More than 28700 old games to download for free!

Discoveries of the Deep

DOS - 1993

Year 1993
Platform DOS
Released in Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Genre Educational
Theme Naval, Sailing / Boating, Submarine
Publisher Capstone Software, GameTek UK Ltd.
Developer Capstone Software
4.5 / 5 - 2 votes

Description of Discoveries of the Deep

Read Full Description

Discoveries of The Deep is an okay simulation of deep-sea exploration that suffers from the same syndrome as most Capstone games: great concept but poor execution.

The concept in this case is novel enough: your goal is to explore the deepest place on earth: at a spot 320 kilometers south of Guam called "Challenger Deep" at the Marina Trench-- 11 kilometers (7 miles) deep from sea level. In perspective, that's two kilometers deeper than Mount Everest is tall. The game allows you to explore those depths at the helm of a simulated, high-tec minisub. You can undertake any of seven very different missions, from a nuclear waste site cleanup, to searching for new life at the bottom of Romanche Gap, hunting for sunken Spanish galleon, retrieving the "black box" from a drowned airliner, or even see the Titanic first-hand.

Despite these exciting missions, Discoveries of The Deep unfortunately has many flaws that prevents the game from fulfilling its potential. For a start, the user interface is very clumsy, and piloting the ship is extremely simplistic. To add insult to the injury, most graphics in the game are of very poor quality. Although it is true that graphics is not as important as gameplay, in this case the heavily pixellated screens and amateurish graphics make suspension of disbelief very difficult. You can't easily tell objects apart (is that a coral or a fish?), which makes gameplay an exercise in squinting very hard at the screen more than anything else. Although mission objectives are diverse, in effect they amount to the same thing: search for the wreck/airliner/waste site, then click on a few buttons to accomplish your objectives. One redeeming quality of the game is that it allows you to explore the sea at your leisure, although with primitive graphics, you won't be doing it for long.

Overall, it is too bad that Capstone once again botched an original game concept. Anyone looking for an educational title about sealife should go play Odell: Down Under instead, and anyone looking for a realistic treasure-hunting simulation should definitely stick to the superior Sea Rogue from MicroPlay. Not exactly a Real Dog, but also not a Top Dog by a longshot.

Review By HOTUD

External links

Captures and Snapshots

Comments and reviews

There is no comment nor review for this game at the moment.

Write a comment

Share your gamer memories, give useful links or comment anything you'd like. This game is no longer abandonware, we won't put it back online.

 

Buy Discoveries of the Deep

Discoveries of the Deep is available for a small price on the following websites, and is no longer abandonware. GOG.com provides the best release and does not include DRM, please buy from them! You can read our online store guide .

Similar games

Fellow retro gamers also downloaded these games:

Wizardry: Knight of Diamonds - The Second Scenario abandonware
Wizardry: Knight of Diamonds - The Second ScenarioDOS, C64, Apple II, FM-7, PC-88, PC-981987
Sands of Fire abandonware
Sands of FireDOS, Mac1990
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil abandonware
Turok 2: Seeds of EvilWin1999
Prison Tycoon abandonware
Prison TycoonWin2005
Dragons of Flame abandonware
Dragons of FlameDOS, C64, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, FM Towns, PC-981989
Daughter of Serpents abandonware
Daughter of SerpentsDOS1992

Ad Consent Terms About Contact FAQ Useful links Contribute Taking screenshots How to play

MyAbandonware utopiaweb