NES Silent Service

NES cartridge for "Silent Service" by Ultra Games. The standard grey NES cart features painted artwork of World War II submarine warfare — a submarine surfaces amid churning ocean waves as a captain peers through binoculars, while a burning enemy ship sinks in the background. "SILENT SERVICE" in bold white text at the top. Ultra Games publisher logo. Made in Japan.

Silent Service (1989, NES) by Ultra Games was the console port of Sid Meier's acclaimed submarine simulation — yes, the same Sid Meier who created Civilization. Originally a 1985 PC game by MicroProse, Silent Service put players in command of a U.S. Navy submarine in the Pacific Theater during WWII, hunting Japanese convoys and warships. Ultra Games was Konami's American publishing subsidiary, used to get around Nintendo's strict limits on how many games a single publisher could release per year. The NES version simplified the PC original's complexity for console audiences but kept the core tension of submarine warfare — the cat-and-mouse of torpedo runs and depth charge evasion. Sid Meier before Civilization, on a Nintendo cartridge.

NES cartridge. Pre-owned, cart only. See photos for condition.