How old were you when you started playing submarine sims?

Kapitänleutnant Tiddles · 01-13-15, 12:39 AM

Like I said in my little introduction, i actually started playing when I was 7!

Armistead · 01-13-15, 12:47 AM

Silent Service, I think by Microprose or pose......

back when you got a nice box and a large manual....

Red October1984 · 01-13-15, 01:00 AM

I probably picked it up around 7-9 honestly now that I think about it. We had an old copy of SH2 and I always loved diving and surfacing.

Fast forward a few years later, I got really really hardcore into SH2 again...I bought SH3, 4, DW, Enigma Rising Tide, etc.

I regret nothing.

Sailor Steve · 01-13-15, 01:48 AM

I discovered Silent Service around 1987, which means I was 37 at the time.

Fubar2Niner · 01-13-15, 02:53 AM

Silent Service, I was 30, but I played a U-Boat sim on the BBC Micro prior to that. Can't remember it's name.

Best regards.
Fubar2Niner

Cybermat47 · 01-13-15, 03:47 AM

Around 12-13, started in 2013.

d@rk51d3 · 01-13-15, 03:47 AM

Silent Service.............. about 13.

ReallyDedPoet · 01-13-15, 06:44 AM

Probably on Atari or something years ago, but I was hooked after Fast Attack.

mapuc · 01-13-15, 12:35 PM

I can't be so old when I started to play submarine Sims

In our local store they had this sub-something-arcade, where you put a dime in the machine and you looked into a periscope and had to hit ships on the surface.

Got a little older and lost interest in it, until some years later where I got a machine called Phillips 7400(can't really remember the name it's like a play station)
there I got many games(cartridge) among these I had a submarine game.

played on that machine until it was time for my time in the military, had not so much interest playing for fun, when I was doing it for real in the military-sort of.

Many years later I saw a commercial for a game called Destroyer Command. I bought it and in the folder there was something about a game Silent Hunter II

So I bought that too.

Today I have Silent Hunter II, III, IV, V, Dangerous Water, Subcommand(somewhere) Fleet Command and Command. And of course Destroyer Command

Markus

Dowly · 01-13-15, 12:38 PM

Silent Service on Commodore 64 (cassette of course

). I was probably around 6 or 7.

Wolferz · 01-13-15, 12:48 PM

I'm too old to remember.

My first taste of sub simming was SH 3. Whenever that came out.

Welcome to the boat Tiddles.

Boy, if that nick don't have potential for a fatal fatfinger...

Oberon · 01-13-15, 12:55 PM

About 6 or 7 I'd wager.

VipertheSniper · 01-13-15, 01:28 PM

The first time I played a subsim I must've been 10 or so. Played a random misson in AOTD at a friends flat. My first subsim that I owned was SH1, next was AOTD, than SH2 and SH3. Haven't tried SH4 yet, graphics are marvelous and I guess with right mods gameplay is too, it's just that I dread setting it all up.

nikimcbee · 01-14-15, 01:47 PM

1982ish.

Eichhörnchen · 01-14-15, 02:06 PM

"I was 77 years of age in 1982.... or was that 82 years of age when I was.... oh, sod it."

01-13-15, 12:39 AM	#1
Kapitänleutnant Tiddles Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 5 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	How old were you when you started playing submarine sims? Like I said in my little introduction, i actually started playing when I was 7!

01-13-15, 12:47 AM	#2
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Silent Service, I think by Microprose or pose...... back when you got a nice box and a large manual.... __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

01-13-15, 01:00 AM	#3
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I probably picked it up around 7-9 honestly now that I think about it. We had an old copy of SH2 and I always loved diving and surfacing. Fast forward a few years later, I got really really hardcore into SH2 again...I bought SH3, 4, DW, Enigma Rising Tide, etc. I regret nothing. __________________

01-13-15, 01:48 AM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I discovered Silent Service around 1987, which means I was 37 at the time. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-13-15, 03:47 AM	#6
Cybermat47 Willing Webfooted Beast Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 5,408 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 23	Around 12-13, started in 2013. __________________ Historical TWoS Gameplay Guide: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2572620 Historical FotRSU Gameplay Guide: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho....php?p=2713394

01-13-15, 02:53 AM	#5
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,175 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	Silent Service, I was 30, but I played a U-Boat sim on the BBC Micro prior to that. Can't remember it's name. Best regards. Fubar2Niner

01-13-15, 03:47 AM	#7
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,951 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	Silent Service.............. about 13.

01-13-15, 06:44 AM	#8
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,885 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Probably on Atari or something years ago, but I was hooked after Fast Attack. __________________ Back in the Day

01-13-15, 12:35 PM	#9
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	I can't be so old when I started to play submarine Sims In our local store they had this sub-something-arcade, where you put a dime in the machine and you looked into a periscope and had to hit ships on the surface. Got a little older and lost interest in it, until some years later where I got a machine called Phillips 7400(can't really remember the name it's like a play station) there I got many games(cartridge) among these I had a submarine game. played on that machine until it was time for my time in the military, had not so much interest playing for fun, when I was doing it for real in the military-sort of. Many years later I saw a commercial for a game called Destroyer Command. I bought it and in the folder there was something about a game Silent Hunter II So I bought that too. Today I have Silent Hunter II, III, IV, V, Dangerous Water, Subcommand(somewhere) Fleet Command and Command. And of course Destroyer Command Markus

01-13-15, 12:38 PM	#10
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Silent Service on Commodore 64 (cassette of course ). I was probably around 6 or 7.

01-13-15, 12:48 PM	#11
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	I'm too old to remember. My first taste of sub simming was SH 3. Whenever that came out. Welcome to the boat Tiddles. Boy, if that nick don't have potential for a fatal fatfinger... __________________ Tomorrow never comes

01-13-15, 12:55 PM	#12
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	About 6 or 7 I'd wager.

01-13-15, 01:28 PM	#13
VipertheSniper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 1,070 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The first time I played a subsim I must've been 10 or so. Played a random misson in AOTD at a friends flat. My first subsim that I owned was SH1, next was AOTD, than SH2 and SH3. Haven't tried SH4 yet, graphics are marvelous and I guess with right mods gameplay is too, it's just that I dread setting it all up.

01-14-15, 01:47 PM	#14
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	1982ish. __________________

01-14-15, 02:06 PM	#15
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,376 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	"I was 77 years of age in 1982.... or was that 82 years of age when I was.... oh, sod it."