Silent Service
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| Developers | |
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| MicroProse | |
| Publishers | |
| Original | MicroProse |
| Current | Retroism |
| Current | Night Dive Studios |
| 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 |
| Series | Silent Service |
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| Silent Service | |
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| Silent Service | 1985 |
| Silent Service II | 1990 |
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| GamersGate | |
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| GOG.com | |
Includes Silent Service and its sequel Silent Service II. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3] | |
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
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | No mouse support. | |
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| DualShock 4 controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers | ||
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| Button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
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. |
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| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | CGA, EGA, Tandy/PCjr |
System requirements
| DOS | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 1.0 | 2.11 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 8088 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 128 KB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | CGA, EGA, Tandy/PCjr | |
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | |