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04-01-10, 03:09 PM | #1 |
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Silent Service - 1986
Thought I'd crank up the old nostalgia radio and share the first sub-game I ever played: Silent Service, for the Commodore Amiga
http://hol.abime.net/1923 It was released in 1986..I got it in 1989 but I was a bit too young to really play it seriously, but its still one of my favorite games from that era . |
04-01-10, 03:18 PM | #2 |
Wild Night in Bangkok
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My first too, I played this for a year solid. Sparked my interest in subs. Was it sid meier?
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04-01-10, 03:21 PM | #3 |
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Played it on the Commodore 64..... actually I STILL have the game/box/ and manual.
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My dad and I used to spend literally entire nights on war patrols with this game. |
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04-01-10, 03:32 PM | #6 |
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Here is a review of Silent Service from the UK magazine ZZap64 of the original (and best) C64 version of the game, Ouch 1986 24 years ago, I feel very very old!
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04-01-10, 03:37 PM | #7 |
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I bought Silent Service 1 for the NES (8-bit) in 1993. It was my first sub game. I was 6.
Once I got a PC I bought Silent Service 2 and 668(i) Hunter Killer (Modern Nuke Sub) Loved both of them, then of course bought SH3 once it came out and SHIV. To bad about SHV it would have looked nice in my collection.
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04-01-10, 03:23 PM | #8 |
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Hmmmm interesting. Lets see, my first was "Sub Hunt" for the Mattel Intellivision. Dont remember the year though.
Ahhh ok found it, was in 1982. http://www.gamespot.com/intellivisio...unt/index.html
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04-28-10, 01:08 AM | #9 |
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04-28-10, 01:17 AM | #10 |
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Btw anybody who can't stand those early PC colors, can play Silent Service with emulators. I think the Amiga version looked the best. I play the Atari 800xl version.
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04-01-10, 03:23 PM | #11 |
Wild Night in Bangkok
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Silent service 2 was huge step up , I remember being amazed at the "realistic" graphics.....
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04-01-10, 03:30 PM | #12 |
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From what I remember it was indeed Sid Meier who designed Silent Service.
Oop. Beat me to it.
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04-01-10, 03:32 PM | #13 |
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Ah, many hours spent with Silent Service and its sequel. I've gotten the 6 year old to play SSII.
I started a bit earlier, with GATO. Ah, how I loved the purple waters of the Pacific...
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04-02-10, 06:28 AM | #15 |
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the first sub game i played was a game called hunter killer on the old zx spectrum. that was way back in the early 80's. does anyone else remember that game?
i was only 5 and it was one of the 1st games i ever played. ever since then ive always had an interest in subs and subsims. from hunter killer i went to silent service 1 688 attack sub red storm rising hunt for red october silent service 2 silent hunter series all fantastic games |
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