Hello! Looking for nav sim recomendations

nodave · 11-12-20, 11:09 AM

Hi there. New to the forum. I got a hankering for an old game I used to play with my dad on the old apple iie - Grey Seas, Grey Skies. This was a naval combat sim that you played on the computer and with graph paper! No graphics, you got information on the screen, plotted on the graph paper, gave commands, then you let the other player sit down and do the same. My dad was a submariner and would kick my ass every time we played! Surface ships, submarines, carriers and heli's! It was a lot of fun.

Anyway, I was looking for a game that might deliver this experience but I haven't found it yet. I recently downloaded Cold Waters, but it feels a bit too arcade for me, and letting you see underwater? Not very realistic.

Command Modern Operations seemed like it might be more what I am looking for, but $80 plus $20 for multiple addons seems a steep price to me being just a novice. Anyone have a recommendation on something realistic that doesn't cost $100, or is Cold Waters going to be it?

Gerald · 11-12-20, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by nodave

Hi there. New to the forum. I got a hankering for an old game I used to play with my dad on the old apple iie - Grey Seas, Grey Skies. This was a naval combat sim that you played on the computer and with graph paper! No graphics, you got information on the screen, plotted on the graph paper, gave commands, then you let the other player sit down and do the same. My dad was a submariner and would kick my ass every time we played! Surface ships, submarines, carriers and heli's! It was a lot of fun.

Anyway, I was looking for a game that might deliver this experience but I haven't found it yet. I recently downloaded Cold Waters, but it feels a bit too arcade for me, and letting you see underwater? Not very realistic.

Command Modern Operations seemed like it might be more what I am looking for, but $80 plus $20 for multiple addons seems a steep price to me being just a novice. Anyone have a recommendation on something realistic that doesn't cost $100, or is Cold Waters going to be it?

Welcome to SubSim nodave!
Well, I think Cold Waters will suit you or Wolfpack https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/forumdisplay.php?f=277 and then your father will feel "defeated" ... at least for a while.

I myself play SH3+GWX3, but that is another matter.

Jimbuna · 11-12-20, 01:20 PM

Welcome to SubSim nodave

Aktungbby · 11-12-20, 01:24 PM

nodave!

u crank · 11-12-20, 01:50 PM

Welcome to SubSim nodave.

Cajun Kaleun · 11-12-20, 07:58 PM

If Cold Waters feels too arcade for you I would definitely suggest Dangerous Waters. It is older but definitely much more in the sim category for nuc boats.

Welcome to Subsim!

nodave · 11-13-20, 11:45 AM

thanks for the replies guys

11-12-20, 11:09 AM	#1
nodave Nub Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: USA Posts: 2 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Hello! Looking for nav sim recomendations Hi there. New to the forum. I got a hankering for an old game I used to play with my dad on the old apple iie - Grey Seas, Grey Skies. This was a naval combat sim that you played on the computer and with graph paper! No graphics, you got information on the screen, plotted on the graph paper, gave commands, then you let the other player sit down and do the same. My dad was a submariner and would kick my ass every time we played! Surface ships, submarines, carriers and heli's! It was a lot of fun. Anyway, I was looking for a game that might deliver this experience but I haven't found it yet. I recently downloaded Cold Waters, but it feels a bit too arcade for me, and letting you see underwater? Not very realistic. Command Modern Operations seemed like it might be more what I am looking for, but $80 plus $20 for multiple addons seems a steep price to me being just a novice. Anyone have a recommendation on something realistic that doesn't cost $100, or is Cold Waters going to be it?

11-12-20, 01:20 PM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome to SubSim nodave __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,986 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! nodave! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

11-12-20, 01:50 PM	#5
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Welcome to SubSim nodave. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

11-12-20, 07:58 PM	#6
Cajun Kaleun Seaman Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Cascadia Posts: 34 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	If Cold Waters feels too arcade for you I would definitely suggest Dangerous Waters. It is older but definitely much more in the sim category for nuc boats. Welcome to Subsim!

11-13-20, 11:45 AM	#7
nodave Nub Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: USA Posts: 2 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	thanks for the replies guys