Just out of curiosity, can I claim the "youngest u-boater" title? - Page 2

U-48Kriegsmarine · 11-16-09, 10:33 PM

GREAT!!!!!!!! You Guys Rule!

artao · 11-16-09, 11:28 PM

Do the old stand-up arcade games count? I LOVED Sea Wolf ( http://marvin3m.com/arcade/seawolf.htm ), where you actually looked thru a periscope viewer, when I was 6 or 7 ... hooked on sub games ever since. Guess I woudn't call that arcade game a 'sim' tho, so I'd have to say Silent Service on Nintendo when I was 10 or so.

MK2 · 11-17-09, 12:10 AM

That is really cool. I am 42 and it's great to see the young generation insterested in historical topics.

U-48Kriegsmarine · 11-17-09, 12:23 AM

Sure Arcade Games Count!

Rapt0r56 · 11-17-09, 12:28 AM

Mh, I remember getting startet with SHII, i think it was in November 2001, then i was 9 yo. after the release of SHIII i saw this gold box of SHII and SHI, and buy it, so i played a couple of weeks SHI before getting started with SHIII. It was great!

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Do the old stand-up arcade games count? I LOVED Sea Wolf ( http://marvin3m.com/arcade/seawolf.htm ), where you actually looked thru a periscope viewer, when I was 6 or 7 ... hooked on sub games ever since. Guess I woudn't call that arcade game a 'sim' tho, so I'd have to say Silent Service on Nintendo when I was 10 or so.

This looks really cool artao, need one!

(look at the size of the Fish and the Sub, really impressive.

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Jimbuna · 11-17-09, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by irish1958

I played with rubber duckies when I was 15 months old

Is that what you called it

EAF274 Johan · 11-17-09, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by artao

Do the old stand-up arcade games count? I LOVED Sea Wolf ( http://marvin3m.com/arcade/seawolf.htm ), where you actually looked thru a periscope viewer, when I was 6 or 7 ... hooked on sub games ever since. Guess I woudn't call that arcade game a 'sim' tho, so I'd have to say Silent Service on Nintendo when I was 10 or so.

I loved Sea Wolf! My dad actually had to lift me up so I could reach the periscope

I can't remember exactly when this was, around 1980 I guess... which means I was 5 or 6

My first subsim was Epyx Sub Battle Simulator on the Atari ST... I was 11 or 12 then. I've no idea how I ever managed to sink anything in there, as I don't think it had any plotting feature.

Sailor Steve · 11-17-09, 06:10 PM

I'll certainly never qualify. When the first arcade games were coming out I was already in my thirties.

Oneshot/Onekill · 11-18-09, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Pioneer

Daughter #1 made the jump from her DD in Iron Wolves to Silent Hunter 2....age 11.

Her younger sister never touched another uboat title when the Iron Wolves server had the plug pulled September 3 2001. She was aged 5.

Now your a dedicated father. Brainwash your kids early, is what I always say. I love it.

Oneshot/Onekill · 11-18-09, 03:18 AM

God you guy's make me feel ancient.

I guess I was around 19 or 20 when Silent Service came out for Nintendo. When was that? 1989 or 90?

Castout · 11-18-09, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Oneshot/Onekill

God you guy's make me feel ancient.

I guess I was around 19 or 20 when Silent Service came out for Nintendo. When was that? 1989 or 90?

Nah you need couple hundred years more to qualify as a museum collection

Draka · 11-18-09, 09:56 AM

Wellllll - define "Submarine simulation". Does Avalon Hill's game "Submarine" count? (1976 - and I still own it). I was a tad old at the time - 26 yrs young.

Oneshot/Onekill · 11-18-09, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Draka

Wellllll - define "Submarine simulation". Does Avalon Hill's game "Submarine" count? (1976 - and I still own it). I was a tad old at the time - 26 yrs young.

Now thats what I call hard core simulation gamer!

OooRaah!
SemperFi!

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artao Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 238 Downloads: 144 Uploads: 0	Do the old stand-up arcade games count? I LOVED Sea Wolf ( http://marvin3m.com/arcade/seawolf.htm ), where you actually looked thru a periscope viewer, when I was 6 or 7 ... hooked on sub games ever since. Guess I woudn't call that arcade game a 'sim' tho, so I'd have to say Silent Service on Nintendo when I was 10 or so. __________________ l8r, artao

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'll certainly never qualify. When the first arcade games were coming out I was already in my thirties. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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MK2 Loader Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 81 Downloads: 209 Uploads: 0	That is really cool. I am 42 and it's great to see the young generation insterested in historical topics.

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Draka Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 256 Downloads: 322 Uploads: 0	Wellllll - define "Submarine simulation". Does Avalon Hill's game "Submarine" count? (1976 - and I still own it). I was a tad old at the time - 26 yrs young.