WolfPack (PC/DOS) 1990, Novalogic /Brøderbund

Wolfpack is a World War II submarine simulator published by Brøderbund in the 1990s, for use on the Amiga, Atari ST, DOS computers and the Apple Macintosh. It simulates combat actions between wolf packs of German U-boats and convoys of Allied destroyers and merchant vessels in the Battle of the Atlantic.
The player can choose to command either side, the wolfpack or the convoy, with the computer controlling the enemy vessels. At any time the player may take command of any vessel in their group, including of the tankers and freighters which each carry a single gun. Each vessel can be set to remain on course or at rest, or to act under computer control while the player controls another vessel. This feature helped pave the way for many modern day real-time strategy video games.
The game allows the player to choose between different levels of tactical complexity. The player can simply command one submarine, or one a time, or issue orders and command the operations of the entire group. They can order a vessel to patrol a certain path, laid out using the mouse with the map screen, or to anchor at a certain point, or take other actions. The user can also create new missions, choosing initial locations, orders, and patrol routes for vessels on both sides.
The player can choose to run the simulation in real-time, or increase the speed by up to 64 times, allowing the ships to cross large distances in a reasonable time. The simulation automatically slows to real-time at important times such as when shots are fired.
The game reflects a number of advances in technology that occurred during the course of World War II. Each mission takes place during a particular year of the war. In later years new submarine classes are available to the player, with advances such as greater underwater speed. Destroyers gain radar and active sonar for detection of submarines, and hedgehog antisubmarine weapons, to supplement the depth charges, guns and passive sonar of the earlier destroyers.

[@Martin-mz9ne]

I played this game so may hours back then. One of my first u-boat simulator game. Good old days.

[@Eduguada78]

What a great xperience with very little resources

[@vanderhaat1470]

We came a long way in 30 years. Still remember playing this game on my dads 286 though. Sometimes I still hear my dad saying if I can dig this up somewhere for him to play...

[@Igorsov]

Do it while your dad is still with you…

[@HALEdigitalARTS]

My brother got this, Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, and 3 other games bundled with his Leading Edge 486 back in the day. Loved it.

[@HilarityBribo]

Great game, felt like no other submarine games had quite as much character....

[@JayvH]

0:08 instant goosebumps. Thanks for the flashback.

[@stokeswait1984]

Finally found what this game was called! I played this as a freaken kid on my dad's old work pc

[@shortfilms5667]

That intro and theme music used to terrify me so much....still my biggest nightmare, to fall into the ocean of that intro

[@hoppegypuma2343]

Yoooo hoooo all haaaands...

[@NeilRoy]

I used to LOVE playing this on my Amiga. It had a great multiplayer mode as well as a hotseat mode that was always a blast.

[@harri9885]

Man that brings me back. :)

[@lennarddevries1979]

Oh wauw, 286.... we had a 8086 with a monochrome screen. Its come a long way.

[@birdland1752]

oh boy.. that music! played so much of that game on Atari ST^^

[@IndieAuthorX]

I played this game before I could read, so I would get extremely confused. This and Silent Service, on the NES, were my faves.

[@vanderhaat1470]

This game taught me how to read

[@theeltea]

Ahhh great oldie! I spent months playing this! CHURCHILL SENDS YOU CIGARS FOR CHRISTMAS!

[@itstoxicrick9605]

Me too✌️

[@thriftweeds]

The Wolfpack is back..

[@jakubbason3122]

I have problems with sound in dosbox in this game. Sounds like poorly emulated pc speaker and there are no in game setup. How did you manage to get proper sound?

[@GamingTremor]

Good Memories!

[@TheTarget1980]

Much better than silent hunter 3. :)

[@HoTeNaTV928]

strange or?

[@dRevnik]

remember trying to play this game in early-or-mid 90s, not knowing a word in english, not knowing anything about submarine controls, and being inexperineced player alltogether. it was intimidating. and futile.

[@Eduguada78]

Me too!!

[@RiPvI]

Did not stop me from playing it! X-)

[@TheTarget1980]

Still the best Uboat game ever!

[@Melvorgazh]

Oh! I must find it to play on an emulator for Android. It seems much more advanced than Gato even.

[@Applecompuser]

Looks cool. Would this be hard to run on a modern Mac?

[@Ralphunreal]

they released a digital version on zoom-platform .com(close the space)

[@geroldgrimel4811]

Would you mind uploading an extended/full version of the theme song?

[@Drakklorgod]

Where can I get all the ciphers? Is there a website that has a page of all of them?

[@blueskys6265]

We need a new one. Please!!!

[@bobbyboygaming2157]

BobbyBoyGaming Approved!!!