Ashcan

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Ashcan is a 1998 naval simulation by Jerry Fritschle in which the player commands a destroyer hunting a submerged submarine. Hydrophones reveal the sub's position on the surface, but the depth must be deduced through trial and error before depth charges can be dropped on target.GameplayEach round gives the player ten depth charges to find and destroy a submarine hiding between 60 and 450 feet down. After every shot the game reports whether it fell too shallow or too deep, letting the player narrow in on the correct depth across successive attempts.Modes and ScoringAshcan supports both single-player and two-player play, and the submarine's depth can be set by the opposing player or randomized by the computer. Scoring is golf-style with lower totals winning, and session scores accumulate across rounds to reward calculated risk-taking.System RequirementsThe game targets System 7.0 through 7.6 and Mac OS 9 and requires a 256-color display. It is reported to run cleanly under classic-Mac emulators including SheepShaver, Basilisk II, and Mini vMac II.SourceAshcan is preserved on Macintosh Garden alongside its companion screenshots and on the Info-Mac game archive.