![]() You begin life as a lowly Warrant Officer candidate. The first thing to greet me was a stunning intro sequence showing the AH-64A - or Apache to his friends - shooting large projectiles at your monitor!Īfter the cinematic intro screens, it's off to Fort Rucker to begin active duty within the US Army Aviation Centre. So, with a casual shrug of the shoulders, I booted up. It's a dirty job but someone's got to do it - or some macho type once said. To say it's extensive is an understatement: the best part of 200 pages of instructions and techno- data, had me gulping hard in my best war-torn correspondent- type gulp. Once I had my grubby maulers delving inside the box, the first thing my paws came into contact with was the manual. ![]() So, with all these and other queries rolling around in my noggin, I set forth to discover whether Microprose have spawned an auto-rotating prodigy or given birth to a collective failure. Either the visuals suffer form poor, juddery graphics or the control systems vary from simplistic through to requiring the dexterity of an octopus. Helicopters are damned complicated pieces of equipment for programmers to replicate. ![]() To all intents and purposes, this has always been the problem with this particular genre. This, while offering superior graphics, was slightly let down by a tricky control system. I think most of us will remember the outstanding Thunderhawk. Since then, there have been others to follow in the footsteps of the grandfather of helicopters sims. The original was immediately heralded a classic, selling over one million copies and scooping up an army of gaming awards. Little did I know that training of that nature would prepare me for my vacation of life: War correspondent for Amiga Computing! But enough of this reminiscing, back to Gunship. Memories of mother's dumplings came flooding back, and how she'd beat me senseless with her suet stick. I remember halcyon days of laughter, music and sunshine. ![]() But I do remember I was only a slip of a lad. I can't remember how many moons ago it was that Microprose released the original Gunship. ![]()
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