LHX: Attack Chopper (DOS)

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Description

LHX: Attack Chopper is a helicopter simulation with a strong arcade focus. You can freely choose which missions to fly first, and which helicopter to fly in a given mission. There are a total of four helicopters: Apache, Blackhawk, Osprey and LHX. With this fine selection of death machines you will engage countless enemy targets in Libya, East Germany and Vietnam throughout the game.

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Alternate Titles

• "LHX アタック・チョッパー" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Aircraft: AH-64 Apache
• Aircraft: UH-60 Black Hawk
• Aircraft: V-22 Osprey
• Historical conflict: Vietnam War

User Reviews

A diverse helicopter experience

grimbergen (462)

Critic Reviews

Micro News	May, 1990		100
Zero	May, 1990	90 out of 100	90
The Games Machine (UK)	Jun, 1990	90 out of 100	90
100 aktuelle PC-Spiele	1990	9 out of 10	90
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	1990	88 out of 100	88
Power Play	Jun, 1990	86 out of 100	86
PC Leisure	Jun, 1990		80
Play Time	Feb, 1993	80 out of 100	80
PC Joker	Feb, 1994	79 out of 100	79
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jun, 1991		50

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Trivia

Cancelled Amiga port

An Amiga version was partially developed, but according to Electronic Arts' Simon Jeffrey, they couldn't get it to run fast enough without compromising the action, so it was never completed.

Extras

The original package includes an "Eyes Only" briefing that outlines some sort of a leak of government LHX information, hackers who broke into defense contractor computers, an international arms dealer, Electronic Arts, a spy/peace activist, CIA, FBI, and assassination. Only at the very end was this disclaimer: "This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental."

The original package also came with a "brochure" map that contained the different flyable locations.

LHX Program

The entire LHX (later, RAH-66 Comanche) program was cancelled by U.S. Congress in 2004, after almost 2 decades of development. Thus, we will never know how accurate this sim actually is.

V-22 Osprey

As of the year 2000, LHX is still the ONLY flight-sim that simulates the V-22 Osprey.

Awards

• Power Play
  • Issue 01/1991 - Best Simulation in 1990 (DOS version)

Information also contributed by Martin Smith