[2] The player must ward off the enemies by firing an unlimited supply of torpedoes while trying to rescue divers swimming through the water.

If the player resurfaces with the maximum amount of divers, they will gain bonus points for the sub's remaining oxygen.

"[3] Cartwright stated that there was a salvage company called "Seaquest Inc or something" that sued Activision for stealing their name for the game.

He met the groups lawyers in Chicago and when explaining the title was original and not based on searching sunken ships or for treasure, the case was dismissed.

[4] Retro Gamer's Darran Jones wrote that the Atari and Activision titles of the Atari 2600 era featured fantastic box art on their covers and that the Seaquest title was one of the few to live up its cover saying "a shoot-'em-up at heart, it's developer, Steve Cartwright, mixed things up by giving you divers to rescue and a strict air supply to manage.