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Silent Service Review
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From: Petree
A review of SILENT SERVICE
by MICROPROSE SOFTWARE
Ok, so you are 6 foot 5 and hanker
to be one of those guys in "RUN
SILENT RUN DEEP". Well, anyone with
fingers and a joystick glued to one
hand better sign up right now. Uncle
Sam wants YOU! Silent Service is a
well thought out submarine warfare
simulation. I refrain from calling it
a game as I see it more as an
educational adventure in submarine
warfare in the Pacific. There are
practice scenarios as well as convoy
and Pacific patrol actions with many
variables to keep your bottom warm
this winter.
The program is well supported by
the manual but there is so much to
learn you may wear out the pages
before you master the submarine
commands. There are moderately
detailed views of the conning tower,
bridge, gauges, and charts. You may
look through the periscope from the
conning tower or just look out from
the bridge. Binoculars may be used
from the bridge for improved vision.
The enemy ships are very well
depicted and may change course, try
to ram you, or call in the cavalry
disguised as a Kaibokan class
destroyer.
The torpedo data computer (TDC) will
help you fire the 4-inch deck gun or
send off the bow and stern torpedos.
"I" will identify what you are
looking at so that you can plan the
sequence of the attack or so that you
know who that idiot is that got you
out of the bunk and is 500 yards
away, coming down on you like a coon
dog in May.
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