Submarine Minefield was written for the Bally Astrocade in 1979 by Timothy Hays.

The dots that appear on the screen are the mines. The object of the game is to get to the right side of the screen without touching any mines (small dots) or depthcharges (three moving objects). You have to be careful and have patience to make it to the right side of the screen, it may take you a few tries to succeed. In the single player mode, your enemy is the three depthcharges, they stay very close to you. In the 2 player mode, it is a race to the finish, the depthchargeswill move back and fourth, scanning across the screen. You use the joystick to move up, down, right and left. The trigger is not used. In the two player mode the game goes much slower, which is understandable if you knew the amount of code the computer has to process. Player one is at the top, while player two is on the bottom.

The game was converted for the Atari 800 in 1980.

The following attributes can be used to map the evolution of Minesweeper. Blue cells are confirmed attributes for official versions of Submarine Minefield. Yellow cells are unknown.