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Actual Game
Comanche: Maximum Overkill
With Both Add-Ons
100 Total Missions
1-Click Install
Windows
11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
(NovaLogic 1992)
MY PROMISE
My games are genuine, install in one step, look, sound and play in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP like they did in the old days, or your money back.This is my unconditional guarantee for three years.
WHAT IS INCLUDED This listing includes the original game CD. A complete electronic manual is also included. The edition of Maximum Overkill includes both mission add-on packs, and 10 bonus missions, for a total of 100 missions. The box is pictured only for reference and is not included. The jewel case is also not included.
I will also provide a compatibility CD that will allow the game to run under Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP .
INSTALLATIONOne step: Insert the CD and the game will automatically install. Done. Yes, it really is that easy.
Want to play? Click the icon. Want the game off your computer? Click Uninstall. Zero hassle.
TECH SUPPORT Rapid response technical support for three years is always an e-mail or phone call away.
In the extremely rare event I cannot get this title to work on your system I will take it back for a full refund. All I ask is minimal assistance from you during the troubleshooting process.
The Game
In 1993, following Origin's lead with Strike Commander, NovaLogic releaseda high-end sim that needed state-of-the-art hardware to showcase itself. In fact, Comanche featured the highest realism of any flight simulator I had seen at the time. NovaLogic's "voxel space" technology yields textured, bitmapped, shadedterrain that approaches photorealism -- an amazing feat for the early 90s. The skies are particularly beautiful, with realistic streaking clouds, or ominous cloudy haze. Just piloting the helicopter through narrow winding gullies, around the strange Mayan pyramid, and over the dramatic sculpted world makes the game stand out, let along its value as a sim.
The only craft available to you is the Comanche, which is an actual army design that is then under development. Like in the actual Comanche, your helicopter's "onboard computer" automaticallyhandles many of the interdependencies between flight settings, such asadjustments in tail rotor counterforce. I used manual tail rotoradjustment very rarely. All you really have to do is adjust thecollective and tilt the main rotor.
The helicopter is limited to a ceiling of 500 feet, but this didn't botherme too much since it's much more fun to hug the terrain, and since flyinglow reduced the helicopter's radar image.
The game is centered around two sets of missions. The first set is called"training," and is designed to familiarize you with the helicopter. Thesemissions are fairly easy, and cover the multiple weapon systems availableto you: automatic cannon, rockets, Hellfire laser-guided missile, Stingerradar-guided missile, artillery support, and Hellfire missiles on awingperson's Comanche. These latter must be guided by a laser from yourown Comanche, which reduces their usefulness somewhat--only targets in theopen and visible from a distance can be safely targeted. You get a medalafter completing the first set of missions.
The enemy targets include various tanks, helicopters, and fuel storagetanks. A single Hellfire, Stinger, or cannon round respectively isusually enough to destroy the target.
The second set of missions is called "Operation Maximum Overkill." Theseare basically a continuation of the training series, increasing indifficulty with each mission. After completing the first three missions,you must complete the remaining ones in order. And if your Comanche isdestroyed during a mission, you must complete the previous mission beforeattempting the failed mission again. For this reason, it's sometimesadvisable to abort the mission if your Comanche gets seriously damaged.
The music in this game is average, and the sound effects, includingsquawking radio communications, falling artillery shells, and your talkingonboard computer, are great.
I'd recommend Comanche to anyone who wants to experience prime early 90s graphics. I think the the results of NovaLogic's bitmap rendering techniques are better than those found in Wing Commander I/II. The game itself is addictive to play, and you can inject your own strategy to make the missions more interesting or challenging--using only cannon on enemy helicopters, for example. The artillery support is a great creativeaddition, and the fast paced, adrenaline pumping action kept my grip tightand my knuckles white. My compatibility CD does not alter the retail game or bypass copy protection. It allows the original media to install and run correctly on any recent version of Windows.
