Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 55 minutes ago
● Gunship Academy: flightsimbooks.com/gunship
● PC Gunship & Gunship 2000 (Steam): store.steampowered.com/app/2766090/Gunship__Gunship_2000
● PC Gunship & Gunship 2000 (GOG): gog.com/en/game/gunship_gunship_2000
Microprose's Gunship might just be another helicopter combat simulation, and easily the best to have hit the C64, but that undersells the impact it had - not just on Microprose's future games, but on combat simulations as a whole.
Thanks for watching!
Beyond The Scanlines is a series of explorations of *interesting* games (old and new) for classic home computer and console systems.
● Series Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZAgJhaPWsQJpvpcqCxgDtI420aKxsUnI
● New Episodes Mailing list: eepurl.com/hnpZhX
● Discord: discord.gg/dypVTqYd3p
● Streams: twitch.tv/hellfire64
● Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/beyondthescanlines
● Patreon: patreon.com/robc
Chapters:
00:00 Video Intro
00:48 Introducing Gunship
01:26 The Pilot Roster & Career
02:17 Training Assignments
03:39 Flight Modelling, Controls and Reality Settings
05:57 Immersion, Note Taking and Tracking Objectives
06:48 Getting Airborne
08:51 Missions, Theatures and Research
11:00 I Can't Believe A Sim This Good Had A Troubled Development?
12:19 Enjoying Gunship in 2026
13:03 Final Thoughts & Outro
● Gunship Academy: flightsimbooks.com/gunship
● PC Gunship & Gunship 2000 (Steam): store.steampowered.com/app/2766090/Gunship__Gunship_2000
● PC Gunship & Gunship 2000 (GOG): gog.com/en/game/gunship_gunship_2000
Microprose's Gunship might just be another helicopter combat simulation, and easily the best to have hit the C64, but that undersells the impact it had - not just on Microprose's future games, but on combat simulations as a whole.
Thanks for watching!
Beyond The Scanlines is a series of explorations of *interesting* games (old and new) for classic home computer and console systems.
● Series Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZAgJhaPWsQJpvpcqCxgDtI420aKxsUnI
● New Episodes Mailing list: eepurl.com/hnpZhX
● Discord: discord.gg/dypVTqYd3p
● Streams: twitch.tv/hellfire64
● Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/beyondthescanlines
● Patreon: patreon.com/robc
Chapters:
00:00 Video Intro
00:48 Introducing Gunship
01:26 The Pilot Roster & Career
02:17 Training Assignments
03:39 Flight Modelling, Controls and Reality Settings
05:57 Immersion, Note Taking and Tracking Objectives
06:48 Getting Airborne
08:51 Missions, Theatures and Research
11:00 I Can't Believe A Sim This Good Had A Troubled Development?
12:19 Enjoying Gunship in 2026
13:03 Final Thoughts & Outro
