With SH4 coming, what was the first subsim you played? - Page 5

NeonSamurai · 03-18-07, 01:15 PM

Gato was my first, played that one so much, the game ran out of ship names and had to have it reset 5 times

Also played most of the major and several minor subsims too (silent hunter series, silent service series, aotd, etc)

melin71 · 03-18-07, 01:28 PM

I think my first was Up periscope on comandore 64. not sure. becourse i played Silent service too allmost the same time =) long time ago.

Zero Niner · 03-18-07, 07:12 PM

I started off with Silent Service for the Apple ][ (hehe guess I'm showing my ages here)

Other sub sims I have owned & played:

Silent Service II
Silent Hunter + a couple of patrol expansion packs
Aces of the Deep
Red Storm Rising (not really a sub sim, but a cool sub-based game nonetheless)
Jane's 688(I)
Silent Hunter III

SIlent Hunter IV will be added to this list as soon as I can buy it, which will be as soon as I can when it's released, lol.

CaptJodan · 03-18-07, 08:56 PM

First subsim ever was the ol Silent Service for the NES, which I don't hear that often around here. One of the all time favorites. And I still have the thing. Not sure if it works, though. Got the bug with it.

Flanker15 · 03-18-07, 11:19 PM

I think it was called Subwar 2050 but it was a subsim set in the future with hi-tech one man subs that had some sort of sonar visualistaion system that let you see out the front of the sub. Has alot of hi-tech stuff but still had some realistic things like thermal layers, water pressure, active/passive sonar and a component based damage model.
It was fun to get hit by a torp and lose your boyancy and then slowly sink in to the ocean and get crushed!

Shaffer4 · 03-19-07, 12:02 AM

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The first naval game I played was sort of like Jane's Fleet Command but it was back around 1986 or so. It was modern surface ship warfare with missiles and stuff for the Commodore 64. Anyone remember the name of this game? I can't remember. :hmm:

Yes, I remember that one, just not the name. I think I recall the Iraqi Exocet attack on the USS Stark as the first mission on the list named "Stark Realities", right?

Harpoon?

NefariousKoel · 03-19-07, 12:41 AM

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The first naval game I played was sort of like Jane's Fleet Command but it was back around 1986 or so. It was modern surface ship warfare with missiles and stuff for the Commodore 64. Anyone remember the name of this game? I can't remember. :hmm:

Yes, I remember that one, just not the name. I think I recall the Iraqi Exocet attack on the USS Stark as the first mission on the list named "Stark Realities", right?

Harpoon?

No, this was before the first (pc game) Harpoon came out. I think this particular game came out around 86-88, at least on my C64 Although I had the old P&P Harpoon around that time.

I recall having to sit on the bridge and issue orders while looking through Binos. It would take forever for those damnable Russians missiles to come into sight.

GSpector · 03-19-07, 12:56 AM

Yea, I remember Subwar 2050 by MPS. Still have the manuals. NOT what I would call it a Sub Sim but it was fun.

To Shaffer4, I was thinking the same thing and if I'm not mistaken, the 1st harpoon came out when I was in High School back in 83-85.

I remember the 1st Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple ][e and the 1st Falcon. Okay, so I also remember PONG on the Odyssey in the 70's.

yea, yea, I know, I'm old. After all the 1st computer type system I ever saw and touched was a Key-Punch Card reader/writer when I was about 8.

StandingCow · 03-19-07, 01:09 AM

Silent service on the PC, and then Nintendo.

Bandit4 · 03-19-07, 02:44 AM

Been coming here and reading the news and these forums for years, but this is my first post.

Silent service and UP Periscope for the C64. I would play those 2 until the early hours in the morning. It's 3:43AM now. I guess things haven't changed

Fat Bhoy Tim · 03-19-07, 06:03 AM

Hunt for Red October on the PC in 1989, followed closely by Wolfpack just a few months later in 1990. I mention the latter as I don't really count the PC version HFRO as a proper subsim, even if it was more realistic than the console counterpart.

Fat Bhoy Tim · 03-19-07, 06:11 AM

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Wolfpack was my first.

Same here.

I liked how you could go from sub to sub and the graphics were
not bad for its time.

The graphics were flipping immense for the time, such depth of colour and a rather dark, dingey look to the controls.

Drebbel · 03-19-07, 06:15 AM

Sub Battle Simulator

kptn_kaiserhof · 03-19-07, 07:16 AM

my first subsim is silent hunter 1 now i got the whole silent hunter colletion

from 1-3 im still getting number 4 on pre order

anchors away my boy's anchers away!!!

Doomgiver · 03-19-07, 07:24 AM

lets see it was Janes 688(I) and then it was sub commander

03-18-07, 01:15 PM	#61
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Gato was my first, played that one so much, the game ran out of ship names and had to have it reset 5 times Also played most of the major and several minor subsims too (silent hunter series, silent service series, aotd, etc) __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

03-19-07, 12:56 AM	#68
GSpector Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 676 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Yea, I remember Subwar 2050 by MPS. Still have the manuals. NOT what I would call it a Sub Sim but it was fun. To Shaffer4, I was thinking the same thing and if I'm not mistaken, the 1st harpoon came out when I was in High School back in 83-85. I remember the 1st Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple ][e and the 1st Falcon. Okay, so I also remember PONG on the Odyssey in the 70's. yea, yea, I know, I'm old. After all the 1st computer type system I ever saw and touched was a Key-Punch Card reader/writer when I was about 8. __________________ Specter

03-19-07, 01:09 AM	#69
StandingCow Weps Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 355 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Silent service on the PC, and then Nintendo. __________________

03-19-07, 06:03 AM	#71
Fat Bhoy Tim Watch Officer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 338 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Hunt for Red October on the PC in 1989, followed closely by Wolfpack just a few months later in 1990. I mention the latter as I don't really count the PC version HFRO as a proper subsim, even if it was more realistic than the console counterpart. __________________ Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some will always be total gits.

03-18-07, 01:28 PM	#62
melin71 Electrician's Mate Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 135 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I think my first was Up periscope on comandore 64. not sure. becourse i played Silent service too allmost the same time =) long time ago.

03-18-07, 07:12 PM	#63
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	I started off with Silent Service for the Apple ][ (hehe guess I'm showing my ages here) Other sub sims I have owned & played: Silent Service II Silent Hunter + a couple of patrol expansion packs Aces of the Deep Red Storm Rising (not really a sub sim, but a cool sub-based game nonetheless) Jane's 688(I) Silent Hunter III SIlent Hunter IV will be added to this list as soon as I can buy it, which will be as soon as I can when it's released, lol.

03-18-07, 08:56 PM	#64
CaptJodan A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 75 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	First subsim ever was the ol Silent Service for the NES, which I don't hear that often around here. One of the all time favorites. And I still have the thing. Not sure if it works, though. Got the bug with it.

03-18-07, 11:19 PM	#65
Flanker15 Seaman Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 32 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I think it was called Subwar 2050 but it was a subsim set in the future with hi-tech one man subs that had some sort of sonar visualistaion system that let you see out the front of the sub. Has alot of hi-tech stuff but still had some realistic things like thermal layers, water pressure, active/passive sonar and a component based damage model. It was fun to get hit by a torp and lose your boyancy and then slowly sink in to the ocean and get crushed!

03-19-07, 02:44 AM	#70
Bandit4 Bilge Rat Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Been coming here and reading the news and these forums for years, but this is my first post. Silent service and UP Periscope for the C64. I would play those 2 until the early hours in the morning. It's 3:43AM now. I guess things haven't changed

03-19-07, 06:15 AM	#73
Drebbel Dutch Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Almost at periscope death ! Posts: 1,665 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Sub Battle Simulator

03-19-07, 07:16 AM	#74
kptn_kaiserhof XO Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 418 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	my first subsim is silent hunter 1 now i got the whole silent hunter colletion from 1-3 im still getting number 4 on pre order anchors away my boy's anchers away!!!

03-19-07, 07:24 AM	#75
Doomgiver Bosun Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 65 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	lets see it was Janes 688(I) and then it was sub commander