Silent Service

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

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
GOG.com		Includes Silent Service and its sequel Silent Service II. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[2]
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3]

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.

System	Location
DOS	PC-Booter Game, no path
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]}

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

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

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus		No mouse support.
Keyboard and mouse prompts
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

XInput-compatible controllers

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

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

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	1.0	2.11
Processor (CPU)	Intel 8088
System memory (RAM)	128 KB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	5 1/4 or 3 1/2 floppy disk drive required
Video card (GPU)	CGA, EGA, Tandy/PCjr

↑ ^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.

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