Apache (video game)
{{Distinguish|AH-64D Longbow (video game)}}
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{{Short description|1995 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title=Apache
|image=Apache Coverart.jpg
|developer=Digital Integration
|publisher=Digital Integration
|designer=
|engine=
|released=September 22, 1995
|genre=Combat flight simulation
|modes=Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms=DOS, Windows, Macintosh
}}
Apache is a video game released by Digital Integration in 1995 for DOS and Macintosh. The game is a combat flight simulation of the American AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter. A successor, Hind, was released in 1996.
Gameplay
In campaign mode, the player can choose which 3 areas to enter in a tour of duty. The campaign mode also plays video clips and has a briefing before any mission. The player is given a choice of ordnance, and is able to zoom in on the mission map, giving them a satellite view of the area or target and meteorological data.
Reception
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| PCGUS = 95%{{cite journal | author=McDonald, T. Liam | journal=PC Gamer US | url=http://www.pcgamer.com:80/reviews/1311.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990819170243/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/1311.html | archive-date=August 19, 1999 | title=Apache | date=October 1995 | url-status=dead | access-date=May 24, 2019 }}
| CGW = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine| author=Basham, Tom |title=Whirlin' Dervish of Destruction |date=October 1995 |issue=135| magazine=Computer Gaming World | pages=118, 120 }}
| PCGUK = 90%{{cite journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010622145736/http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=75 |url=http://www.pcgamer.co.uk:80/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=75 |title=Menacing |issue=7 |author=West, Allie |journal=PC Gamer |archive-date=June 22, 2001 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 24, 2019 }}
| rev5 = PC Games
| award1Pub = PC Gamer US
}}
Apache was a commercial success, with global sales above 200,000 units by February 1996. More than 120,000 of these sales derived from the United States.{{cite press release | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970619000210/http://www.imagicgames.com/pr.dir/prapache.html | url=http://www.imagicgames.com:80/pr.dir/prapache.html | title=Interactive Magic's first title, Apache, sells more than 200,000 worldwide | publisher=Interactive Magic | date=February 8, 1996 | archive-date=June 19, 1997 | url-status=dead | access-date=May 24, 2019 }}
A reviewer for Next Generation called the game "a stunningly realistic simulation of one of the most complex military aircrafts{{sic}} of all time". He complimented the effectiveness of the polygon graphics, the selection of modes for network and modem play, the extreme realism of the flight simulation, and the balance and ingenuity of the scenario designs. He gave it five out of five stars.{{cite journal|title=Striking!|journal=Next Generation|issue=11|publisher=Imagine Media|date=November 1995|page=181}}
Apache was named the best simulation of 1995 by PC Gamer US and—tying with Flight Unlimited—Computer Games Strategy Plus.{{cite journal | author=Staff | journal=Computer Games Magazine | title=A Decade of Gaming; Award Winners of 1995 |date=November 2000 | issue=120 | pages=56–58, 60, 62, 66, 68, 70–76 }} PC Gamer US{{'}}s editors wrote, "With all of its difficulty and realism options cranked up to maximum, Apache can be played as a hard-core simulation of the world's best attack helicopter, [... and] novice air-combat pilots — or those who simply enjoy a good shoot-'em-up — can reduce the difficulty level until Apache plays like a fast-paced, no-holds-barred arcade-action game."{{cite journal |date=March 1996 | title=The Year's Best Games | pages=64, 65, 67, 68, 71, 73–75 | journal=PC Gamer US | author=((Editors of PC Gamer ))| volume=3 | issue=3 }}
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References
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External links
- {{MobyGames|id=/apache|name=Apache}}
- http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/apache-review/1900-2538013/
- https://web.archive.org/web/19980215035035/http://www.machome.com/GameGuide/Simulations.html
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Category:Combat flight simulators
Category:Digital Integration games
Category:Games commercially released with DOSBox
Category:Helicopter video games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Category:Video games scored by Richard Joseph
Category:Video games set in Cyprus
Category:Video games set in Korea