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Jane's AH-64D Longbow

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AH-64D Longbow
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Developer(s)Origin Systems
Publisher(s)Jane's Combat Simulations
Platform(s)DOS
Release1996
Genre(s)Flight simulation
Mode(s)Single Player

AH-64D Longbow is a PC flight simulator released in June of 1996. This simulation was developed at Origin Systems, Inc. by producer Andy Hollis. AH-64D Longbow was the second simulator released under the Jane's Combat Simulators line from Electronic Arts.

A mission disk, entitled Flashpoint: Korea was released as an add-in in October of 1996, and a compilation pack, Longbow Gold was released in March of 1997. A sequel, Longbow 2 was released in October of 1997.

Longbow, in its various forms, sold over 1 million copies.

Longbow won many awards, including Flight Simulator of the Year (1996) from PC Gamer, Computer Gaming World, and Computer Games Strategy Plus.