Silent Service

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Description

You are now a member of the Silent Service, the US Navy Submarine command. For a long while after Pearl Harbor, you are the only forces capable of striking back at the Japanese in the Pacific. Take one of the "fleet boats" and go on extended patrols of up to 2 months from Hawaii, Australia, or New Zealand. Set your difficulty/realism level and time period (early means less tech for juicier targets, later means tougher escorts, more tech, lousier targets). Contend with factors like dud torpedoes, maximum depth, and more.

You can choose among practice run against some old hulks, recreate historical convoy attacks, go on a single patrol, or go on your own campaign, which lets you go multiple patrols until you die, get promoted, or survive the war.

How well will you do when matched against history?

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Alternate Titles

• "Silent Service: The Submarine Simulation" -- Tag-lined title
• "Das U-Boot" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Games with manual lookup copy protection
• Historical conflict: World War II
• Setting: Aquatic / Underwater
• Setting: Australian / Oceanian
• Silent Service series
• Theme: Submarine

User Reviews

Excellent game for its time

DOS

Ray Col (1)

Critic Reviews

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Amiga	Jul, 1987	9 out of 10	90
Commodore Format	Commodore 64	Aug, 1992	89 out of 100	89
1UP!	NES	Feb 24, 2006	86 out of 100	86
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	Commodore 64	1990	83 out of 100	83
Happy Computer	Atari ST	1986	83 out of 100	83
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	Atari ST	1990	81 out of 100	81
Power Play	NES	Oct, 1990	80 out of 100	80
Tilt	Amiga	Jun, 1987	15 out of 20	75
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Dec, 1991		40
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Amiga	Dec, 1991		40

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Trivia

German index

On March 23, 1988 the game was taken off the the German index after the German distributor Rushware entered an objection. MicroProse themselves also objected, stated that a law should not lump computer software in with pornographic videos. The incident was even discussed on the front cover of the UK newspaper The Independent.

Awards

• Commodore Format
  • July 1993 (Issue 34) - Modern Classics: Sims
• Computer Gaming World
  • November 1996 (15th Anniversary issue) - #86 on the "150 Best Games of All Time" list
• Happy Computer
  • 1986 - Best Simulation of the Year
  • Issue 04/1987 - #3 Best Game in 1986 (Readers' Vote)