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#4272388 - 06/22/16 09:44 PM My laptop is a bit old now...looking for older games.  
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...so I was looking around for some older games to play. Stumbled across Apache: Air Assault.
Ok, it,s a tad arcadey, but it looks good and I reckon I can play that nicely on me old lappy.
ANyone have any experience with it?
I´ve had a scoot around the interwebberboxnet for a digital copy. Can´t find one, dammit!


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#4278643 - 07/13/16 11:07 AM Re: My laptop is a bit old now...looking for older games. [Re: Stewie]  
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Its a great game.

I sent you a pm...

#4278645 - 07/13/16 11:20 AM Re: My laptop is a bit old now...looking for older games. [Re: Stewie]  
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#4278797 - 07/13/16 09:40 PM Re: My laptop is a bit old now...looking for older games. [Re: Stewie]  
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Yeah, I checked out some footage on youtube. I was quite impressed with the gfx for an older game. Not too techy either.


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#4278818 - 07/13/16 11:45 PM Re: My laptop is a bit old now...looking for older games. [Re: Stewie]  
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Don't know if you mean Apache Air Assault from Gaijin Entertainment. That's really great looking.

There are two other "Simulators", one is called also Apache Air Assault, sometimes AH-64 Air Assault and the other one is called Apache Longbow Assault. They are both like Apache Air Assault from Gaijin in case of realism, but the flightmodel is really one of the best I've ever seen.

They based on the flightmodel of the SAR4 series. Another of this series is Vietnam Med Evac, simulating the Huey.

Here is the link to the review of SimHQ about those two:

http://www.simhq.com/_air13/air_424a.html


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#4278821 - 07/14/16 12:20 AM Re: My laptop is a bit old now...looking for older games. [Re: Stewie]  
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I will also recommend Gunship!


http://www.simwarrior.com/gunship/


It got a lot of flack but I always liked it.


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#4278823 - 07/14/16 12:37 AM Re: My laptop is a bit old now...looking for older games. [Re: Stewie]  
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Gunship! had so much potential. Sadly it was one of the last titles from Microprose and never was really finished. Originaly it was planed as a very realistic helicopter sim, but under pressure of the bad financial situation and the fact that the simulation genre lost a lot of relevance those times, it came out as a more arcade oriented sim.
The flight model is really cruel. There is a mod out there, fixing it a bit. But its not really realistic in any way.

There was also Tank Platoon! planed. Both had to be playable online together, so tanks and helos at the battlefield. But this one never was released. Very, very sadly!!!

The graphics were outstanding at the time of release. They are still good today, I think.

Never understood why nobody tried to mod it like Falcon 4.0 (also from Microprose). There were some small mods, but nothing really changed the realism. Must have to do something with the code not available or the digital rights management, don't know. If work is done on it, it could be a real "brother" of EECH All Mods.

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#4280451 - 07/20/16 09:36 PM Re: My laptop is a bit old now...looking for older games. [Re: Stewie]  
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Oh wow. This is great. Great info there fellas, thanks. smile
Yep, Viper1970, (are you really 46 years old now? biggrin ? ) APache Air Assault is the one I was looking for. I now have it D/Ld (thanks) and it´s waiting for me to clear some space for me to install it (been away for a week). Next day or two..it´s in! smile

OOh, you guys! Gunship is one of the titles that I wanted to get into our little gaming group 12 years ago! I loved it! I think I picked it up for 1.99 UK. Great little game but no-one seemed to want to play it online. And, if Parker recommends it, it´s ok by me biggrin
Didn´t know about Tank Platoon though. Good info, ta.

Yep Blacksharkie-man, seems like EECH IS the only one with a dynamic campaign. I have no probhlem with that. It´s been modded up the wazsoo, looks beautiful, plays great, bring it on.

So hey...
Viper
Parker
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Wanna do some online in about 3 weeks or so? The RealPlatty, I´m fairly confident, will also make an appearance. Inc me, that´s 5 online. Will EECH take it?
I can sense the start of a SimHQ EECH squad biggrin

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