, and was licensed to Midway for US manufacturing and distribution in
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with green being the closest, and red being the farthest. The game ends when the timer on the cabinet reaches zero.
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459:"一般人からマニアまで 怒涛のナムコの新作群"
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183:Reception and legacy
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613:Namco arcade games
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168:arcade game
153:multiplayer
95:Platform(s)
89:Akira Osugi
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582:Categories
559:Sweet Land
545:Shoot Away
275:References
206:Submarines
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538:Periscope
386:In Review
371:0008-7289
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