Gunship 2000 = version 469.085
(1991 MicroProse)


The successor to Gunship, it really isn’t as recent 
as the name suggests, but rather a 1993 implementation 
of the Gunship concept. You get some VGA graphics, 
which are much better than those in the original, and 
decent sound. You have 2 campaigns to fight, flying 
around in helicopters ranging from feeble MD500s to 
Apaches and Comanches. The Islands & Ice addon gives 
you another campaign and some new stuff to blow up 
(or be blown up with). Flight modelling is decent, 
but not very realistic, portraying some characteristics 
of helicopter flight. There’s a large array of weapons 
at your finger’s disposal, ready to relocate parts of 
the surrounding landscape. Avionics modelling isn’t 
really realistic, but will do. 

What this game has for it is playability, some decent 
graphics and unusual choppers (MD500 and Blackhawk). 
Recent similar games include Longbow 2 (which is still 
the best helicopter sim bar none, good for both novices 
and experts alike), and Apache vs Havoc.