Slightly OT : First Naval War game on computer you played...

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Hi all,

I got "Silent Service" from Microprose for my C64 when I was in USA in 1986! [:)]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Se ... ideo_game)


I also played "Battle for Midway" on my friend's Amstrad CPC at the same time (I don't think it was available for C64 - only for Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC)

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek ... id=0000453


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ORIGINAL: Mikawa

Gary Grigsby’s Guadalcanal on apple I pc. 64k powerhouse.

Epic surface battles would flash descriptions on the screen

My friends and I played so much we wore out the 5” floppy disk and crashed our High school grades.

Fun times.

Yep. Who can forget...

****Torpedo Hits WASP****

Flashing.

from the Battlecruiser...

CL Edinburgh hit by 11 inch AP
****penetration****
****magazine explodes****
CL Edinburgh sinks

Oh the agony of the slowly appearing messages as you realize Germans sunk yet another another screening CL....
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I also played "Battle for Midway" on my friend's Amstrad CPC at the same time (I don't think it was available for C64 - only for Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC)

CPC was a dog for lack of strategy games...None of the US games appeared on that.. and for that reason I exchanged it. Exactly 2 days after I saw Kampfgruppe and that was the final drop...
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I think North Atlantic 1986.

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TF 1942, and IMHO it beat the GNB series hands down...I owned and played them all.

The TF 1942 had a clunky interface which was ever addressed at a time when games were falling out of the door faster than consumers could keep up.
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Kampfgruppe

Another oldy, but goody. Played it to death, unfortunately at a time where I could find no 'live bait'.[:D]
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Hi all,

BTW, my never realized dream was "Sinclair QL"... after using Sinclair "ZX Spectrum" I got C64 because I was unable to get "Sinclair QL"... with Motorola 68000 and MicroDrive it was great machine... [:(]

The game that prompted me to want "Sinclair QL" was strategic game that I can't remember the name right now... it was the most sophisticated strategic game of its time (I think Normandy invasion)!

At the end, after Commodore C64, I got "Atari ST" with Motorola 68000 after all (my uncle had Macintosh with Motorola 68000 as well)... ahh... those were the times... [:D]


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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

BTW, my never realized dream was "Sinclair QL"... after using Sinclair "ZX Spectrum" I got C64 because I was unable to get "Sinclair QL"... with Motorola 68000 and MicroDrive it was great machine... [:(]

The game that prompted me to want "Sinclair QL" was strategic game that I can't remember the name right now... it was the most sophisticated strategic game of its time (I think Normandy invasion)!

At the end, after Commodore C64, I got "Atari ST" with Motorola 68000 after all (my uncle had Macintosh with Motorola 68000 as well)... ahh... those were the times... [:D]


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D-Day for Sinclair QL ! I knew it was not a mirage. I glimpsed at it at some time in Ankara but since well QL was a computer only for the mega-millioners never had it. But the game and its sophistication burned my retina but since I never heard about it again I sometimes thought if it really existed in my imagination.

I used to play Vulcan, Desert Rats and Arnhem ( units coming by air !!! ) on a friend's Speccy. C64 games were fine but IMHO those are the best adaptations into 8 bit world.

My CPC was replaced by the C64 which gave way to an Amiga and then it was an Intel device , then I kept walking on those boring wintel machines.

Yes , I am proud to have lived and gamed ( wargames mostly ) in the dawn of personal computing in 80's.
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Leo "Apolo11"

Tried sending u a PM but your mbox was full ... check this out for the full list of QL Well here is the list...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S ... L_software

So many wargames .... never knew they existed

There is even a War in the East ...
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Avalon Hill's Midway Campaign 1983

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Oh, yes!Tape drives!....Whirring away while loading on an Atari 800...and then too often a blue screen crash! lol
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Old Ironsides for the Apple 2e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MitYeIBRy8Y
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Microprose's Red Storm Rising on the Amiga 500, with the 512k RAM "upgrade".
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Hi all,
ORIGINAL: oaltinyay
ORIGINAL: Apollo11

BTW, my never realized dream was "Sinclair QL"... after using Sinclair "ZX Spectrum" I got C64 because I was unable to get "Sinclair QL"... with Motorola 68000 and MicroDrive it was great machine... [:(]

The game that prompted me to want "Sinclair QL" was strategic game that I can't remember the name right now... it was the most sophisticated strategic game of its time (I think Normandy invasion)!

At the end, after Commodore C64, I got "Atari ST" with Motorola 68000 after all (my uncle had Macintosh with Motorola 68000 as well)... ahh... those were the times... [:D]

D-Day for Sinclair QL ! I knew it was not a mirage. I glimpsed at it at some time in Ankara but since well QL was a computer only for the mega-millioners never had it. But the game and its sophistication burned my retina but since I never heard about it again I sometimes thought if it really existed in my imagination.

I used to play Vulcan, Desert Rats and Arnhem ( units coming by air !!! ) on a friend's Speccy. C64 games were fine but IMHO those are the best adaptations into 8 bit world.

My CPC was replaced by the C64 which gave way to an Amiga and then it was an Intel device , then I kept walking on those boring wintel machines.

Yes , I am proud to have lived and gamed ( wargames mostly ) in the dawn of personal computing in 80's.

Thank you - "D-Day" (I couldn't remember the name)! [:)][&o]


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The earliest Naval Wargame I can remember playing on a computer was Silent Service on my Atari 800 computer, upgraded to 48k of RAM. [X(]
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The earliest Naval Wargame I can remember playing on a computer was Silent Service on my Atari 800 computer, upgraded to 48k of RAM. [X(]
I still have my 800, and it works.
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