<s>
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
is	O
an	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
designed	O
by	O
Dave	O
Nutting	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Midway	O
in	O
1976	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
update	O
of	O
an	O
electro-mechanical	O
Midway	O
game	O
,	O
Sea	O
Devil	O
,	O
itself	O
based	O
on	O
Sega	O
's	O
1966	O
electro-mechanical	O
arcade	B-Application
submarine	O
simulator	O
Periscope	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
piloting	O
an	O
unseen	O
submarine	O
,	O
launches	O
torpedoes	O
vertically	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
sink	O
ships	O
moving	O
horizontally	O
across	O
the	O
screen	O
before	O
time	O
runs	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
sold	O
10,000	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinets	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	O
1976	O
and	O
1977	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Japan	O
's	O
fifth	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	O
1976	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Midway	O
released	O
a	O
color	O
arcade	B-Application
sequel	O
,	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	O
,	O
Commodore	O
International	O
produced	O
cartridge	O
ports	O
of	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
for	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
and	O
then-new	O
Commodore	O
64	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
is	O
time-limited	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
having	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
win	O
bonus	O
time	O
by	O
reaching	O
an	O
operator-set	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
was	O
the	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
two	O
years	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
:	O
1976	O
and	O
1977	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
third	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
of	O
1978	O
according	O
to	O
Play	O
Meter	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
year	O
's	O
fourth	O
highest	O
according	O
to	O
RePlay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
for	O
Taito	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
first	O
annual	O
Game	O
Machine	O
arcade	B-Application
chart	O
,	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
was	O
the	O
fifth	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	O
1976	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
below	O
Taito	O
's	O
Ball	O
Park	O
(	O
Tornado	O
Baseball	O
)	O
and	O
Speed	B-Application
Race	I-Application
DX	O
(	O
Wheels	O
)	O
,	O
Sega	O
's	O
Heavyweight	B-Application
Champ	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Breakout	B-Application
(	O
licensed	O
by	O
Namco	O
from	O
Atari	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
eventually	O
sold	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
10,000	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
II	I-Application
sold	O
another	O
4,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
II	I-Application
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
Epyx	O
ported	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
another	O
Midway	O
game	O
,	O
Gun	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
,	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
released	O
them	O
in	O
an	O
"	O
Arcade	B-Application
Classics	O
"	O
compilation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Coastal	O
Amusements	O
released	O
a	O
retro	O
video	O
redemption	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
world	O
record	O
holder	O
for	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
is	O
Alan	O
Radue	O
with	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
11,300	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
record	O
was	O
set	O
on	O
October	O
2	O
,	O
2011	O
at	O
the	O
Tranquility	O
Base	O
Arcade	B-Application
and	O
verified	O
by	O
Twin	O
Galaxies	O
International	O
on	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
