Gunship! by Microprose

[bob48]

I wonder if they'll re-do M1 tank Platoon.

[panzerde]

I wonder if they'll re-do M1 tank Platoon.

I might not be able to resist that one...

[BanzaiCat]

I wonder if they'll re-do M1 tank Platoon.

I might not be able to resist that one...

Me, either.

[mikeck]

Yep. gunship, F-15 strike eagle and F-19 stealth fighter were my commodore  64 staples!

[Apocalypse 31]

I picked it up.

Looks great for a game this old, but crashes at any normal resolution when I try to bring up the in game map or play the tutorial missions.

No in game map is kind of a deal breaker

[Grim.Reaper]

Played around with it for awhile in the demo....not as bad as I thought it would be....but will save buying it for another rainy day.  I really do like how you can assign yourself to either the pilot or gunner or pilot+gunner....I usually suck at controlling aircraft, so it was kind of nice just to see in gunners seat and command things and target/fire.  Also, although way too early to talk about AI, the auto pilots seemed to do a decent job....they would hug the earth and navigate between trees, then pop up to attack the enemy.

I would also like to see M1 since I did not get a chance to play the original....

[Grim.Reaper]

I picked it up.

Looks great for a game this old, but crashes at any normal resolution when I try to bring up the in game map or play the tutorial missions.

No in game map is kind of a deal breaker

It has to do with the resolution your at......if you change it to a resolution like 1280x1024x32, it will work fine.....other resolutions, not so much.  I tried this in the demo and it worked.  If I changed to 1920x1080, it crashed.  Other resolutions might work too, you will have to fool around.

[Grim.Reaper]

Also a site with custom mission and mods......there is a built in battle/mission planner within the game to make your own as well....

http://www.simwarrior.com/gunship/index.html

[jomni]

I had that game.  But it was a "broken" game.
This project was supposed to be able to play together with the planned M1 Tank Platoon 3 which never materialized (sort of like DCS world).
I believe this had a short shelf life (a lot of people don't know this game existed).  One of the last games of Micropose before they folded.
Development and patching for Gunship wasn't finished. That's why I call it "broken".

[jomni]

I wonder if they'll re-do M1 tank Platoon.

M1 Tank Platton 2.  Same graphics level as this Gunship! version.

[Gusington]

Honestly I think Steam counts on us to rely on emotional nostalgia when they offer these games, even for 7.00. Logic would say that we wouldn't touch them this many years later.

[mirth]

I think it's a simple business decision, If this game weren't available through a legit online service and I really wanted it, I might going looking for it through other sources. If I can add it to my Steam library for a reasonable price and be assured that it will play on my current system, I'm less likely to bother looking elsewhere.

[Gusington]

Why would you want it so bad at all? Dated, incomplete, etc.

[steve58]

Yep. gunship, F-15 strike eagle and F-19 stealth fighter were my commodore  64 staples!

...and don't forget Taskforce 1942.  Wish they'd redo the whole Microprose catalog.

[Gusington]

There was another 1942 game I loved on Amiga...Battlehawks 1942, IIRC? That game had me fall in love with the Japanese Val dive bomber and the zero.