---
title: Sea Wolf
tags:
- naval battle
- shoot them up
- submarine
years:
- '1976'
params:
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1976'
  - label: companies
    value: Midway
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: arcade cabinet
  - label: systems
    value: Arcade
  - label: number of players
    value: 1 player
  screenshots:
  - title: fire!
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: damned, this mine stopped my torpedo
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: ha ha, one ship sunk
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: you can fire two torpedoes simultaneously
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: arcade cabinet
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: periscope detail
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: right side
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  machines:
  - /museum/misc-arcade-video-games
  company: /companies/misc
  oc_id: 185
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230331114508/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=185
    date: '2023-03-31'
---

Sea Wolf is the first submarine video game. It had large success mainly because of its excellent periscope feature. The player have to look through the periscope and move left and right to aim at ennemies and launch torpedoes.

Your torpedoes come from the bottom of the screen and must reach the top to sink as many ships as you can in a limited time period. But there are also many floating mines underwater which will stop your torpedoes...

Great game that inspired many others.