Gunship

About

Gunship casts you as the pilot of a high-tech attack helicopter in a no-frills combat simulator. Choose your theater of war from four global regions and tackle missions like disabling enemy bases or backing ground troops. The real Apache's flight mechanics and armaments make appearances, including guided missiles and a 30mm cannon tracked by helmet sight. Early tutorials walk you through hover basics before dropping you into increasingly complex scenarios with shifting objectives. The game earns points for authenticity and replayability. Detailed damage modeling and a roster of 400+ missions across conflict zones give it legs beyond the average arcade title. Community preservation efforts highlight its status as an early benchmark for military simulators, with retro players praising the tactile controls and lack of hand-holding. Its 1980s charm shows in the stark graphics, but the systems hold up as a solid foundation for hardware-limited strategy.

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.