Hind (computer game)
| Hind | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Digital Integration |
| Publisher(s) | Digital Integration in the UK, Interactive Magic in the US. |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Windows 9.x |
| Release | 1996 |
| Genre(s) | Flight Simulator |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Score |
| CGW |   |
| Game Revolution | 4/5 |
| GameSpot | 8.5/10 |
| PC Gamer (UK) | 90% |
| PC Gamer (US) | 90% |
| PC Zone | 90/100 |
| Next Generation | |
| Computer Games Strategy Plus | |
| PC Games | A- |
Hind is a computer game released by Digital Integration in 1996 for MS-DOS and Windows 95.
The game is a combat flight simulator which features the Soviet Mi-24 Hind attack-helicopter. It came with a detailed 99 page printed manual.
Hind is rated as a PC Gamer editors choice game.
The game features several game modes. From the main menu the player can choose single missions (playing either alone or in networked multiplayer), a campaign consisting of missions strung together or to undergo training at the Soviet airbase at Saratov. The training is very extensive and teaches the use of weapons and avionics systems, navigation, battle tactics etc.
Combat can take place in three locales: Kazakhstan, Korea or Afghanistan. The Campaign mode features video clips as well as a detailed briefing before each mission, complete with a mission description, a detailed map and the ability to choose the desired ordnance.
The flight itself can be in novice mode, stable mode and realistic mode.
It can be linked over IPX and analog modem networks with Apache Longbow, making it one of the first multiplayer, multisimulator games - something Digital Integration has trademarked as 'virtual battlefield'.
As with its predecessor, Apache Longbow, Hind features a cooperative multiplayer mode where two players can occupy the same helicopter, with one piloting the helicopter while the other manages weapons (as Weapons System Officer, or WSO).
The game's graphics utilise Gouraud shading.
The game features a quite realistic flight model. Many complex physics effects are modelled, including ground effect, vortex ring, retreating blade stall and autorotation. Options are included to simplify the flight model for beginners.
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