Apache Flight, a poor man's SWIV, just horrid!

ZEUSDAZ · 25 March 2023, 20:55

On this weeks edition of "Shit Game Time" I have been requested to play and shit-rate Apache Flight on the Amiga, just a budget poor man's SWIV imo, the inertia alone is just gastly!

APACHE FLIGHT SGT REVIEW: [ Show youtube player ]

saimon69 · 25 March 2023, 21:19

Wonder if a cracker could fix that

gimbal · 25 March 2023, 23:11

Too bad, it looks pretty alright actually. It desperately needs a health bar and better controls.

kremiso · 26 March 2023, 00:27

oh, the fat helicopter game

ImmortalA1000 · 26 March 2023, 04:03

Well seeing as 90% of £25-30 Amiga games weren't even PC Engine quality and this was probably £10 what do you expect? lol

Megalomaniac · 06 April 2023, 13:27

I'd call it 'A Patchy Flight' instead but that would be overrating it. Graphics and sound are fine though unimaginative, but the skiddy controls, misjudged use of the invisible bottom of the screen, the difficulty in destroying ground installations make it unrewarding - and the sudden end of a game when you lose your last life feels amateurish. The Raid series of PD SEUCKed SWIV clones are more fun, as was Violator for a straight-to-budget shooter, or the first Xenon on budget by then, or Plutos for £2.99 on the Pocket Power range. This loses to all of those. What possessed CU Amiga to give it 87%?

25 March 2023, 20:55	#1
ZEUSDAZ Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: England Posts: 753	Apache Flight, a poor man's SWIV, just horrid! On this weeks edition of "Shit Game Time" I have been requested to play and shit-rate Apache Flight on the Amiga, just a budget poor man's SWIV imo, the inertia alone is just gastly! APACHE FLIGHT SGT REVIEW: [ Show youtube player ] Last edited by ZEUSDAZ; 24 March 2024 at 03:33.

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25 March 2023, 21:19	#2
saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,590	Wonder if a cracker could fix that

25 March 2023, 23:11	#3
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,962	Too bad, it looks pretty alright actually. It desperately needs a health bar and better controls.

26 March 2023, 00:27	#4
kremiso Registered User Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Italy Posts: 1,945	oh, the fat helicopter game

26 March 2023, 04:03	#5
ImmortalA1000 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: london/england Posts: 1,347	Well seeing as 90% of £25-30 Amiga games weren't even PC Engine quality and this was probably £10 what do you expect? lol

06 April 2023, 13:27	#6
Megalomaniac Registered User Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Eastbourne Posts: 1,073	I'd call it 'A Patchy Flight' instead but that would be overrating it. Graphics and sound are fine though unimaginative, but the skiddy controls, misjudged use of the invisible bottom of the screen, the difficulty in destroying ground installations make it unrewarding - and the sudden end of a game when you lose your last life feels amateurish. The Raid series of PD SEUCKed SWIV clones are more fun, as was Violator for a straight-to-budget shooter, or the first Xenon on budget by then, or Plutos for £2.99 on the Pocket Power range. This loses to all of those. What possessed CU Amiga to give it 87%?

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