Advertising Blurbs
Back of Box (UK/DOS):
"I turned my head and pressed the trigger. My helmet-mounted sight and Hellfire missiles did the rest. This is high-tech video game technology - for real!"
Digital Integration presents Apache Longbow - a stunning simulation of the world's most exciting combat helicopter. Take off from your forward air base and fly into the thick of the action with a devastating array of lethal weapons at your fingertips.
- instant battlefield action
- a vast selection of challenging realistic missions
- new 3D visual technology with incredible low-level detail
- Yemen, Korea and Cyprus - mapped from real terrain data
- two player options - pilot/copilot, leader/wingman, head-to-head
- networking for up to 16 players
- a must for all simulator enthusiasts and the gameplayer who enjoys an explosively good time!
Apache Longbow is the first genuine helicopter simulation to combine breathtaking 3D graphics, authenticity and ease of use. Climb aboard and experience what it's like to fly this awesome warrior.
Apache Longbow - nothing comes close!
Contributed by Rambutaan (299) on Jan 29, 2005.
Advertisement in Strategy Plus, April 1995:
Armed and Dangerous
1984...
"Wild Bill" Stealey and MicroProse introduce Gunship - the first attack helicopter simulation.
1989...
Gunship 2000 arrives, incorporating the hottest technologies and graphics.
Now...
Technology marches on. A new generation must lead the way. Who better to once again push the gaming envelope than the man who's been doing it all along? "Wild Bill" and Interactive Magic.
- Hot new 3-D visual technology
- Combat helicopter simulation for the serious sim fan and the first time helicopter gunner in arcade free-for-all level
- Outstanding high resolution low level terrain graphics with highly variable explosion graphics
- Great fun
"[Apache-Gunship] is going to push all directions in serious combat air simulation to the limit, to produce a system even the most jaded veteran gamers are likely to drool over."
Strategy Plus
Contributed by Belboz
(6609) on Oct 25, 2001.