Epyx Sub Battle

[nikimcbee]

Did anyone place this? I think it came out after Silent Service. Its cool feature was that you could lay mines. You could also play as German or US.

[Sonarman]

I remember that one and the other Epyx naval game, the arcadey but fun "Destroyer" on the good old Commodore 64.

Sub battle had lots of potential and a lot more depth than Silent Service but was ultimately sunk by poor graphics, speed of response and a terribly flawed time compression system.

You can find a ZZap review of it here (http://amr.abime.net/review_17167)

Look at the price £24.99 in 1988, I only paid £17.99 for SH4 online... and we moan about the price of todays games?

[nikimcbee]

I remember that one and the other Epyx naval game, the arcadey but fun "Destroyer" on the good old Commodore 64.

Sub battle had lots of potential and a lot more depth than Silent Service but was ultimately sunk by poor graphics, speed of response and a terribly flawed time compression system.

You can find a ZZap review of it here (http://amr.abime.net/review_17167)

Look at the price £24.99 in 1988, I only paid £17.99 for SH4 online... and we moan about the price of todays games?

I wish it had some pictures of the game.

[nikimcbee]

I think there are some pictures in the 2007 almanac.

[Palindromeria]

Did anyone place this? I think it came out after Silent Service. Its cool feature was that you could lay mines. You could also play as German or US.

yep about 20-25 yrs ago.
i think i still have it in box with the manual somewhere.
dont think vista would run it even if i could get a 5 1/4 floppy somewhere :doh:

[The Enigma]

yep about 20-25 yrs ago.
i think i still have it in box with the manual somewhere.
dont think vista would run it even if i could get a 5 1/4 floppy somewhere :doh:
I have that game in a zip file.
It plays within Windows XP without any problems.

[Sailor Steve]

I played it on an Atari 520ST.

What I remember:
You could play as a Gato class sub, or as a Type VII u-boat. That was it.
There was a 'drop of the agent' mission.
The graphics seemed to be mostly black and blue.
There was a wierd side-scrolling picture that showed your depth relative to the surface and the bottom.

I liked it for the German side, but I mostly stuck with Silent Service.

[nikimcbee]

I think you could lay mines in this game. The few times I played it, i loved to race infront of the convoy and lay a minefield.:up:

[Sailor Steve]

AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!

McBee resurrects his own necro-thread! I started reading it and composing a reply in my mind, only to find I did post a reply - seven months ago!:nope: :p

[nikimcbee]

AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!

McBee resurrects his own necro-thread! I started reading it and composing a reply in my mind, only to find I did post a reply - seven months ago!:nope: :p

wow, that sounds like a fun game.:hmm: I'll bump this thread every so often, then we'll see how many times you re-post the same thing.

That's okay, I did that in another thread, and my second post was almost verbatim:oops: .

[jmr]

Mobygames has pics of the Dos version

http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/sub-battle-simulator

[Palindromeria]

AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!

McBee resurrects his own necro-thread! I started reading it and composing a reply in my mind, only to find I did post a reply - seven months ago!:nope: :p

LOL - me too. thinking about what to say and
hey wait a sec i already said it:lol:

and yes there were mines :yep:

[nikimcbee]

Hey, has anyony played this? We need to change this to the "Alzheimer's thread":oops: :rotfl:

[Palindromeria]

hey i used to have this, there were mines and you could play as either side and it was the first sub game to include attacking aircraft , and

DOH !!!!!!!:damn:

[nikimcbee]

AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!

McBee resurrects his own necro-thread! I started reading it and composing a reply in my mind, only to find I did post a reply - seven months ago!:nope: :p

wow, that sounds like a fun game.:hmm: I'll bump this thread every so often, then we'll see how many times you re-post the same thing.

That's okay, I did that in another thread, and my second post was almost verbatim:oops: .

It's game time...
bump

[The Enigma]

Since a week or so, I'm playing the game again.
Still love it. :ping:

[CTarana]

I remember that one and the other Epyx naval game, the arcadey but fun "Destroyer" on the good old Commodore 64.

Sub battle had lots of potential and a lot more depth than Silent Service but was ultimately sunk by poor graphics, speed of response and a terribly flawed time compression system.

Despite those issues, Epyx Sub Battle Simulator is always on my short list of programs that are good examples of "Less is more". You don't always have to have the latest and greatest in computers or graphics to pull off a really good game. When my C-64 ruled my desktop (before my 8088, CGA days), I was playing either Silent Service or Eypx Sub Battle Simulator. :)


ChristopherT

[Palindromeria]

:D so. . . . did anyone else play this ???? :ping:

:salute:

[Blacklight]

I had that for my old Commadore 64 ! It wasn't my favorite game though. That distinction goes "The Adventure Construction Set". Even today, there's nothing as cool as that game was.