The main conflict is unfolding in different climatic regions, like jungles and mountains reminiscent of various parts of the globe, but the actual locations are fictitious, as, for example, the republic Tazirstan, where terrorists tryto destabilize the local political regime. The plot in Apache: Air Assault plays a secondary role, giving some more sense to the fighting. Therefore, it isn’t surprising for us, that Apache: Air Assault was released on all the same platforms. Its development was entrusted into the hands of the Russian team, Gaijin Entertainment, familiar not only by their movie-to-games adaptations, but also with their console title – «IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey» for Xbox 360 and PS3, which later on got to the PC. However, it is worth noting that Apache: Air Assault, newly re-established in 2010, was initially positioned as a authentic simulator. Publisher Activision hasn’t forgotten the Apache games brand.
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In 2003 the Danish designers have created Apache Air Assault for PC and PS2, and then even exported this product to Russia, just like they did with its sequel. Of course, the Apache has remained a favorite model of game developers in this narrow niche, though, in fairness, we note that there were others: take Ka-50 Hokum (1995) or even some fantasy gunships. Since then a couple of decades passed, and attack helicopters sims acquired a small, but steady demand. It was mainly represented by colored lines and dots, but there was also a basic presentation of the instrument’s panel alongside some sort of network competition through the modem.
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One of the first helicopter simulators in the world was a 3-D Helicopter Simulator game by Sierra, released in 1987. Army, and it is also a welcome guest in the Air Force ranks in other countries such as Great Britain, Holland, Greece, Israel and Japan. Now the «Apache» is the Boeing’s pride serving at the U.S. Soon after that it was actively used at night during Operation Just Cause, the invasion of Panama in 1989. The first flight of the heir to the Cobra was held in 1975, although still nearly ten years more were spent on various improvements and tests. The famous attack helicopter Apache has inspired the videogames developers for quite some time.