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{{Short description|1987 video game}}
{{refimprove|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Apache Strike
|image = Apache Strike Coverart.png
|developer = William C. Appleton (Mac)
|publisher = [[Silicon Beach Software]]<br />[[Activision]] (C64)
|designer =
|engine =
|released = '''1987:''' Mac<br>'''1989:''' C64<br>'''1989:''' MS-DOS
|genre = 
|modes = [[Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Macintosh]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MS-DOS]]
}}

'''Apache Strike''' is a 3D helicopter game first released for the [[Macintosh]] in 1987.

==Gameplay==
Its objective is flying an [[Apache helicopter]] through a rudimentary [[hidden line removal|hidden line]]-rendered cityscape in order to destroy the enemy's strategic defense computer. Enemy helicopters and tanks are encountered and must be shot down along the way. <!--  Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:Apache_Strike-screen.png|thumb|left]] --> The Apache's position is shown in an onscreen map as well as bearing and distance to the defense computer. Some game events are presented in digitized speech by the Lifelike In-board Narrative Damage Assessment computer, or LINDA.

The intro music bears more than a passing resemblance to the ''[[Airwolf]]'' helicopter TV series theme.{{fact|date=August 2017}}

==Reception==
''[[Compute!]]'' in 1989 called the PC version of ''Apache Strike''{{'}}s graphics "sparse but colorful", noting that it was among the few inexpensive games supporting [[VGA graphics]]. The magazine recommended the game to those who "just want to blow some bad guys out of the sky without having to think too hard".<ref name="atkin198912">{{Cite magazine |last=Atkin |first=Denny |date=December 1989 |title=Apache Strike |url=https://archive.org/stream/1989-12-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_115_1989_Dec#page/n109/mode/2up |magazine=Compute! |page=108}}</ref>

==References==
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*[[Computer Chronicles]]: ''Computer Games'' (1987.) Includes video reviews of ''Beyond Dark Castle'' and ''Apache Strike'' with Silicon Beach development V.P. Eric Zocher

==External links==
*{{lemon64 game|id=123|name=Apache Strike}}

[[Category:1987 video games]]
[[Category:Activision games]]
[[Category:Classic Mac OS games]]
[[Category:Combat flight simulators]]
[[Category:Commodore 64 games]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Helicopter video games]]
[[Category:Silicon Beach Software games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]