
I remember that the sonar guy on the American sub in the Tom Clancy book Hunt For Red October was a savant of sound and an obsessive Choplifter player. It marked him as a nerd in the book, but I took it to mean, he was the real hero. Ha!
I played a version on Atari and then an HD remake (or update?) on Xbox Live. That version isn't back compat for Xbox One or I'd go play it right now.