<s>
Submarine	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1982	B-Application
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
written	O
by	O
Dean	O
Lock	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Thorn	B-Application
EMI	I-Application
Computer	I-Application
Software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
VIC-20	B-Device
port	O
by	O
Gary	O
York	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
by	O
Patrick	O
Buckland	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	O
version	O
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
1985	O
on	O
cassette	B-Device
on	O
the	O
Sparklers	B-Application
budget	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
TI-99/4	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
but	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
until	O
1986	O
when	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
bought	O
the	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Submarine	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
simulates	O
the	O
operations	O
of	O
a	O
German	O
U-boat	B-Operating_System
during	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Submarine	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
plays	O
in	O
real	B-General_Concept
time	I-General_Concept
:	O
the	O
actions	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
and	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
enemy	O
convoys	O
occur	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Antic	O
awarded	O
it	O
a	O
spot	O
in	O
its	O
10	O
best	O
games	O
in	O
1982	B-Application
list	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
an	O
extremely	O
sophisticated	O
simulation	O
with	O
the	O
added	O
fun	O
of	O
gaming	O
excitement.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hi-Res	O
review	O
was	O
extremely	O
favourable	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
There	O
is	O
no	O
question	O
about	O
Submarine	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sparklers	B-Application
budget	O
re-release	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1986	O
by	O
Computer	O
Gamer	O
,	O
who	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
Red	O
Giant	O
"	O
rating	O
on	O
their	O
star	O
scale	O
..	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
long-delayed	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
TI-99	B-Device
gained	O
a	O
A	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1993	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
survey	O
of	O
wargames	O
gave	O
Submarine	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
one	O
star	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
innovative	O
in	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
now	O
offers	O
next	O
to	O
nothing	O
for	O
the	O
simulation	O
gamer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2009	O
review	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
Submarine	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
has	O
brought	O
to	O
the	O
video	O
gaming	O
industry	O
what	O
Eastern	B-Application
Front	I-Application
1941	I-Application
done	O
;	O
that	O
is	O
making	O
the	O
computer	O
to	O
be	O
separate	O
medium	O
to	O
those	O
traditional	O
board	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yet	O
Submarine	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
added	O
an	O
extra	O
flavour	O
of	O
being	O
immersed	O
in	O
3D	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
dramatic	O
step	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
those	O
many	O
,	O
many	O
side-scrolling	O
shoot-em	O
up	O
games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
reviewer	O
noted	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
complex	O
games	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
VIC-20.	O
"	O
</s>
