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Turbo Sub

Turbo Sub

Dec 31, 1985ShooterArcadeArcadeAtari Lynx

Turbo Sub — frequently asked questions

Is Turbo Sub on Steam?
No. Turbo Sub is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Turbo Sub on?
Turbo Sub is available on Arcade, Atari Lynx.
When did Turbo Sub release?
Turbo Sub was first released on December 31, 1985.

About Turbo Sub

Turbo Sub released in 1985 as an arcade shooter game by Entertainment Sciences. Then later in 1991 for the Atari Lynx. The arcade version was a one player game set in the future where you control a submersible ship against a horde of aliens. The Atari Lynx version is the same but can be played with two players and tells us the story is set in the 28th century on Earth. The planet has been invaded and the goal of the game is that the player must destroy all the aliens.

Summary via IGDB.

Turbo Sub on Wikipedia

Turbo Sub is a first-person shoot 'em up released in arcades by Entertainment Sciences in 1985. Aliens have attacked the planet and the player fights them beneath the ocean using a submersible ship. Six years after the arcade original, Atari Corporation published a Lynx version, which adds a two-player mode.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Developer
Entertainment Sciences
Publisher
Atari Corporation
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Themes
Action, Science fiction

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Lynx · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-08-07

Loose
$13
Complete
$26
Sealed
$30
Region
NA+EU
Released
1991
Authenticity
Low
On Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration — the cartridge is now a collectibleLow counterfeit risk
Atari Lynx prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A scaling-heavy underwater shooter, and one of only six Lynx games Atari put on Atari 50.

NuFX developed it and Atari published it in 1991. It is a pseudo-3D rail shooter that leans hard on Suzy's sprite scaling, which is the sort of thing the Lynx was built to sell.

Its inclusion on Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration puts it in select company — six Lynx titles made that collection, and this is one of them. The period Lynx FAQ lists two-player support, but notes players compare scores rather than interacting directly.

Before you buy

Cheap and low-risk. Complete copies cost about double loose. Try it on Atari 50 before committing to the cartridge.

Turbo Sub screenshots

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