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06-24-18, 06:44 AM | #1 |
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688 Attack Sub: Modern Analysis
Nice video of a guy bringing a modern perspective on the first in the Jane's 688(I) series.
I sure loved playing as the Alfa
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06-24-18, 07:07 AM | #2 |
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I remember the game, it feels like yesterday.
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06-24-18, 12:51 PM | #3 |
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Hi all - Nathan here. I made the video. I can't thank you enough for posting this here. This was one of my first jumps into the sub sim genre. I played a few others, years ago, but I can't remember them very much sadly. I had no idea there was such a dedicated community to these types of games - and now I'm going down the rabbit hole, and discovering new games, and receiving recommendations of what to play.
Again - thank you for the warm welcome, and sharing my video. You didn't have to do that, but I sincerely appreciate it. |
06-25-18, 06:03 PM | #4 |
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I was fan of all subs games since the EA's 688 Attack Sub, which I modded (cracking the code in ASM language), and added sub launched missiles and many other features to the game.
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06-26-18, 03:41 AM | #5 | |
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Thank you! If you have any suggestions of cool, retro sub games I should check out, I'd love to tackle the genre again. I don't wanna write the genre off just because one game wasn't for me, y'know? |
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06-26-18, 10:43 AM | #6 | |
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And yes, was the DOS version, I cracked it with the Borland C Debugger, and changed the code directly in the exe file |
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06-27-18, 04:48 AM | #7 |
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That is SO COOL! Shame you couldn't keep it/take it home. Have you modded any other games? I definitely like the DOS version better, so would be interested to see some cool mods for it.
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06-27-18, 02:11 PM | #8 |
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Remember it well. I also distinctly remember my first desktop. Emachine 550 Monster.
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06-27-18, 03:30 PM | #9 |
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Cool video! Inspired me to load the DOS version on to my 1st gen iPad, using Powerdos, so I can try it out.
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That's pretty handy. I'd imagine it would work well on the iPad. How does the game hold up for you? |
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06-27-18, 10:10 PM | #11 |
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Welcome aboard!
swampwater!
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06-28-18, 03:44 AM | #12 |
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06-29-18, 01:12 PM | #13 | |
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After that, the Cuban Navy was interested in simulators, and I designed a Harpoon style strategic and tactical system, first for the Navy, and later all branches wanted it, and was included air and ground forces aswell, was programmed in C for Windows 2.11 (1989) That was the last mod I did for a game, was tired and hungry, I left the Armed Forces at mid 90s, later I left Cuba for good! |
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06-30-18, 03:45 PM | #14 |
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I have DosBox on my computer with D-Fend Reloaded as a front-end and Magic DosBox, DosBox Turbo on an Android tablet but there isn't a better retro interface than this Powerdos for Apple devices. I don't know if they still have it available on the Apple store. Anyways it isn't a very powerful tablet being so old but these 1990 dos games are great on it. I have to admit I find the Sega Mega Drive really fascinating, never knew about it before.
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The Mega Drive is amazing. It was HUGE in Europe, especially the UK, so it's kinda inevitable that I grew up being a Sega fan boy. Taking off the nostalgia goggles though, the SNES was the better system all round, but the Mega Drive/Genesis had some brilliant games, and music! I'm working on my next video, which looks at the licensed game of that old Nick show - Aaaahh!! Real Monsters. If you liked what I brought to sub sim genre, and you're interested in learning more about the Mega Drive, I'd love to see what you think of my future videos. I just wanted to say thanks again to this community. My video is nearly at 500 views - and I honestly couldn't have reached that without the support of this website. |
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