Comanche: Maximum Overkill (DOS)

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Description

Comanche: Maximum Overkill is the first helicopter simulator to showcase NovaLogic's Voxel engine, which renders organic and lifelike terrain and realistic looking objects that no other game using polygons could match. It features the Army's experimental RAH-66 Comanche light attack helicopter (LHX).

The game features a simple flight model and allows the player's helicopter to take much more damage than it could in reality. Additionally, weapons on the Comanche feature deadly accuracy and power.

There are over 20 scripted campaign missions, similar to all other NovaLogic simulations.

Of great importance to the international gaming world was the addition of "Voxel Space" by Kyle Freeman. This was the first time DOS gamers were given fully illustrated environments within which to "fly" - shadows and reflections moved in realistic, relative sync with the "pilot" and in relation to a "natural" light source.

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Alternate Titles

• "超級卡曼契" -- Traditional Chinese spelling
• "Comanche: Operation White Lightning" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Voxel Space
• Aircraft: RAH-66 Comanche
• Comanche series
• NovaLogic's flight simulation games
• Visual technique / style: Voxel graphics

User Reviews

Beautiful Graphics, Horrible Simulator	SiliconClassics (862)
The only flight simulator I could ever play...	Simon Haller (17)	unrated

Critic Reviews

PC Games (Germany)	Jan, 1993	92 out of 100	92
Game Players	Mar, 1993		90
Play Time	Dec, 1992	89 out of 100	89
PC Player (Germany)	Apr, 1994	86 out of 100	86
The Good Old Days (Staff Reviews only)	Jan 21, 2001	5 out of 6	83
PC Joker	Jan, 1993	80 out of 100	80
Top Secret	Jan, 1993	4 out of 5	80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Jun, 1994	76 out of 100	76
Power Play	Dec, 1992	64 out of 100	64
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Mar, 1993	Unscored	Unscored

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Awards

• FLUX
  • Issue #4 - #18 in the "Top 100 Video Games of All-Time" list
• GameStar (Germany)
  • Issue 12/1999 - #39 in the "100 Most Important PC Games of the Nineties" ranking