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Gunship Series

Gunship

Main Game
Simulator Warfare

Gunship is a Simulator game released on October 1, 1986 for PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, PC-8800 Series and 8 more. After selection of region, style, and enemies, the pilot is assigned a primary mission and a secondary mission. These could include such objectives as "Destroy enemy headquarters" or "Support friendly…

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User Score
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October 1, 1986
Released 14594 days ago
PC-9800 Series Sharp X68000 PC-8800 Series Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum Atari ST/STE DOS FM Towns Amiga MSX2 Amstrad CPC

About

After selection of region, style, and enemies, the pilot is assigned a primary mission and a secondary mission. These could include such objectives as "Destroy enemy headquarters" or "Support friendly troops" (i.e. destroy targets near friendly forces). The latter would be an easier mission, because the battle would be fought closer to friendly lines.

Storyline

Gunship depicts one of the Western world's finest attack helicopters: The AH-64A Apache. This simulation recreates the weapons, flight systems, and performance of the real machine. The player controls an arsenal that includes laser-guided Hellfire missiles, a 30mm cannon controlled by helmet gunsights, clusters of bombardment rockets--even air-to-air missiles for duels with enemy helicopters.

The game starts with flight training at a base in the United States. Tutorials teach the player to handle the copter; once the controls and flying skills are mastered, there are escalating challenges and hundreds of missions in any one of four regions of the world, including Southeast Asia, Central America, the Middle East, and the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies in Western Europe.

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Release Dates by Platform

Commodore C64/128/MAX Worldwide
Oct 1, 1986
Atari ST/STE Worldwide
Dec 31, 1986
Commodore C64/128/MAX Worldwide
Dec 31, 1986
DOS Worldwide
Sep 1, 1987
DOS Worldwide
Sep 1, 1987
Amstrad CPC Worldwide
Dec 31, 1987
ZX Spectrum Worldwide
Dec 31, 1987
Amiga Worldwide
May 1, 1989
PC-9800 Series Worldwide
May 2, 1989
Amiga Worldwide
Dec 31, 1989
MSX2 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1989
PC-8800 Series Worldwide
Jul 13, 1990
FM Towns Worldwide
Aug 1, 1990
Sharp X68000 Worldwide
Aug 23, 1990

Game Info

Developer
MicroProse Software, Inc.
Publisher
MicroProse Software, Inc., U.S. Gold
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Genres
Simulator
Themes
Warfare

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