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{{Infobox game/row/developer|MicroProse}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|MicroProse}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|MicroProse|Original}}
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|MicroProse|Retail}}
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Retroism|Current}}
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Night Dive Studios|Digital (original)}}
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Night Dive Studios|Current}}
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Retroism|Digital (original)}}
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Atari|Digital (current)}}
 
|engines      =  
 
|engines      =  
 
|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|December 31, 1985}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|1985}}
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|January 23, 2014|ref=<ref name="release date">[https://www.gog.com/news/release_silent_service_12 Release: Silent Service 1+2 - GOG.com]</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|January 23, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref name="release date">[https://www.gog.com/news/release_silent_service_12 Release: Silent Service 1+2 - GOG.com]</ref>}}
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|January 23, 2014|ref=<ref name="release date"/>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|January 23, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref name="release date"/>}}
{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|November 6, 2014}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|November 6, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox}}
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|taxonomy    =
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Vehicle combat }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | Naval/watercraft }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | World War II, Oceania, Historical }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Silent Service }}
 
|steam appid  = 329660
 
|steam appid  = 329660
|gogcom page  = silent_service_12
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|gogcom id side = 1207660513
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|hltb        = 15916
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
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|mobygames    = 1812
 
|wikipedia    = Silent Service (video game)
 
|wikipedia    = Silent Service (video game)
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
 
|license      = commercial
 
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
{{Series|Silent Service}}
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{{Introduction
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|introduction      =
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|release history  =
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'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
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{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Physical | | | DOS }}
 
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Physical | | | DOS }}
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | silent_service_12 | DRM-free | Includes Silent Service and its sequel [[Silent Service II]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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{{Availability/row| GamersGate | silent-service | Steam | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
{{Availability/row| Steam | 329660 | Steam | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>[https://steamdb.info/app/329660/config/ Silent Service · AppID: 329660 · Steam Database]</ref> | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | silent_service_12 | DRM-free | Includes Silent Service and its sequel [[Silent Service II]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1|title=List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref> | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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{{Availability/row| GMG | silent-service | Steam | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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{{Availability/row| Humble | silent-service | Steam | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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{{Availability/row| Steam | 329660 | Steam | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamdb.info/app/329660/config/|title=Silent Service · AppID: 329660 · Steam Database|date=9 June 2023}}</ref> | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 
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{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
 
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{{Game data/config|DOS|}}
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{{Game data/config|OS X|}}
 
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{{Game data/config|Linux|}}
 
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{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
 
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===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
|gog galaxy           = false
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|discord                  =
|gog galaxy notes     =  
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|discord notes            =
|origin               =  
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|epic games launcher      =
|origin notes         =  
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|epic games launcher notes =
|steam cloud           = false
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|gog galaxy               = false
|steam cloud notes     =  
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|gog galaxy notes         =  
|uplay                =  
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|origin                   =  
|uplay notes           =  
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|origin notes             =  
|xbox cloud           =  
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|steam cloud               = false
|xbox cloud notes     =  
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|steam cloud notes         =  
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|ubisoft connect          =  
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|ubisoft connect notes     =  
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|xbox cloud               =  
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|xbox cloud notes         =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Video settings==
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==Video==
{{Image|GOG.com DOSBox Configurator v2.png|Graphics settings (GOG.com version)}}
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{{Video
{{Video settings
 
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
|windowed                  = true
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|windowed                  = false
|windowed notes            = Toggle with {{key|Alt|Enter}} (when using [[DOSBox]]).
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|windowed notes            =  
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
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|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
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|upscaling                  = unknown
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|upscaling tech            =
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|upscaling notes            =
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
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}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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==Input==
{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
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|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
 
|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
 
|tracked motion prompts notes =  
 
|tracked motion prompts notes =  
|other controllers        = unknown
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|other controllers        = true
 
|other controllers notes  =  
 
|other controllers notes  =  
|other button prompts      = unknown
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|other button prompts      = false
 
|other button prompts notes=  
 
|other button prompts notes=  
|button prompts            = false
 
|button prompts notes      =
 
 
|controller hotplug        = false
 
|controller hotplug        = false
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
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}}
 
}}
  
==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume notes    = Press {{Key|V}} to toggle sound effects between full, partial, or none.
 
|separate volume notes    = Press {{Key|V}} to toggle sound effects between full, partial, or none.
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|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
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|eax support notes         =
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|royalty free audio       = unknown
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|64-bit executable     = false
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|windows 32-bit exe    = unknown
|64-bit executable notes=  
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|windows 64-bit exe    = unknown
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|windows arm app        = unknown
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|mac os x powerpc app  = unknown
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|linux 32-bit executable= unknown
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Latest revision as of 15:44, 26 December 2023

Silent Service
Silent Service cover
Developers
MicroProse
Publishers
Retail MicroProse
Digital (original) Night Dive Studios
Digital (original) Retroism
Digital (current) Atari
Release dates
DOS 1985
Windows (DOSBox) January 23, 2014[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) January 23, 2014[1]
Linux (DOSBox) November 6, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Genres Vehicle combat
Vehicles Naval/watercraft
Themes World War II, Oceania, Historical
Series Silent Service
Silent Service on HowLongToBeat
Silent Service on MobyGames
Silent Service on Wikipedia
Silent Service
Silent Service 1985
Silent Service II 1990

Silent Service is a singleplayer first-person vehicle combat game in the Silent Service series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
DOS
GamersGate
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes Silent Service and its sequel Silent Service II. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Linux <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Linux <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Press V to toggle sound effects between full, partial, or none.
Surround sound
Subtitles
No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA, EGA, Tandy/PCjr

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 1.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
System memory (RAM) 128 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) CGA, EGA, Tandy/PCjr
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References