The 688 demo. Never got the full game.

Then, many years later, I wanted to try something new and asked on an FPS forum for a good sub game. Silent Hunter III was a universal answer, and I ended up getting it. I liked it from the beginning, even though I noticed it needed patching (by the time I got it, it had already been patched all the way to 1.4b, but my computer was without Web connection, so it took a while for the patch to reach my installed copy).

Started with Silent Service II, but also played Aces of the Deep (could never figure out, but heck I was like 8 or 9 years old at the time) before moving onto SH1. Also wound up playing Wolfpack and a few others in there as well.

Silent Service II got me hooked. Bought it for quite a few different platforms, but never found one to match the "actual screenshot" on the box. :nope:

Holy cow, GATO came out in 1983.

I remember how much fun it was playing it. I used to LOVE that game.

SHIII, but I've been playing flight sims since "The Red Baron."

My first was Epyx Sub Battle Simulator on the AtariST (around 1986 I think). My dad tested it before he wanted to give it to me :)

After that: Silent Service (AtariST), Aces of the Deep, SH2 and SHIII...

The first naval game I played was sort of like Jane's Fleet Command but it was back around 1986 or so. It was modern surface ship warfare with missiles and stuff for the Commodore 64. Anyone remember the name of this game? I can't remember. :hmm:

Silent Service for me too
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Silent Hunter 1 about 2 months after it's release. Got me hooked and can't get enough of the series since.

Same here! And then 688 Attack sub which I still have, and it still plays although graphics can be a bit naff at times.

Silent Service II here. still have it installed on my ancient 386, which by the way stills run!! play it all the time! funny how the old computers [hardware] were far more stable than todays. still have a 486 too that runs :doh:

sorry, back on topic..

errrr, maybe not, more rambling.....

never tried silent hunter I, never seen it anywhere or i would have bought it. silent hunter II & III did not interest me because of the atlantic/u-boat premise. [sorry you europeans but that war was over 15 years before i was born;) ] but my dad did serve in the pacific theater in WWII so i was brought up drooling those fleet boats with them fancy ice cream machines they had:yep:. so naturely i am a pacific campainer by heart.

i have been waiting for so long for a WW II pacific sub game that i could sink my teeth into. it was a long wait, hopefully mine ships this monday.

i also believe that, (contrary to popular theories) silent hunter 4 will sell more than SH II & III.
there are a whole slew of americans silently waiting for a chance to get back into a fleet boat :p

two scoops with sparklies please

end rambling....

Silent Service on my Commodore 64. :up:

Silent Service - Commodore 64, circa 1985

Well I first tried playing Red Storm Rising when my dad wasent looking when I was 8. But my first subsim that I REALY played was SHIII.

BTW: you can realy tell how old people are here in this thread. :p

Yes, I remember that one, just not the name. I think I recall the Iraqi Exocet attack on the USS Stark as the first mission on the list named "Stark Realities", right?