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NEW ADDITIONS
NEW! WHY MONITOR MATTERS - The Monitor is not only an icon of Civil War history, but a pivotal piece of international naval history as well. Designed by Swedish-American engineer and inventor John Ericsson, the Monitor was the world's first ironclad, turreted warship.
SUBSIM AT E3 2002 - Bethesda invited Subsim into a private screening of Sea Dogs 2 running a demo on a large screen monitor. Producer Joel Breton asked me if I had played Sid Meiers' Pirates. "Well, we want to take Pirates and make it look a whole lot better." And look better, it does.
SEA DOGS II SCOOP
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In Sea Dogs 2 the player will be able to walk not only in town, but all
around the island outside the town walls, through jungles, canyons, visit
rocky shores and caves.
HARPOON 4
NEWS -
Larry Bonds swears it will be done
right...or at least better than Silent Hunter II. Sonalysts
takes sub game to new depths
- This
summer Sonalysts and EA will raise those standards with “Sub Command:
Seawolf, Akula, 688I.” The new game will have higher-quality graphics,
more choice of submarines for a mission, more types of weapons and a
long-anticipated capability to take submarines under the Arctic ice.
SUBSIM REVIEW'S SUB COMMAND BETA
PREVIEW
- A legion of Jane’s 688(I)
players will finally be allowed to shelve what most consider the best nuke
subsim and reload their hard drive with something new. If you liked Jane’s
688(I), you will love Sub Command—three times as much. E3
2001 - 20 Q&A - SUBSIM
Review catches up with Silent Hunter II - Destroyer Command producer Shawn
Storc and passes along 20 questions from members of the Wolfpack League. SUB
COMMAND DEMO; UNDER THE ICE--AT LAST! -
Sub
Command will break new ground with an "under-ice" environment
and a broader scope of missions. SUBSIM Review's fast attack expert Frank
Kulick examines Sonalysts' new subsim. SILENT
HUNTER II AND DESTROYER
COMMAND; INTEROPERABILITY PROGRESS REPORT
- They
said it couldn't be done. Two different games, one multiplayer
battlefield. Universal appeal. The most exciting moment in naval and
submarine simulation history is approaching. GAME Studios and Ultimation
are preparing to release two new sims this spring, one a surface ship sim
and the other a subsim: Destroyer Command and Silent Hunter II. KIM
CASTRO'S 688(I) FLASHBACK -
Initially, we told EA how we were going to improve and update 688
Attack Sub, but Paul told us to "…start new and to make the
most realistic submarine game ever."
SILENT
HUNTER II: BETA PREVIEW - SUB
NOVELIST DIMERCURIO SHARPENS HIS CRAFT
-- The third in an annual series of interviews. Learn what the future in
the DiMercurio world holds. SILENT
HUNTER II: THE INNERVIEW
-- The next WWII subsim is going to be the sequel, Silent Hunter II.
This time around the battlefield is the Atlantic. SUBSIM Review asked for
a few minutes with Senior Producer Rick Martinez to learn the current
status of the sim. LIFE IN THE WARGAMES BIZ -- Joel Billings, one of the early pioneers of subsims for the PC traces the history of SSI and Fighting Steel.
FIX 688(I) -
Jane's 688(I) Hunter/Killer set the standard for nuclear subsims when it
was released in June 1997. Since then, massive gameplay revealed a number
of existing problems with the game. We petitioned to get them fixed, and
EA/Sonalysts responded. PIRANHA FIRING POINT -- Now, with the publication of his fifth novel Michael DiMercurio gives us his best yet. Interview by John Channing MIKE "ACES OF THE DEEP" JONES INTERVIEW -- The mastermind behind the most successful U-boat sim reveals the making of Aces. BEHIND THE MIND OF MICHAEL DIMERCURIO -- Interview with one of the finest fiction authors writing on the subject of submarine warfare today. By John Channing TERRY JONES ON 688(I) -- The subject matter expert for Jane's 688(I) answers questions (well, some anyway). By Jane's Combat Sims/Electronic Arts SUBMARINE
& SUBSIM ARTICLES
VIRTUAL SUBS- The "SSGN in a building"
allows today's submariners to "fight" the Submarine Force's future
land-attack heavyweight in a realistic major fleet battle experiment.
THE SUB BOOK
OF ALL TIME
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The book covers the first 100 years of the Submarine Force and also
provides a glimpse of what’s to come in the future. It contains over 730
magnificent illustrations and twenty-three captivating articles.
SONALYSTS IN
CONGRESS
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In 1995, we approached Electronic Arts, the world’s largest game
publisher. The result was that they funded us as an advance against
royalties to develop 688(I) Hunter Killer.
SUBSIM
REVIEW SELLS OUT!
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So, what else is new? SUBSIM TURNS
5 -
We've been around and we have the bite marks
to prove it!
Two Old Favorites Are Back
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Fighting Steel and Fleet Command have great staying
power. Find out why.
SUBSIM
2001: Year in Review
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It was the best of
times,... really!
The Fleet Type Submarine
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The who-what-how-and
where about WWII US subs.
KLAUS RELIEF RAFFLE -
Win cool
stuff, like an autographed copy of Silent Hunter by Eric Topp, WWII U-boat
Ace.
Ships, Sensors, and Weapons
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While still maintaining their ability to
prevail in sustained “blue water” conflicts against world-class
adversaries, America’s submarines are moving increasingly into the
littorals of the world to face new challenges.
Russia's 'Shipwreck' MIssile Enigma Solved
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Info on the
newly revealed Rocket torpedo. Sub
Command Contest -
EA sponsored a contest and five lucky
winners sailed away with copies of the new nuke subsim marvel.
Jane's Fighting Ships 2001-2002
- To those who
look for signals from the sky, the spectacular splashdown in the South
Pacific of the Russian space station Mir in March 2001 might have signaled
the end of an era. While Russia had its own space program, it could
rightly continue to claim superpower status. Now it has been relegated to
being just one of a number of partners in what has become an American-led
activity, it leaves the United States in a league of its own.
100 YEARS OF RUSSIAN SUB DESIGN -
The
much-awaited century has begun. What does it hold in store for Russians?
Perhaps, only prophets can answer this question and in a very general way
at that. Submarine designers are concerned over specifics: what submarines
should the Russian Navy have in the new century? USS Greeneville Hearings Transcript
- Details
from the inquiry in Hawaii. FIGHTING STEEL
PROJECT V4 -
Fighting Steel, a game
that already has won the hearts of many many battleship enthusiasts, has
become even better with Fighting Steel Project (FSP) by Naval Warships
Simulations. World
Navies in Review
- A broad
survey arranged by broad category of ship and within that
alphabetically by country. By
A. D. Baker, III, Naval
Institute Proceedings THE
MESS COOK - A SUBMARINE STORY
- The
sound of the blast then hit the boat and everyone cheered except the
captain who, at that instant, saw through the billowing smoke falling away
to the tanker's port side, the bow of a Japanese destroyer. By Dan
Gillcrist. PRACTICING
FOR DOOMSDAY
- The cold
war may be over, but dozens of U.S. and Russian subs still lurk under the
ocean, poised to attack. Time's Douglas Waller was granted the most
access any journalist has ever had to chronicle a patrol of one of those
Tridents, the U.S.S. Nebraska. A
Small History of Swiss Submarines - What
could the Swiss army, though famous for its multi-purpose pocket knife (without
cork-screw for privates! What a shame...), do with a submarine force? Four
Swiss-designed and/or built submarines which are amongst the most famous ones
in the world. By Pascal Mauron
PACIFIC
THUNDER! SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE FRONT
- There
is a battle underway on the virtual battlefield, a re-enactment of the
unrestricted submarine warfare that was waged against Japan from December
1941 to August 1945. By Frank Kulick.
GAMES
OF OLDE - New
writer Richard Gillespie takes us back to the stoneage of computer games. Get
your time-travel boots on.
ADVANCED
EVASION TACTICS -
The Do's and Don'ts to
evading the enemies weapons, whether it's depth charges in WWII or wire guided
fish in the Cold War era. By
Andrew Czernicki. HISTORY
OF SUBSIM REVIEW -
What do you get
when you cross a love for computers, submarines, and journalism? A
submarine simulation website that strives to be the best and most
informative on the web. By Jason Dorris. MARK
48 TEST
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An
Australian Collins class submarine, HMAS Farncomb, fired a Mark-48 war-shot
torpedo at the 28 year old former Destroyer Escort TORRENS.
THE
FIN PROJECT -
A Sculpture by John T. Young,
Seattle, Washington, 1998. A Monument to World Peace and Recycling: "From
Swords into Plowshares" USNI
Los Angeles
Class
Submarine Datafile -
This stand-alone executable program includes a 3-D model of a Los Angeles
class sub which the user can rotate to view the top, bottom, side, front,
or rear from any position.
JANE'S 688(I)
REVIVAL - Dust of
that copy of 688(I) and put out to sea. Jane's 688(I) looks as good today as
when it was released and thanks to the latest patch--plays better! Join SUBSIM
Review in celebration of the best subsim ever. HISTORY
OF JANE'S 688(I)
- From the beginning,
688(I) looked like something special. Now three years later we celebrate the
best nuke subsim ever. 688(I)
SWEEPSTAKES
- Who won what in the latest and greatest SUBSIM Review contest. US
NAVY SUBMARINE DOLPHINS
- On 13 June
1923, Captain E.J. King suggested to the Secretary of the Navy that a
distinguishing device for qualified submariners be adopted. KURSK
DOWNED BY SECRET TORPEDO?
-- Military experts
said they believed the crew of the Kursk were testing an upgraded SUBSIM 2000 CONTEST
WINNERS -- We just love to give stuff away! See who won what and
when. FASTER
THAN A SPEEDING BULLET
-- Called Shkval, meaning squall, it is
said to be capable of speeds as high as 500 kilometres an hour. DEEP
& DEADLY: PM CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF THE SUBMARINE
- Submarine designs
took shape in wood, iron, steel and brass, and were powered by every
conceivable prime mover, from oars and hand cranks, to boilers and batteries,
and internal combustion engines. Yet no one could make the idea work. No one,
that is, until Holland.
SUBMARINE
HEROES - Of
the seven submariners granted the Medal of Honor in World War II, three
received the award posthumously. And among those, the one who sank the most
Japanese tonnage before being lost in action was Sam Dealey. ALTERNATIVE
FUELED SUBMARINE
- Nuclear
Powered! Diesel-Electric! Stirling Engine Air Independent Propulsion (AIP)?
What is this new method of propulsion, and how potent will it prove to be. THE
FUTURE OF SUBSIMS -- The sky is falling! Well, it does seem
that way. This viewpoint offers some ideas about the future of subsims. DEBATE CENTER ON MORE US SUBS
-- The US government has woken up to the fact that American submarines are
instrumental in world peace--they have an outstanding record. U-571
MOVIE SECTION
-- Fast paced and fun, the latest U-boat flick may not rival Das
Boot but it is a wild ride. Clips, articles and links here. TOP
TEN GOOD THINGS ABOUT SUBSIMS
-- There are a lot of good
reasons to be a subsim skipper. We've compiled a top ten list that may include
a few things you might not have thought of.
THE
CASE FOR MORE SUBMARINES
--
This article
discusses the unique value of the U.S. Submarine Force today and why it
warrants more defense investment for the future. By CDR Mark L. Gorenflo,
USN, and CDR Michel T. Poirier, USN AN SSK ADVENTURE
--
The minister was invited by the
Navy Chief of Staff to make a little trip on a sub with lunch on board. The
minister, knowing my passion, invited me. How could I say no to a minister? By
Jose Manuel Batista TOMAHAWK
SUPERSUBS -- By converting four soon-to-retire
ballistic-missile submarines into Tomahawk cannons, the Navy could produce
a Stealth weapon system that on its own could "take down a country
for a week. By Richard J. Newman TACOS AT TWO HUNDRED FEET --
For Neal Stevens, it has been a life-long goal to go deep in a military sub. One summer afternoon
he discovered a crisp, white envelope in the mail with the marking "COMMANDING OFFICER USS HOUSTON" in the return address. Original article by Neal Stevens AKULA! THE SOVIET SHARK -- With the Akula, the former Soviet Union has caught the US in the undersea arms race. Original article by Neal Stevens SUBSIM REVIEW FEATURED IN THE NEW LONDON DAY -- Connecticut newspaper zeroes in on SSR's Fix My 688(I) Campaign. By Robert Hamilton. CONTEST WINNERS & SURVEY RESULTS -- The 1998 Summer Giveaway winners and the results of a poll of over 480 subsim warriors. Which sim is #1? Find out here. THE HISTORY OF SUBSIMS -- We examine the pioneer programs of subsim history. These early efforts gave rise to a growing niche of computer games. By Brian H. Danielson and Neal Stevens AMERICA'S FUTURE SUB -- The New Attack Submarine is the Navy's affordable alternative to the Seawolf. Can it do the job? By Neal Stevens SUBSIM ORIGINAL -- Built from cardboard and imagination, this subsim could be one of the first ever. By Neal Stevens DEEP DIVE: SEAWOLF -- Seawolf SSN-21, the first of three, is the stealthiest vessel in the Navy's fleet. By Jim Wilson. SUBSIMS BEYOND 2000 -- Since the advent of the personal computer, inspired companies and individuals have endeavored to reproduce the experience of undersea warfare. By Neal Stevens. AOD U-BOAT TACTICS -- Hunt and kill tactics used in playing Aces of the Deep. By Fionn Kelly. THE AKULA THREAT -- Recent case of Russian submarines tracking the US Navy. By Jane's Defence Weekly. THRESHER DOWN -- The USS Thresher may have been a victim of the same advancing technology that brought her into being. Reprinted from Mechanical Engineering. CAVALLA DECOMMISSIONING -- CAVALLA SSN-684 was in the forefront of one of the country's most successful Cold War competitive strategies. Remarks by ADM Bruce DeMars, USN (Retired). |