It was released for the Amiga, Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Macintosh, MS-DOS, and the Tandy Color Computer 3.

The player is responsible for navigation, using five different levels of mapping, attacks' planning based on weather and surroundings as well as paying attention to the radar.

A player can choose target practice, individual missions or war commands as either a German or an American submarine Captain.

The review as examples of its flaws being able to see Iceland with binoculars from 500 miles away; sinking an aircraft carrier with a deck gun; and multiple bugs.

[3][4] David Plotkin of STart liked the game, stating that it was not too difficult for novices but very challenging at higher difficulty levels.