This was the first arcade game that I ever played. Was a little kid, around 1979. Small game room that mostly had pinball and a few pool tables. They also had an Atari Stunt Cycle game that I played. Brings back memories.

The only arcade game that I actually had the patience to play as a kid in the 70's. Loved that game.

MIND-BLOWING!! my childhood in the flesh, THANK YOU :)

Thank you so much for posting this! I remember that red "Press" button, it really brought back memories. The old arcade games were magic. Back then, nothing was better than a pocketful of quarters!

So primitive by today's standards, but still so dear to the hearts of those who were there. This was the game I played in the summer of '76 at the Holiday Inn arcade in Vegas. It wasn't even really an arcade by today's standards, but I was only 9 and I loved it. I pumped quarter after quarter into it. Thanks.

Sea Wolf was the holy grail of "1970's" arcade games that featured mostly racing games, primitive light gun rifle, huge screen deer-hunting/Western gun draw simulators, Ski-Ball and of course, pinball. But, once the "70's kids" grew out of the arcades, and the "70's-baby/80's kids" who got spoiled on Asteroids, Tempest, Defender, Battle Zone and other "newer" early 80's games took over, it was a rarity to find a working Sea Wolf game at your local arcade, post-'84. Pity. It was really an unsung, innovative gem.

That PT boat with the annoying quacking! This brings back the memories, thank you for showing off every bit.

Thanks for this. I have fond memories of playing this game as a kid on holiday in the 80s. Me and my younger brother spent loads of money on it, i remember having a really good game and getting really excited as it gets quicker and more ships, i banging the hard plastic periscope on my left eye accidently lol it bruised up and my parents thought me and my brother had been fighting and we were covering for each other so we wouldn't get in trouble. It wasn't until the next day me & my brother took my dad into the arcade and showed him Sea Wolf and how i hurt my eye. my name rik was still top of the points table. He brought me and my bro some chips as a sorry for doubting us and some more money for the arcade 😂👍

Icredible! These are truly pieces of art as you said! They don't have that "human touch" any more, 70s and 80s were a special era!

They should make a new version of this game. I had an arcade in my mall but it closed over 10 years ago. I miss the nostalgia.

Brings back a lot of fond memories! This was a very immersive experience as a kid. The periscope and the sound effects created the nautical motif beautifully. I absolutely loved playing this. I don't know what it was about nautically themed things that I found so cool when I was a kid. Looking back, I think it was this game, Jaws, The Tidal Wave rollercoaster at my my local amusement park (Great America) and a few family trips to Hawaii that may have intrigued me! Takes me right back to the late 70s.

One of the first arcade games I remember playing at Rico’s Pizza Parlor. Along with another arcade game with a step & viewfinder; BattleZone! Thanks for the review.

👏👏👏 ‼️®™️ We took these games, and this time for granted❕ You are an absolute "ICON"❗️

This was the very first video game I ever played back in ‘76 or ‘77 at the Wonderland arcade in Ocean City, New Jersey. I’ve been a gamer ever since!

My first submarine game I played was SEGA Periscope game in the 60s. This game was faster. The PT Boat tested your peripheral vision also skill of leading it to get it. Those two games are some of my favorites. Thanks for bringing a smile to this old man

Was just looking at a listing on ebay of this game. Wait a minute...it WAS this game. Lol Looks good. Wish I had the money.

Played this as a kid. 40 plus years ago. Lots of water under the bridge....

I played this in 1980/1981... was only 9!!! Too cool!

One of my favorite games as a young kid. It was awesome.

Thank you for posting this arcade game.

One of my favourite arcade games back when I was at high school in Newcastle Australia.

I loved playing this at Chuck E. Cheese's in Fremont back in the 80's.

Thanks for the flashback!!! This was one of the first, if not the first, video game I ever played in an arcade (late 70's).

Oh my God!!! I actually remember!!! Thanku so much for keeping this alive!!! One of the very first games!! Unbelievable!!!✌️✌️✌️

Wow, looking through the periscope it sure brings memories when I was 9. This is one of the very first arcade games I ever played. Thank you for posting!

I used to go into a little submarine sandwich shop in Bremmerton, Wa way back in 1977 and they had this game. It's the only video game I have ever liked.

one of my FAVORITES as a kid

Really cool. I remember playing this and loving it as a kid.

My Grandma used to give me quarters to play this when she took to to Rink's Department Store (a chain that long ago went out of business) back in the 1970s. She has been gone now for over 30 years. Been so busy with the RAT RACE that I haven't thought of her for a while. Thanks for the memory.

I ADORED this game when I was a kid and my Dad took us to the bowling alley on the weekend!

That was such fun to watch! I played that game many times when it was new in the late 70's. You're completely correct in that the cabinet is 80% of the experience especially with that periscope! If my memory serves me correctly I remember the thrill of hitting that launch button was heightened because of the sound system and that sound effect!

Gracias, fue uno de los primeros super juegos de mi infancia '70

I remember playing this in the 80’s!

I used to love this game when I was a kid. But like you said, I was too short to play it.

Wow, I just found this on your website. This is one of my favorite arcade games of all time. I remember farming the hell out of these things for the arcade tickets.

I remember my dad having this cabinet in our garage in the late 80s/early 90s it was awesome! Thanks for the video I thought the game was Silent Service, but that was an NES game I also owned at the time.

remember playing this in Spanish arcades in the 70s

My mom used to build these machines back in the day.

I played this at Funspot recently and it was one of my favorite. Very immersive for a game from the mid 70s. Cab and art is beautiful.

Odd, this just showed up today on my feed. I've watched these videos for years. Never saw this one. I played this game often back then. They had it at Nickelodeon arcade at Antioch mall in KC, Mo.

Wow Joe, this video brought back so many memories. Thank you very much.

Just caught onto your channel. Love your passion for these old games. Thank you for making these videos and bringing these classics back to life.

Played this a lot as a kid. Grants store (pre-Kamart) in Bloomsburg PA. This was higher tech. I remember one that had painted metal ships on a chain drive. The ‘torpedo’ was a red light under a painted ocean scene. Great game too!

"Stan's Arcade" in Janesville(Wisconsin)had this!

One of my top 10 games when I played in the early 80s. Game looks great and burn in adds character.

That's crazy to me because I remember video games arcades didn't really kick off until the 80s. Strange that there were video games out in the 70s.

I had this game as a kid!!! It wasn’t working when my dad picked it up but he had her running great within a week.

Loved this game to the moon and back..

Pinball was first for me But the Sea Wolf was my very first true video game. I remember going to Payless drug store ( how many remember them ) to play the game that was in the corner of the store.

Played this one alot 😂. Over 9 years ago I bought one from a guy none working. These games are heavy. We had to get it out of a basement I almost had to give up. This guy's son came home and helped this guy looked like he played on New York giants thank you Jesus 😅😅

Ok, I remembered this one only because that fast PT boat with the siren. I played this.

I recall either this or a similar game (still had the periscope) at Cedar Point up in Sandusky OH back in 1980. It wasn't the first video game I played (that would be Pong, back in 1975 at a Greyhound bus terminal) but I certainly loved playing it.

I was a kid when this was my favourite game

Firefighters ? And yes, I =AM= reproducing this game, complete with the explosion overlay. Will write back here when done.

Loved this game when I was young. I used to play it at the arcade at Salem Willows Park in Salem, MA in the 70s

Was 10 years old loved this game

wow, 1976 i was three years old. i like such games with light and mirror effects.We have to remember that back then it was only black and white screens that made such analog effects necessary. But i love it cause it's something special and unique. At home in my room i had just a black white tv unit from trashplace. It was working an i get 3 Channels with an antenna. In our mainroom/livingroom we had a little colour tv ^^ For kids of today this sound poor, but tecnique was expensive back then. O.k. i want say i remember this sea wolf machine. I've seen it in Bavaria on a hill in earle 80ies. There was a open air theatre in forrest and a restaurant with a little arcade in the backrooms (aprox. 10 machines). In every restaurant was a room with game machines. That was rescue me and that was always the motivation for me to go out into nature because after the hike we always went to a restaurant to eat. great channel by the way👍

This arcade game is 45 years old now, since it's 2021.

I was in high school when I gained came out I really enjoyed playing it

That is really beautiful.

playing this game now on the atgames arcade legend machine! Fans of sauce v5.0!!

I got good at this as a kid. It is a precursor to Missile Command in that you had to lead the smart bombs and hit them dead on.

I haven't seen this game since I was a kid after first checking it out at a waterpark in Portland many years ago where it sat right next to the Taito Superman arcade game as well.

I remember this was the first arcade game I ever played. I must have been 3 or 4 years old

Amazing game !!!

Great video series of all your games. I just picked up an original Galaga locally here in Tennessee. I wish you were close to me because your arcades look great. I would probably have too many. Keep it up 👍🏻👍🏻

Out of curiosity, I was delving into early video game sound. For this game, they had a PCB dedicated to sound circuits, as you mentioned. The code in the game would trigger the sounds. I can understand why. (1) CPU capacity was limited to create sounds, (2) They might have lacked audio chips in 1976, and (3) The sounds were pretty sophisticated, such as the sonar and dive sound.

I used to go on this. My dad would pick me up because I was too small to reach the periscope.

Very cool!

I loved this game so much but my house was already to full to buy one when it came up on the market so I convinced my friend to buy it so I could play it. only took me about a month to finish repairs on it and make it reliable. ps there is a dip switch setting that turns off the high score reset button. got to replace the ball bearings in the periscope some day

"Earl" (Wisconsin)had two of these machines...both busted! I wanted to buy one, but he wanted too much for it; Said he was probably going to take both cabinets "out back" at some point & urn them. Cats...all over the place, poopin' In all the games, too! Earl was a good guy, though!

i enjoy your videos!

i was 7YO when it came to the restaurant in my town ,and i had to stand on my toes or a booster seat to play it- i did not do well

i remember this game. niffty. before my time but fun

I play seawolf (the original) on my atgames machine - I use the spinners as the periscope - you've not beaten my high score yet lol I fire multiple missiles to hit multiple ships

Wasn't this the game that was featured in the movie "Jaws"? Or was that one called "Shark Attack"? EDIT: The arcade game in Jaws was "Killer Shark". Wish there was actual gameplay videos of that one!

Could have paid for a much better college if I didn't spend so many quarters on this one back in the day. Memories.

Cool

MAME did a pretty good job at recreating the bezels and lights for this gam

Gotta sink me some 'firefighters', heh!

I remember playing this at the first arcade I started frequenting... the "basement" of Eastland Mall, McKeesport, PA. That arcade was mostly old mechanical and light gun games and some pinballs, but I remember they also had Sea Wolf, Lunar Lander, and they later added a Space Invaders. While the monitor on this is, of course, black and white, I remember the one I played, the "white" looked blue (giving it a deep sea ambience) than what's in this video. Maybe that color isn't coming through in the video? Was it an effect of the black light that's mentioned?

Do people still like this game? It's pretty low tech compared to what's available in games today.

I played this game quite often when I was young ,, from a sound perspective it seems a little different , the sonar ping in the background was a constantly present low level ambient sound effect , with the jarring alert and explosion sound on top everything ,, the sonar sound behaves differently on your game ,,

11:35 is the word coin cut off cause of monitor issue?amazing back then how cpu could control accurate second countdown and individual ships speeds at same time back then.

Sea Wolf: WWII Submarine

I think this my first video game experience.... I remember this cabinet as toddler of six years .Was this first arcade game before space invader craze?

What does the sort of dinging noise represent that you hear sporadically? That the torpedos have been reloaded?

Where are the automated audio come-ons?

Maybe if you're competing with friends, you could clear the high score first then see who gets it.

I'm trying to find out the name of the machine they had on the Russian typhoon submarines similar to this one just wondering do you know what it was

Did he just say "firefighters" instead of "freighters?!"

wait is your name Michael joe?

How do the explosions work? Some lighting and mirrors?

Do you have one of these for sale, or know of someone who has it for sale?

Joe, do you still have this Sea Wolf for sale?

From where I can download it :)

Killing Fire fighters should be way more points..might be a dipswitch for that!

reminds me "bazooka"

Firefighters?.....lol

Is this for sale?