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1995 · Digital Integration · Flight simulation · Shoot 'em up

Apache Longbow

You're in command as your AH-64D Apache Longbow combat helicopter lifts off from its forward base. You're going into combat against the best the enemy can offer, but you've got the most advanced fighting helicopter in the world at your fingertips, packed with a devastating array of lethal weapons and state-of-the art technology.

Released: 1995
Platforms: MS-DOS Windows macOS
Genres: Flight simulation Shoot 'em up Shooter Simulation
Developers: Digital Integration
Publishers: Team17 Interactive Magic
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: First person
Themes: Action Warfare
Country: United Kingdom
Age ratings: USK 12
Languages: English

About

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.

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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

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.

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.