First Sub Sim (or something like it) for me was Silent Service II... I think. At least it's first I remember now:)

- Silent Service II
- The Hunt For Red October
- Aces Of The Deep (Really loved the game)
- Jane's 688(i) (Really liked the thick paper manual)
- Silent Hunter II
- Tom Clancy's SSN
- Sub Command
- Dangerous Waters
- Silent Hunter III (I'm in love with Das Boot -movie and miniserie and this game can go really in the same mood with imagination)
- Silent Hunter IV (Soon, I hope) :D

Interesting how the boxes got smaller and smaller over time :down:

(Sorry for quoting the image but it was relevant for the point)

My first one was Silent Service on Atari 520ST (I still have the computer somewhere and I believe it works). I remember reading a lot about Up Periscope! but never had it while I had C64.

I think I saw or tried most of the sub sims that followed. Silent Service II was pretty good, but Aces of the Deep was remarkable and so was the Silent Hunter! Played Seawolf a lot but it was arcadish in lots of ways. The only one I didn't saw/played were the Sierra's Fast Attack! and that Grey Wolf: Hunter of the North Atlantic. Now that the WWII sub sims are re-done, I wish Sonalyst would upgrade the graphics of their sub sims (and some other tweaks; e.g. like semi-dynamic campaign and randomizer for single missions).

- Gato (the very first for the PC)
- 688 attack Sub
- Wolfpack (does this counts?)
- Silent Service II
- Das Boot (not bad, good simulation, it even had an enigma machine)
- Silent Hunter (My most memorable moments with a submarine simulation)
- Silent Hunter II (Lots of headaches)
and finally Silent Hunter III...

Yup, me too Silent Service on Atari 800xl. Everybody party like it's 1985!! :rock: :rock:

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Silent Service for the C64.
Load "*", 8, 1

Sid Meier's Silent Service, Atari 800XL, 1986. Seems like it was only 21 years ago... :lol:

why wouldn't wolfpack count?

Don't know...for me "Wolfpack" counts as a subsim, very good for it's day, one thing i really liked was that you could switch between your different subs in the wolfpack, but i'm sure that because of the DD/TRANSPORT/SUB interphase on the same game someone would say it's not fully a subsim but more like a "triple-action" game...

The first subsim to ever get my interest was Silent Service on my C64. Later when I got my very first PC, (yes, I know I am late) in '94 SH1, AoD(the fdd version and the cd version). Skipped SH2, I now am playing w/ SH3. And soon to come SH4. When it gets here on the selves.:stare: :yep:

Gray Wolfs :rock:

SW

first sub sim
 

Gato on my apple 2c, many nights sneaking around whilst my parents slept...

1st was Silent service on the old 8 bit NES.
2nd was AOD on dos.

Spectrum Holobyte's "Gato" on the AppleII. That was a looong time ago.:rock:

Sub Battle Simulator :up:
Proof that gameplay trumps graphics.
A terrific program for it's time.

Mine was actually a HomeBrew someone had setup on a Burrows 1500(?). It was all text readout but man did that game reel me in. Followed soon after with my own Apple ][, PC, C64 and any Sim I could get my hands on.