[Sailor Steve]

You can still play SH1 if you want. There's a downloadable program called 'DosBox' that lets you run all the old classics.

I too loved SH1, and I had the collected Silent Hunter Commander's Edition, with all the patrol discs added in, plus a new one they never released separately. Until a year ago I used to go back and play it and Aces Of The Deep occassionally. I liked the eye candy in SH3, but not the play so much until I found the right mods I liked and SH3 Commander, which added a lot of cool stuff reminiscent of AOD. I'm hoping SH4 will end up the same way eventually.

As for 2D screens and systems, I remember when SH3 was still under development. We were talking about what we wanted and expected, and I said "I'd be perfectly happy with an updated Aces, with SH2-style graphics. I felt the same way about SH1 and SH4, but of course now I like the 3D interiors and all the crew doing things, especially up on the bridge.

We'll see what the future brings.