SubVersion Classic

A faithful, modernized return of the 1992 classic submarine game - torpedoes, sonar, sabotage, and a captain's log that remembers every depth charge.

YOU HAVE THE NAUTILUS.

THEY HAVE A FLEET.

GOOD LUCK, CAPTAIN.

Take command of a Cold War–era attack submarine in Subversion, a faithful iPad revival of the 1992 DOS classic from Captain Byte's Bit Shop and Point of View Computing — rebuilt from the ground up for touch, without losing what made the original tick.

Every system on your boat is yours to manage, turn by turn. Plot a bearing and fire torpedoes from the torpedo room. Launch long-range missiles from the silos. Ping active sonar to reveal what's out there, or run silent and hope the destroyers lose your scent. Adjust ballast to change depth - go deep to dodge depth charges, or surface for repairs, at your own risk. Send frogmen ashore to sabotage enemy shipping. Decode IFOF transmissions before you decide whether that contact is a friend or a torpedo. And when the damage reports start piling up across seven separate systems, you'll need to decide how long you can keep fighting before it's time to abandon ship, self-destruct, or surrender.

None of it is scripted. Every depth charge run, every sabotage mission, every torpedo shot draws on the same probability tables the original game used in 1992 — so no two patrols play out the same way, and the tension of "is this the shot that finishes me" is exactly as real as it always was.

What's new for iPad:

Full touch controls - tap to aim, drag to adjust, no keyboard required Real-time explosion and travel animations for torpedoes, missiles, and depth charges A voiced first officer's log that narrates every report as it comes in Portrait and landscape support, with the same instrument layout either way A redesigned comms window with a persistent turn and ship-count readout, so you always know where the mission stands A full in-app help reference for every station on the boat

Whether you played the original on a beige tower thirty years ago or you're stepping into the torpedo room for the first time, Subversion is a slower, more deliberate kind of naval combat - no reflexes required, just good decisions made under pressure, one turn at a time.

Dive in, Captain. The convoy isn't going to sink itself.