Silent Service

mobygames link

Source 1

Property	Data
Title	Silent Service
Publisher and/or Developer	Microprose Software Ltd.
Year	1986
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	1
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	UK
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64
NTSC or PAL	NTSC
Protection	track 35 unformatted, Manual Lookup
Working?	Yes
Archived	21 Oct 2014 enigma
Verified by	enigma

Side 0

Disk

• 

  Loader Menu

• 

  Title

• 

  Menu

• 

  Game

• 

  Game

Notes from enigma:

- Runs also on PAL if normal load is selected. Fast load works only with NTSC.

- If protection check fails, reports hardware failure of disk drive before main menu would appear.

Advertising

The loader screen advertises the following games.

• Acrojet mobygames link
• F-15 Strike Eagle mobygames link
• Solo Flight mobygames link
• Crusade in Europe mobygames link
• Gunship mobygames link

Streams

File:Streams SilentService enigma.zip

G64

File:SilentService s0.g64

Disk side 1 is empty.

Source 2

Property	Data
Title	Silent Service
Publisher and/or Developer	Microprose Software Ltd.
Year	1985
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	2
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	US
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64/ATARI
NTSC or PAL	NTSC
Protection	signature - wiped out (zeroed) parts of sectors on t35, Manual Lookup
Working?	Yes
Archived	2 Apr 2014 Rakki
Verified by	enigma

Side 0

Disk

• 

  Atari Title

• 

  Atari Credits

• 

  Atari Menu

Notes from enigma:

- Runs also on PAL if normal load is selected. Fast load works only with NTSC.

- If protection check fails, reports hardware failure of disk drive before main menu would appear.

- Side 1 has the Atari version.

Purchased from: ebay.com

Streams

File:Streams SilentService Rakki.zip

G64

File:SilentService Rakki s0.g64

ATR

File:SilentService Rakki s1.atr

Source 3

Property	Data
Title	Silent Service
Publisher and/or Developer	Microprose Software Ltd.
Year	1986
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	1
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	UK
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64
NTSC or PAL	NTSC, runs on PAL when not using "Fast Load" option
Protection	track 35 unformatted, Manual Lookup
Working?	Yes
Archived	20 Jan 2013 Rakki
Verified by	enigma

The disk was dumped twice.

• 

  Side 0

• 

  Side 0 redump

• 

  Loader

• 

  Ship Identification Request

Purchased from: ebay.fr (Aki's game)

enigma: On ship identification the Type <letter> relates to the letter shown in the manual at the specific ships silhouette.

Streams

File:Streams SilentService pal Rakki.zip

File:Streams SilentService pal rakki redump.zip

G64

File:SilentService pal rakki s0.g64

File:SilentService pal rakki redump s0.g64

Disk side 1 is empty.

Source 4

Property	Data
Title	Silent Service
Publisher and/or Developer	Microprose Software Ltd.
Year	1987
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	1
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	UK
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64
NTSC or PAL	NTSC, runs on PAL when not using "Fast Load" option
Protection	track 35 unformatted, Manual Lookup
Working?	Yes
Archived	20 Jan 2013 TNT
Verified by	enigma

Side 0

Streams

File:Streams SilentService 2nd copy tnt.zip

G64

File:SilentService tnt s0.g64

Disk side 1 is empty.

Source 5

Property	Data
Title	Silent Service
Publisher and/or Developer	Microprose Software Ltd.
Year	1987
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	1
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	UK
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64
NTSC or PAL	NTSC, runs on PAL when not using "Fast Load" option
Protection	track 35 unformatted, Manual Lookup
Working?	Yes
Archived	20 Jan 2013 TNT
Verified by	enigma

Side 0

Streams

File:Streams SilentService 1st copy tnt.zip

G64

File:SilentService 1st copy tnt s0.g64

Disk side 1 is empty.

Source 6

Property	Data
Title	Silent Service
Publisher and/or Developer	Microprose Software Ltd.
Year	1987
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	1
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	UK
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64
NTSC or PAL	PAL, do not use "Fast Load" option
Protection	track 35 unformatted, Manual Lookup
Working?	Yes
Archived	18 Jan 2013 Skape
Verified by	enigma

• 

  Disk Label

Skape: Manual version 1 JAN 1987 Change 3, 2nd copy. A little bit different box (deeper blue).

Streams

File:Streams SilentService skape.zip

G64

File:SilentService skape s0.g64

Disk side 1 is empty.

Source 7

Property	Data
Title	Silent Service
Publisher and/or Developer	Microprose Software Ltd.
Year	1987
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	1
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	UK
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64
NTSC or PAL	PAL, do not use "Fast Load" option
Protection	track 35 unformatted, Manual Lookup
Working?	Yes
Archived	18 Jan 2013 Skape
Verified by	enigma

Streams

File:Streams SilentService 2nd dump skape.zip

G64

File:SilentService 2nd dump skape s0.g64

Disk side 1 is empty.

Source 8

Property	Data
Title	Silent Service
Publisher and/or Developer	Microprose Software Inc.
Year	1985
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	1
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	US
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64
NTSC or PAL	NTSC
Protection	Rapidlok, Manual Lookup
Working?	Yes
Archived	14 Sep 2013 Rakki
Verified by	enigma

• 

  Side 0

• 

  Box Content

• 

  Box Back

• 

  Copyright in Manual

• 

  Version of Manual

Purchased from: ebay.com - owner AS

Rakki: Cardboard, gray disk. Manual Change 1 15 Sept 1985

Advertising

The loader screen advertises the following games.

• Acrojet mobygames link
• F-15 Strike Eagle mobygames link
• Solo Flight mobygames link
• Crusade in Europe mobygames link
• Gunship mobygames link

The manual advertises the following games.

• F-15 Strike Eagle mobygames link
• Gunship mobygames link
• Acrojet mobygames link
• Kennedy Approach mobygames link
• Decision in the Desert mobygames link

Streams

File:Streams SilentService-NTSC rakki.zip

G64

File:SilentService rakki s0.g64

Disk side 1 is empty.

Source 9

Property	Data
Title	Silent Service
Publisher and/or Developer	Microprose Software Ltd.
Year	1985
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	1
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	UK
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64
NTSC or PAL	PAL
Protection	Track 35 sector 0 has error 5, Manual Lookup
Working?	Yes
Archived	29 Sep 2011 sncboom2k
Verified by	enigma

Side 0

Streams

File:Streams SilentService sncboom2k.zip

G64

File:SilentService sncboom2k s0.g64

Disk side 1 is empty.

Source 10

Property	Data
Title	Silent Service
Publisher and/or Developer	Microprose Software Ltd.
Year	1985
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	?
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	UK
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64/ATARI
NTSC or PAL	PAL, use normal Load option
Protection	C64: Track 35 sector 0 has error 5, Manual Lookup, Atari: ?, Manual Lookup
Working?	Yes
Archived	16 Jul 2019 Bill Lange
Verified by	enigma

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  Side 0

Disk side 0 containts the C64 version, side 1 contains the Atari version.

Streams

File:Streams Silent Service (1985)(MicroProse Software)(US)-a-.BillLange.zip

G64

File:Silent Service (1985)(MicroProse Software)(US)-a-.BillLange s0.g64

ATX

File:Silent Service (1985)(MicroProse Software)(US)-a-.BillLange s1.atx

Source 11

Property	Data
Title	Silent Service
Publisher and/or Developer	Microprose Software Ltd.
Year	1985
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	?
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	UK
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64/ATARI
NTSC or PAL	PAL, use normal Load option
Protection	C64: Track 35 sector 0 has error 5, Manual Lookup, Atari: ?, Manual Lookup
Working?	Yes
Archived	4 Oct 2015 Farb
Verified by	enigma

Streams

File:Streams Silent Service (1985)(MicroProse Software)(US) Farb.zip

G64

File:Silent Service (1985)(MicroProse Software)(US) Farb s0.g64

ATX

File:Silent Service (1985)(MicroProse Software)(US) Farb s1.atx

Source 12

Property	Data
Title	Silent Service
Publisher and/or Developer	Microprose Software Inc.
Year	1985
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	?
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	US
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64/ATARI
NTSC or PAL	NTSC
Protection	C64: Rapidlok, Manual Lookup, Atari: ?, Manual Lookup
Working?	Yes
Archived	27 Mar 2013 sncboom2k
Verified by	enigma

• 

  Side 0

Side 0 contains the C64 version, side 1 contains the Atari version

Streams

File:Streams Silent Service (1985)(MicroProse Software)(US) sncboom2k.zip

G64

File:Silent Service Side1 C64 Side2 Atari-Microprose sncboom2k s0.g64

ATX

File:Silent Service Side1 C64 Side2 Atari-Microprose sncboom2k s1.atx

Additional Information

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