Silent Service vs Silent Hunter

Sonarman · 04-29-08, 05:53 PM

It's really an unfair comparison given the time difference between these two games, Silent Service will always hold a special pace with me as it was the first game I ever bought on the C-64 (Ouch... 23 years ago!) and it really set the template for the genre a true classic amazing considering it fitted into a mere 64 KB of memory. Silent Hunter was also remarkable in that it was released shortly after what many considered the ultimate subsim Dynamix "Aces of the Deep" and yet it still managed to hold its own, largely thanks to the excellent graphics, perfect atmosphere and detailed recreation of the TDC, both superb games.

Possibly a more interesting and closely fought poll would I suspect be Silent Hunter vs Silent Hunter II it would be interesting to see if the graphics of the 3D sequel and it's Atlantic environment held sway against the original game's general brilliance.

View Poll Results: The better game?
Silent Service (Amiga Version)	10	18.52%
Silent Hunter	44	81.48%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll

04-29-08, 05:53 PM	#12
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,392 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	It's really an unfair comparison given the time difference between these two games, Silent Service will always hold a special pace with me as it was the first game I ever bought on the C-64 (Ouch... 23 years ago!) and it really set the template for the genre a true classic amazing considering it fitted into a mere 64 KB of memory. Silent Hunter was also remarkable in that it was released shortly after what many considered the ultimate subsim Dynamix "Aces of the Deep" and yet it still managed to hold its own, largely thanks to the excellent graphics, perfect atmosphere and detailed recreation of the TDC, both superb games. Possibly a more interesting and closely fought poll would I suspect be Silent Hunter vs Silent Hunter II it would be interesting to see if the graphics of the 3D sequel and it's Atlantic environment held sway against the original game's general brilliance. __________________ "The action is simulated...the excitement is real!" Microprose Simulation Software.