Team Apache

Team Apache is an attack helicopter flight simulator[2] developed by Simis and published by Mindscape Group. Team Apache's emphasis is commanding a group of six AH-64 Apache crews of the US Army in battles against the Communist FARC insurgents in Colombia and the Russian military in Latvia.

Team Apache
Developer(s)Simis
Publisher(s)Mindscape Group
SSI
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseJune 24, 1998[1]
Genre(s)Flight simulator[2]
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Team Apache was initially developed by Simis under Eidos Interactive. When Simis lead developers, Jonathan Newth and Ian Baverstock bought the company back from Eidos, they became an independent development team once more. Mindscape later purchased the publishing rights to the game.

Gameplay

Team Apache focuses on the gameplay aspects of command, tactics and battlefield realism, rather than the realism of flight and weapon systems modelling. The player manages the unit's morale, supply and maintenance, and the tactical planning that takes place before the mission. The geopolitical causes of Team Apache's wars are relayed in both the game's manual and the "daily" newspaper, with a focus on being realistic. Detailed military-style SITREPs create a picture of the tactical situation, and ground forces can be seen in the game fighting each other throughout the theatre using fairly realistic deployments and movements.

Team Apache contains various modes of play, including a multiplayer mode and a mission building application.

Plot

In Team Apache, the player commands six AH-64 Apache crews of the US Army in battles against the Communist FARC insurgents in Colombia and the Russian military in Latvia. The storyline is developed through FMV sequences, in-mission briefings and newspaper articles.

Colombian Campaign

In 1998, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia–Ejército del Pueblo or FARC-EP (Spanish for "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army") has staged a large-scale guerrilla offensive against the government of Colombia. In its wake comes a wave of kidnappings and assassinations of high-ranking officials and their families. The corrupt and inefficient military of Colombia and police cannot hold their own against the insurgents, and need help from the United States. The United States needs to safeguard Colombia's oil industry and eliminate FARC's illegal cocaine industry.

See also
  • Comanche – series of war simulation games

References
  1. "News for June 24, 1998". Online Gaming Review. June 24, 1998. Archived from the original on December 4, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
    "June 24, 1998: "Some new games have been spotted in stores: ...Team Apache from SSI."
  2. "Team Apache". Gamepressure. December 10, 2007. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
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