Microprose's "Silent Service"

BROJD · 08-19-07, 11:55 AM

Does anyone else remember playing Microprose's "Silent Service?" I played it on my Commodore 64 using a joystick.

Now that was a submarine simulation.

Sailor Steve · 08-19-07, 12:17 PM

:rotfl:

No offense meant by laughing, but the answer is an unqualified "yes" for a lot of us:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ghlight=subsim

madmike81 · 08-19-07, 12:28 PM

Yeah i still remember the music...hehe.

dmlavan · 08-19-07, 12:42 PM

I'm pretty sure that was my first sub sim... enemy ships were black rectangles with a white square for a superstructure. Had lots of fun, but we've come a long way since!

Iron Budokan · 08-19-07, 12:45 PM

Microprose Silent Service II was my very first sub sim...I still have the package and the disks and everything!

i_b_spectre · 08-19-07, 01:37 PM

Microprose had some amazing games for the old C64, alright. Among them, Silent Service and Red Storm Rising. Granted, two vastly different sub sims, but reflecting on Red Storm makes me think a Cold War "what if?" could be intriguing. Just because we were fortunate that hostilities never erupted between modern sub forces doesn't mean the sim would be boring, especially when you consider the technology that would be brought to bear. We never got into a hot air-to-air confrontation with the Soviet Union either, but it's surely been the basis for numerous successful air combat sims over the years.

Dowly · 08-19-07, 01:42 PM

Yeh, had it on C64. press T to launch a torpedo, G for deckgun.

CCIP · 08-19-07, 01:54 PM

I had it on the Atari. Fond memories of that as it was the only game I ever played together with my dad, and play it we did! (I was always the XO)

No doubt it's the reason I'm here and into subsims today

OuNiS · 08-22-07, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by BROJD

Does anyone else remember playing Microprose's "Silent Service?" I played it on my Commodore 64 using a joystick.

Now that was a submarine simulation.

I played it on Atari 65XE. I loaded this game about 20 minutes by tape recorder (I had no turbo installed on Atari).

jwatch · 08-23-07, 04:52 PM

Thanks for bringing back a good memory! Loved Silent Service on the C64, I'll have to dig it out, it's around here somewhere. I also liked Submarine, an Avalon Hill board game. Wooden Ships and Iron Men, Panzer Blitz and Luftwaffe too, all good Avalon Hill games.

08-19-07, 11:55 AM	#1
BROJD A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 77 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Microprose's "Silent Service" Does anyone else remember playing Microprose's "Silent Service?" I played it on my Commodore 64 using a joystick. Now that was a submarine simulation.

08-19-07, 12:17 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	:rotfl: No offense meant by laughing, but the answer is an unqualified "yes" for a lot of us: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ghlight=subsim __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-19-07, 12:45 PM	#5
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Microprose Silent Service II was my very first sub sim...I still have the package and the disks and everything! __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

08-19-07, 01:54 PM	#8
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I had it on the Atari. Fond memories of that as it was the only game I ever played together with my dad, and play it we did! (I was always the XO) No doubt it's the reason I'm here and into subsims today __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

08-19-07, 12:28 PM	#3
madmike81 Sparky Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Johnson City TN Posts: 155 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah i still remember the music...hehe.

08-19-07, 12:42 PM	#4
dmlavan Weps Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 351 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	I'm pretty sure that was my first sub sim... enemy ships were black rectangles with a white square for a superstructure. Had lots of fun, but we've come a long way since!

08-19-07, 01:37 PM	#6
i_b_spectre Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 205 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Microprose had some amazing games for the old C64, alright. Among them, Silent Service and Red Storm Rising. Granted, two vastly different sub sims, but reflecting on Red Storm makes me think a Cold War "what if?" could be intriguing. Just because we were fortunate that hostilities never erupted between modern sub forces doesn't mean the sim would be boring, especially when you consider the technology that would be brought to bear. We never got into a hot air-to-air confrontation with the Soviet Union either, but it's surely been the basis for numerous successful air combat sims over the years.

08-19-07, 01:42 PM	#7
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Yeh, had it on C64. press T to launch a torpedo, G for deckgun.

08-23-07, 04:52 PM	#10
jwatch Watch Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Somerset Pennsylvania USA Posts: 27 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Thanks for bringing back a good memory! Loved Silent Service on the C64, I'll have to dig it out, it's around here somewhere. I also liked Submarine, an Avalon Hill board game. Wooden Ships and Iron Men, Panzer Blitz and Luftwaffe too, all good Avalon Hill games.