Thunderhawk AH-73M

Heavenly6 2011-11-12
(9/10)
Flight Sims I'll take Thunderhawk, Falcon, Gunship 2000 & F-18/A Interceptor. Can't think of any others worth mentioning. Actually managed to finish this one back in the day. Great game.
View all comments (61)

lafey 2008-07-16
(10/10)
One of the best simulations from those days - the missions always made me sweat a bit. Fantastic intro.
View all comments (27)

radioman970 2008-04-09
(9/10)
Yep, this and Gunship were my favorite copter sims. This was a big surprise. I got it on the cheap and didn't expect a whole lot, but it really does deliver with hot action and first rate presentation. The urgency of that dude telling you what you have to do, the films showing certain targets and stuff...great stuff. The mouse control just sort of worked, no joystick required. I remmeber thinking, "I'll never play a sim with a mouse instead of joystick!! Are you crazy!!" but this truly got it right with that visual representation of your control, showing you just what you're doing at a glance. I don't think I was as impressed with any sim until Jane's on the PC.

Core games was nearly up there with Bullfrog and Psygnosis, as a game company I really paid close attention to. And this is why.

Oh, just remembered that wonderful intro. I enjoyed it each and every one of the 200 times I loaded this up.

9/10
View all comments (288)

mingle 2007-11-26
(10/10)
Along with F/A-18 Interceptor, this was THE flight sim on the Amiga. Many of the others were a bit fiddly and just didn't 'feel' right. Interceptor had the perfect blend of simplicity and realism, following closely by this classic. Thunderhawk has awesomely realistic weapons and a superb atmosphere. Gotta be 10/10 - no question.
View all comments (7)

Kai 2007-02-19
(9/10)
Stunning helicopter sim with fast and detailed polygon graphics and a cool briefing feature. Thumbs up! (87%)
View all comments (809)

jeffa 2005-06-02
Just downloaded this game but how do you actually take off! Cant find any instruxctions on the net anywhere. Any help would be great.
View all comments (1)

Ratso 2005-05-05
(9/10)
I played this non-stop for two weeks until it was complete, then prayed for add-on disks which never arrived.
View all comments (116)

Kef 2005-04-01
(8/10)
The great thing about this cool little flight sim is that you didn't need a huge frigging keyboard layout just to work out how to take off. It's very fun, easy to get into but gets a little challenging the further into the game you go. The A500-vanilla graphics did the job fine in their day. Oh, and the nicely done cut scenes really gave the story some meat too.
View all comments (29)

IPAndrews 2005-03-21
(9/10)
My mate ribs me mercilessly for liking this game. Probably because it's not really a pure flight sim. More of a hybrid flight sim / shoot-em-up. I don't see how that matters really because this is very enjoyable in it's own right. On top of that it looks great!
View all comments (82)

Inferno 2005-03-13
(8/10)
This was complex enough to require some concentration, but not too hard and, more importantly, it was very enjoyable from the very first mission to the last one. Good graphics were the icing on the cake for a truly entertaining "light" sim.
View all comments (233)

DeAdLy_cOoKiE 2005-01-18
(8/10)
Excellent helicopter sim/action game from Core Design. Lots of interesting levels, especially the ones in the snow. Nice memories. Recommended.
View all comments (232)