MicroProse Returns with the Mighty Eighth, a 10-Player WWII B-17 Simulator

Re:MicroProse Returns with the Mighty Eighth, a 10-Player WW... by duxup on Friday May 29, 2020 @11:55AM (#23351498)

OH man I played a TON of Silent Service.

That could be some seriously tense gaming.

I wish they'd re-release that somewhere ... granted I haven't looked. It might not have aged but I could go for a something like that again, maybe not full sim... more casual friendly.

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Re:MicroProse Returns with the Mighty Eighth, a 10-Player WW... by rspicer on Friday May 29, 2020 @12:06PM (#23351677)

You might want to look at Wolfpack, mentioned elsewhere in this thread. It requires multiplayer, 2-5 players control a German u-boat against Allied convoys in the Atlantic). It's an interesting combination of sim-lite (engines, battery and buoyancy are modeled relatively simplistically) and deep nerd simulation (fire control/torpedo solution) aspects.

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Re:MicroProse Returns with the Mighty Eighth, a 10-Player WW... by duxup on Friday May 29, 2020 @12:13PM (#23351802)

Thank you.

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Re:MicroProse Returns with the Mighty Eighth, a 10-Player WW... by smacktoward on Friday May 29, 2020 @01:12PM (#23352637)

Both Silent Service and Silent Service II have been reissued and are available from a bunch of online game retailers. Since GOG is currently having their summer sale, you can get them both in a single bundle for just $1.49: https://www.gog.com/game/silent_service_12

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Re:MicroProse Returns with the Mighty Eighth, a 10-Player WW... by duxup on Friday May 29, 2020 @04:27PM (#23355100)

Oh my how times have changed!

Processor: 1.8 GHz

Memory: 512 MB RAM

Storage: 2GB HDD

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Re:MicroProse Returns with the Mighty Eighth, a 10-Player WW... by brudgers on Friday May 29, 2020 @04:42PM (#23355274)

I played Silent Service on an Amiga 500: 7.16mHZ, 512k, 3.5” floppy.

Please stay off the grass.

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Re:MicroProse Returns with the Mighty Eighth, a 10-Player WW... by yread on Friday May 29, 2020 @01:41PM (#23353028)

Also 688!

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