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03-30-06, 09:16 PM

Here's a good article about Sid Meier's Silent Service game.

http://www.gamespot.com/features/sidlegacy/ss.html

CWorth · 03-30-06, 09:24 PM

Anyone remember this game???

This was another Uboat game I played...

Schiffmorder · 03-30-06, 09:24 PM

Well my VERY first sim was Flight Sim (way way before MS bought it)
which I played on a Sinclair Z80 with the 16K memory piggyback, loaded (taking about 15 minutes) via tape player and viewed on my 12 inch b/w tv. Have I sufficiently dated myself here?

For Naval sims it was Red Storm rising on C64, SSII, AOD (which I maintain 12 years later STILL has things to teach modern devs about sub simming!!), fooled around with 688i some, went totally back to flight sims until last fall when I got SH3, which I find with patch and mods to be a very nice game, faults not withstanding.

03-30-06, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by CWorth

Anyone remember this game???

This was another Uboat game I played...

Wolfpack. I forgot to mention that one also. Forgot about it!

Also there was another one called GreyWolf on Windows 3.1

03-30-06, 09:37 PM

Here are some more of Wolf Pack for DOS.

03-30-06, 09:42 PM

Here is GreyWolf for DOS/WIN

Syxx_Killer · 03-30-06, 10:37 PM

I remember Silent Service very well! :rotfl: I still have it with the box and book all in good condition. I always thought that guy in the white sweater and jeans looked out of place.

I had Silent Service for NES the same time I had Command: Aces of the Deep. There was a point when I couldn't play CAOD because my computer at the time was a real piece of crap. CAOD was given to me before I actually had a computer that could handle it. I would play CAOD on a friend's computer. When I finally was able to play CAOD on my own computer that could handle it, it was a custom machine that kept freezing all the time. Eventually it went back and I had to put up with my crappy one again (Windows 3.1, 1MB RAM, floppy drives for both sizes, 8MHz (had a turbo button for 16MHz woohoo!!

)). That was when I started playing Silent Service. I liked the game, but it just wasn't CAOD. When I got a computer that could finally play CAOD I was overjoyed. I didn't play Silent Service much after that. Another sim I played alot was 688I Attack Sub on Sega Genesis. That game was really cool, although I never really knew what I was doing. After that, the only other sub sims I have played was Jane's 688(i) Hunter/Killer, Sub Command, Dangerous Water, and of course Silent Hunter III. I remember trying the demo to Silent Hunter I, but never got the actual game. Came close, though.

gdogghenrikson · 03-31-06, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

Anyone else remember this game?

( You know your a geek if youve ever played this game with a protractor, compass, triangles, and a legal sized notepad.

)

More screenshots here:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/silent...ce/screenshots

COOL!!

I used to own that game. didnt understand it alot but still played it and thought it was fun

JScones · 03-31-06, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by JonZ

played Silent Service on C=64

memories :|\

CCIP · 03-31-06, 01:54 AM

Silent Service II on the Atari is certainly the reason I'm here.

It's almost strange how much I loved that game and actually got rather good at it, despite the fact that I was 9 years old and didn't know English - forget knowing anything about submarines!

But memories of it were so persistent that it only took a few good previews of SHIII for me to know that I would be hooked... and here I am a year after release, still as hopelessly addicted as I was to SSII - but a little smarter

darksythe · 03-31-06, 01:57 AM

Ahh silent service was also the one that started it all for me. I played it on the c64 and the nes. Racked up loads of tonnage, but considering i was still a pup at the time not much tactical work went into it. wish i still had the game would be a heck of a nostalgia trip.

JScones · 03-31-06, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by JonZ

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Originally Posted by panthercules

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Originally Posted by JonZ

played Silent Service on C=64

memories :|\

Me too - man, those were the days. I especially loved the recognition manual:

Two blocks and 1 stick = destroyer
Three blocks and 2 sticks = merchant

Been hooked ever since

hell yea, ingame it doesn't work... all ship looked the same

It was one of the copy protection you have to find the manual if you *borrow* it.

Of course the copy protection have evolued since and is now known as StarForce

As a budding programmer at the time, the thing I liked most about it was that with a simple Ctrl-Break and LIST you had the whole code at your disposal. And it was in easy-to-read Basic, not machine code! Ahh, the days...

MarshalLaw · 03-31-06, 09:24 AM

Silent hunter for me. The good old Dos days

CptGrayWolf · 03-31-06, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by darksythe

wish i still had the game would be a heck of a nostalgia trip.

darksythe Silent Service is easily found on the net and you can probably use Dosbox to run it.
Or even better, get an emulator of your favorite system and voila you're back in 1985!
I have an Atari 800xl emulator and sometimes load up a favorite game!

darksythe · 03-31-06, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by CptGrayWolf

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Originally Posted by darksythe

wish i still had the game would be a heck of a nostalgia trip.

darksythe Silent Service is easily found on the net and you can probably use Dosbox to run it.
Or even better, get an emulator of your favorite system and voila you're back in 1985!
I have an Atari 800xl emulator and sometimes load up a favorite game!

Thats a good idea thanks

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03-31-06, 01:54 AM	#10
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Silent Service II on the Atari is certainly the reason I'm here. It's almost strange how much I loved that game and actually got rather good at it, despite the fact that I was 9 years old and didn't know English - forget knowing anything about submarines! But memories of it were so persistent that it only took a few good previews of SHIII for me to know that I would be hooked... and here I am a year after release, still as hopelessly addicted as I was to SSII - but a little smarter __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

03-31-06, 01:57 AM	#11
darksythe Lieutenant Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 269 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Ahh silent service was also the one that started it all for me. I played it on the c64 and the nes. Racked up loads of tonnage, but considering i was still a pup at the time not much tactical work went into it. wish i still had the game would be a heck of a nostalgia trip. __________________ For those who try and fail. Try Again. For those who try and succeed......... How dare you!

03-30-06, 09:16 PM	#1
SubSerpent Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Here's a good article about Sid Meier's Silent Service game. http://www.gamespot.com/features/sidlegacy/ss.html

03-30-06, 09:24 PM	#2
CWorth Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gettysburg PA Posts: 845 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Anyone remember this game??? This was another Uboat game I played...

03-30-06, 09:24 PM	#3
Schiffmorder Sailor man Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 45 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Well my VERY first sim was Flight Sim (way way before MS bought it) which I played on a Sinclair Z80 with the 16K memory piggyback, loaded (taking about 15 minutes) via tape player and viewed on my 12 inch b/w tv. Have I sufficiently dated myself here? For Naval sims it was Red Storm rising on C64, SSII, AOD (which I maintain 12 years later STILL has things to teach modern devs about sub simming!!), fooled around with 688i some, went totally back to flight sims until last fall when I got SH3, which I find with patch and mods to be a very nice game, faults not withstanding.

03-30-06, 09:37 PM	#5
SubSerpent Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Here are some more of Wolf Pack for DOS.

03-30-06, 09:42 PM	#6
SubSerpent Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Here is GreyWolf for DOS/WIN

03-30-06, 10:37 PM	#7
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I remember Silent Service very well! :rotfl: I still have it with the box and book all in good condition. I always thought that guy in the white sweater and jeans looked out of place. I had Silent Service for NES the same time I had Command: Aces of the Deep. There was a point when I couldn't play CAOD because my computer at the time was a real piece of crap. CAOD was given to me before I actually had a computer that could handle it. I would play CAOD on a friend's computer. When I finally was able to play CAOD on my own computer that could handle it, it was a custom machine that kept freezing all the time. Eventually it went back and I had to put up with my crappy one again (Windows 3.1, 1MB RAM, floppy drives for both sizes, 8MHz (had a turbo button for 16MHz woohoo!! )). That was when I started playing Silent Service. I liked the game, but it just wasn't CAOD. When I got a computer that could finally play CAOD I was overjoyed. I didn't play Silent Service much after that. Another sim I played alot was 688I Attack Sub on Sega Genesis. That game was really cool, although I never really knew what I was doing. After that, the only other sub sims I have played was Jane's 688(i) Hunter/Killer, Sub Command, Dangerous Water, and of course Silent Hunter III. I remember trying the demo to Silent Hunter I, but never got the actual game. Came close, though.

03-31-06, 09:24 AM	#13
MarshalLaw Navy Dude Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando Fla USA Posts: 174 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Silent hunter for me. The good old Dos days