Take on the Nicaraguan forces fighting in Central America. Progress by taking some tours in 'South-East Asia'. Start off on training flights in the USA. You chart the career of a pilot in the US Army.

As much practice on the American range as you can stand is highly recommended because all the flak is simulated. Flying helicopters is a notoriously tricky job, but start 'by the book and you should be at least able to gel into the air without much trouble. Your reviewer could never get demoted, for some I odd reason (which probably says more about the game than it does about me).To help you fulfil! your missions there is the usual Microprose doorstop of a manual. Then you probably won't like the game Complete the missions as stated and you get promotions and medals. Naturally enough, you've got to kill them all Gunship: diplomacy with a vengeance.If this sort, of American behaviour (known throughout the free world) doesn't appeal to you. Ultimately, the Warsaw Pact has invaded Western Europe.

FEARs (Folding Fin Aerial Rockets) are simple unguided weapons that produce a big bang when they hit something. It tracks with the TADS (see below). The all-purpose chain gun fires High Explosive Dual Purpose rounds, effective against hard as well as soft targets. It has a nasty habit of popping out from behind a hill to shoot you up an experience you may well not live to regret.To destroy all these there are four weapon systems available: Coming into a special category of its own is the Hind, the Russian attack helicopter that can outrun you and is as well armoured as the Apache. Hard targets you have no trouble at all finding are T74 tanks, BMP and BTR infantry carriers, SAM (surface to air missiles) and ZSU (Zenitnaia Samokhodnaia Ustanovka - that's Russian anti-aircraft gun to you, pal) armoured vehicles and military bunkers.Soft targets are helibases, depots and headquarters, and of course the infantry.

Use them on the Hind.In present-day warfare, the real usefulness of aircraft lies not so much in their flying ability as their use at finding and destroying the enemy. They home :n on heat sources and are so sensitive they can find the wings and fuselage of aeroplanes, rather than depending on flying up the exhaust pipe of an engine. These AAMs (Air to Air Missiles) are included in most simulations. AIM-9Ls are widely known as Sidewinders. They're extremely accurate - unfortunately you can only carry a maximum of 16. AGM-114As, more com monly termed Hellfires, are joystick laser guided anti-armour weapons that pierce hard targets very effectively, but they -can't harm soft targets.

Two other useful gadgets are the radar and infra-red jammers which serve to confuse enemy search and guidance systems for cannon and missiles. The system is located under the chin of the helicopter and does all the hard work for you, pinpointing and identifying targets. TADS (Target Aquisition/Designation System) is the heart of the Apache, and consists of a laser, TV camera and infrared sensor.

Next comes mission difficulty - regular, volunteer and volunteer hazardous duty.And there are even more options: easy or realistic settings on flying, landing and weather.: choice of opposition -third line yokels, second line reserve and front line shock troops and equip ment quality - such as missiles and guns - depending on troop quality.Once you have choscn your mission you are given a briefing listing your primary and secondary objectives. The second variable is the campaign. Pilots can also be loaded and saved. Chaff is the nickname for the anti-radar system which launches thousands of strips of aluminium, causing lots of blips on radar screens Flares are simply lumps of magnesium that, burn at a high temperature, producing multiple targets for infra-red weapons to lock-on to.Missions are easily changed The first variable is the pilot, who can be replaced by a lowly sergeant.

The weight limit of the Apache is limited according to the weather. Occasionally, however, transparent hills mar this effect.After ihat. Move this view around to see what's to the side and behind you. Make sure you have enough for fuel!Not so long ago the graphics on Gunship would be described as brilliant., and even after the Freescape system used in Diillei and Darkside they still rate very good Not only is there a true filled in view through the cockpit window, but you car. The weight limit of the Apache is limited according to the weather. Intelligence information on troop and equipment quality is available, as well as a sick call option to chicken out.After ihat.

Above all, you know when you're hit, 'cos the explosions are great.The most important skill in flying is balance. But enemy missile and radar lock on is announced by sound - a nice touch. Occasionally, however, transparent hills mar this effect.The sound is average, with a rotor racket that gets right under your skin. Move this view around to see what's to the side and behind you.

When you're there you can start to fathom combat flying and gunnery.Gunship is the simulator: nothing else comes close. Getting to that stage is a challenge in itself. Then you've mastered flying.

Could this be anything to do with recent history, I wonder? Just a thought.First Day Target: Survive in 'South East Asia'PROGRAMMER: ANDY HOLLIS , GREGG TAVARES , SID MEIER , MICHAEL HAIRE , MICHELE MAHAN , KIMBERLY DISNEY (GRAPHS)в… GENRE: INGAME MODE 0 , SIMULATION GAME , HELICOPTER , STRATEGY GAME , MILITARY , TAPE , DISKв… RERELEASES: KIXX (BUDGET) , SERMA SOFTWARE (SPAIN) , ERBE SOFTWARE (SPAIN)Cliquez sur l'image pour voir les diffГ©rents packages (4). For ВЈ15 or ВЈ20 you expect features to be added: what you don I expect is a cut down conversion.Vietnam is not referred to anywhere in the manual's text. In the box, along with the excellent manual, there s a little card telling you what's missing on the CPC version. Do the Warsaw Pact really paint their vehicles bright blue? And how come some cant be attacked, for no good reason? Then there's the hills, which appear so solid and then fade away for a few seconds Worst of all.

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