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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 |
Ace of the Deep
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Played it on the Commodore 64..... actually I STILL have the game/box/ and manual.
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04-01-10, 03:23 PM | #5 |
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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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04-01-10, 03:23 PM | #6 |
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, 03:28 PM | #7 | |
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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, 03:30 PM | #8 |
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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 | #9 |
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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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04-01-10, 03:32 PM | #10 |
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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 | #11 |
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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, 03:41 PM | #12 |
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My first sub game was for the Amstrad CPC. Can't find what it was called. I know the map was of the Heligoland area, but as to what nationality you were and who you were fighting it was never made clear.
My second game was 688 Attack Sub. Loved the VGA graphics and being able to be Soviets at a time when they were still the 'enemy' was great!
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04-01-10, 03:42 PM | #13 |
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Ahh Silent Service, my first subsim love! Played it on the Atari 800xl
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04-01-10, 03:43 PM | #14 |
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My first Subsim was this.
Anyone else here have this game as a kid? It was frikkin' awesome |
04-01-10, 03:46 PM | #15 |
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Yep! SS on Commadore 64. Came home from a college class one friday afternoon and sat down and had 3 beers while I was playing a patrol. Set the highest score I had, or my room mate had, and neither of us could ever top it. Great fun; classic game, for sure. Who says you can't drink and drive.
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