Longbow Gold
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| Longbow Gold | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Origin Systems |
| Publisher(s) | Jane's Combat Simulations / Electronic Arts |
| Platform(s) | DOS, Windows |
| Release date | 1997 |
| Genre(s) | Helicopter Sim |
| Mode(s) | Single Player |
| Media | CD-ROM |
| System requirements | Minimum: 486/100 or equivalent processor, 8 MB RAM, 2X CD-ROM drive. Recommended: 3DFX graphics card to play game in Glide mode. |
| Input methods | Keyboard, Joystick, Mouse |
Longbow Gold came out in March of 1997, and is a compilation pack of the AH-64D Longbow and Flash Point: Korea add-on from Jane's Combat Simulations. It is also fully patched and updated to include a Windows executable, so you are no longer limited to MS-DOS use. A very welcome addition is also the 3DFX update, which converts the whole sim to lush Glide mode.
'Best Simulation of the Year' - PC Gamer
[edit] On modern systems
Limited success has been achieved at getting the DOS version of the game to run on modern PC systems by using the MS-DOS emulator DOSBox. The biggest problem here is the low framerates, and even on the lowest graphics settings, the game plays like a slideshow, rendering it nearly unplayable. To date, fans have only really gone down this road to relive old memories - and not for serious progressive gameplay.
