All Games from NovaLogic. Delta Force: Black Hawk Down 1 Last week downloads Delta Force: Land Warrior 0 Last week downloads F-22 Raptor 1.00.10.16d. Comanche 3, the game, will allow you to get a taste of what operating this 21st-century beast is like. You get a total of 32 campaign missions divided into four groups of eight, each in a different location and terrain, along with five training missions. Buy NovaLogic Everything Pack Includes 15 items: Armored Fist 3, Comanche 4, Delta Force, Delta Force 2, Delta Force Land Warrior, Delta Force Xtreme 2, Delta Force — Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre, Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, Delta Force: Task Force Dagger, Delta Force: Xtreme, F-16 Multirole Fighter, F-22 Lightning 3, Joint Operations: Combined Arms Gold, MiG-29 Fulcrum, Tachyon: The Fringe.
Overview
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Comanche 3 is NovaLogic's latest installment in the helicopter flight sim arena. How does it compare to others like Jane's AH-64D Longbow or Interactive Magic's HIND and Apache? It blows them away as far as graphics, but falls pretty far behind as far as extended gameplay. Comanche 3 is based on the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche reconnaissance/attack helicopter. According to Boeing Sikorsky, 'RAH-66 Comanche is part of the U.S. Army's 21st-century modernization plan.' Its design allows the Comanche's radar return to be approximately 600 times smaller than that of the Apache. It is equipped with the very latest high-tech electronic surveillance and targeting systems, as well as the capability of arming a hefty amount of firepower including AGM-114 Hellfires, AIM-92 Stingers, Hydra 70 FFARS, and a 20mm cannon with 500 rounds of ammunition. Comanche 3, the game, will allow you to get a taste of what operating this 21st-century beast is like. You get a total of 32 campaign missions divided into four groups of eight, each in a different location and terrain, along with five training missions.
Gameplay
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Considering NovaLogic spent time corresponding with the Boeing Sikorsky team and were actually able to visit the Comanche test site and take the 'copter for a ride, they did an excellent job capturing the feel of helicopter flight. No, I've never flown an actual helicopter, but based on the best helicopter sims out, Comanche 3 is definitely up to par. As in the other sims, you can fully adjust the level of realism from a beginner's level to full-blown expert. One thing I really like about Comanche 3 is the way in which you can adjust realism. Instead of picking the standard categories of easy, medium, or difficult like other sims, you are able to enable or disable every flight feature, such as fantail control and fully controlling the collective. The latter will help keep you from burning the engine out.Along with excellent control options, Comanche 3 has plenty to shoot at within its missions. You will never find yourself endlessly waiting for something to happen. The missions are all laid out well and offer more challenge than simple search and destroy. You will be required to take advantage of what helicopters were designed for if you want to survive, mainly using your environment to duck behind for protection as well as sneaking up on your enemies. The flight dynamics for Comanche 3 are excellent, and the missions are well designed; I only wish there were more. Thirty-seven may seem like quite a lot, but compared to sims like Jane's Longbow and Interactive Magic's HIND, which offer well over 100, it just doesn't cut it. Basically, when the campaign is over, so is the game. It would have been nice if NovaLogic included a random scenario generator or the like. There also is no arcade mode in which you can just fly and destroy everything in sight. Realism is great, but let's face it, so is arcade blasting action. Even HIND offers that.
Graphics
One word: jaw-dropper. This is the first game NovaLogic has designed with their new, proprietary VoxelSpace 2 graphics engine, and I must say it is quite impressive. Just look at the screenshots. These are NOT cut screens. Structures are just as impressive as ground and sky textures. In one mission, I hovered over a house that was as detailed as the town buildings found in Diablo. Everything is in true 3D as well. The clouds in the sky are transparent and actually glide by realistically. Lens flare is well done and the transition between the cloud layer has to be seen to be believed. Your view also extends as far as the eye can see -- distance is not cut short. The downfall, though, is that the game is pretty demanding on your system.
I ran the game on a P90 with 40M of RAM and a Verite 4M graphics accelerator and it is barely acceptable at the highest resolution. Do know that even though I have a Verite board, it only acts like a standard 4 MB board for games not specifically designed to take advantage of it, so it doesn't accelerate just any game. With this in mind, I am extremely impressed with NovaLogic's VoxelSpace 2 technology, and I hope to see more. The reason I gave Comanche 3 a 90 is because of the graphics. It is definitely on the next level, and it definitely makes me want to make the processor and motherboard upgrade. One note: once you see it in its highest resolution, you will not want to turn down the graphics. It looks pretty damn ugly when you do. One thing you can do, which I thought was pretty neat, was play in letterbox mode. The graphics look just as good, and it runs just a tad smoother.
Audio
The audio for Comanche 3 is done in Dolby Surround Sound, so it is quite impressive. A mike was attached to a pilot flying the actual Comanche, so you get to hear what it actually sounds like in there. The Comanche 3 was designed to be relatively quiet for stealth operations, compared to other 'copters, and you can tell. There is plenty of in-flight chatter from teammates and the like. Explosions and weapon fire are all well done, but they did lack the impact and clarity found in HIND.
Multiplayer
Comanche 3 supports up to 2 players via null modem serial cable, 2 players via a minimum 14.4K BPS modem, 8 players via IPX/ODI, and, depending on connection speed and internet play, via IPX to TCP/IP driver (KALI).
Documentation
The documentation for Comanche 3 is excellent. It goes well beyond a simple description of the controls. Throughout the manual you will find useful tips and interesting tidbits on why things were designed as they were. You will find everything and more than you need to get going, including information on enemy craft and weapons.
System Requirements
Required: DOS, Windows 95 or later required. Fast Pentium for higher resolutions. VGA or better video, VESA required for hi-res. 16 MB RAM minimum. 2X CD-ROM drive. SoundBlaster sound card.Comanche 3 also supports Thrustmaster FCS and WCS, CH FlightSticks, Microsoft SideWinder, standard joysticks, throttles, and foot pedals. A couple of notes on the SideWinder 3D Pro: I found that the throttle was way too sensitive running the game in DOS and Win95. Also, Comanche 3 assigns set functions only for the buttons on the top of the stick. You can't reconfigure them in any way, and the buttons on the base of the 3D Pro completely go to waste.
Bottom Line
Comanche 3 is an excellent addition to any flight sim fanatic's collection. Although you don't get as many missions as in the other sims, you do get the best graphics available and excellent gameplay. This game has to be seen to be believed. My only regret is that once I exhaust all the missions, there won't be anything but the graphics to bring me back to single player mode. But then again, considering there are so many games and oh so little time, 37 missions are plenty.
Overall rating: 6.5
Subsidiary | |
Industry | Video game industry |
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Fate | Label and intellectual properties acquired and integrated into THQ Nordic. |
Successor | THQ Nordic |
Founded | August 7, 1985; 34 years ago in Calabasas, California |
Founder | John A. Garcia |
Defunct | October 2016; 2 years ago |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Comanche series Delta Force series |
Website | novalogic.com |
NovaLogic, Inc. was a software developer and publisher established in 1985 and based in Calabasas, California. The company was founded by CEO John A. Garcia.[1] Garcia's background in computer software started in Southern California in the early 1980s, when he worked at DataSoft. In October 2016, NovaLogic assets were bought out by THQ Nordic and is currently an inactive label for the company.[2]
History[edit]
Originally, NovaLogic worked on new versions of previously published games. Taito America was a major client of the company and most (if not all) of Novalogic's earliest games were PC conversions of Taito arcade games.
The cancelled Philips CD-i sequel to Super Mario World, Super Mario's Wacky Worlds, was in development by NovaLogic.
Open it, and locate the setup. Metal gear solid computer game.
In 1994, NovaLogic set up its European office in London, England.[3] This office has subsequently been closed down.
Three years later, NovaLogic first launched its free online matchmaking service, NovaWorld. This service allows for large online battles and stat tracking.[1] After publishing several successful military-themed games, the company started NovaLogic Systems, Inc. (NLS) on February 13, 1996, which made training simulations for the US Army.[1]
The company's 2004 launch of Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising claimed to have set a world record for the largest FPS game,[4][5] which was quickly refuted by Sony Online Entertainment for its game Planetside,[6] which routinely hosted hundreds of players on a single server. Novalogic then changed its claim to the 'largest FPS without a subscription fee', which fans of the venerable World War II Online quickly noted also was inaccurate.[7] Ultimately the company settled for the title of largest 'modern combat' FPS without a subscription.[8]
One year later, NovaLogic's Delta Force: Black Hawk Down for the Xbox, developed by Climax Group, allowed up to 50 players in a multiplayer game, breaking the record for the largest console multiplayer battles at the time.[9] That same year, Novalogic was fined $153,500 by the Business Software Alliance after an audit found they had unlicensed copies of software by Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, FileMaker, Macromedia, Microsoft and Symantec.[10]
In 2008, publisher MTR Soft had displayed information about NovaLogic's upcoming title Delta Force: Angel Falls (although still not announced by NovaLogic itself). In December 2008, NovaLogic announced they have cut ties with MTR Soft, due to MTR using the license to gain additional funds.[11] Also in 2008, NovaLogic released an alpha build of the new NovaWorld 2.0 featuring much better in performance and features. In early 2009, NovaLogic released Delta Force 10th Anniversary Collection (a compilation of all the official Delta Force games, user guides and the CD soundtrack from Delta Force: Black Hawk Down). On June 2, 2009 Delta Force: Xtreme 2 was released simultaneously at retail and online via digital download. Then on August 18, 2009, Joint Operations: Combined Arms Gold was released as a compilation of Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising and Joint Operations: Escalation which also included concept art, the soundtrack and more.
On October 31, 2016, it was announced that the game developer and publisher THQ Nordic had acquired all of NovaLogic's assets, while buying out Electronic Arts' minority stake.[12][13]
Games[edit]
Year | Title | Platform(s) |
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1988 | Bubble Bobble | Apple II, DOS |
Arkanoid | DOS | |
1989 | Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh | |
Renegade | Apple II | |
1990 | Rastan | Apple IIGS, DOS |
Wolf Pack | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Macintosh, PC-98 | |
1991 | The Rocketeer | DOS, Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
The Chessmaster | Game Gear | |
Crystal Quest | Game Boy | |
1992 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Sega Genesis |
Comanche: Maximum Overkill | DOS | |
Jigsaw: The Ultimate Electronic Puzzle | Philips CD-i | |
1993 | Ultrabots | DOS |
1994 | Armored Fist | |
Comanche CD | DOS, Macintosh | |
1995 | Werewolf vs. Comanche | |
Black Fire | Sega Saturn | |
Comanche 2 | DOS | |
1996 | F-22 Lightning II | |
1997 | F-22 Raptor | Microsoft Windows |
Comanche 3 | DOS | |
Armored Fist 2 | ||
1998 | Comanche Gold | Microsoft Windows |
Delta Force | ||
MiG-29 Fulcrum | ||
F-16 Multirole Fighter | ||
1999 | Jet Pack | |
F-22 Lightning 3 | ||
Armored Fist 3 | ||
Delta Force 2 | ||
2000 | Delta Force: Land Warrior | |
Tachyon: The Fringe | ||
Flight Mania | ||
2001 | Comanche 4 | |
2002 | Air Attack Pack | |
Delta Force Trilogy | ||
Delta Force: Urban Warfare | PlayStation | |
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger | Microsoft Windows | |
2003 | Armored Fist 3 | |
Highland Warriors | ||
Special Forces Pack | ||
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down | Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, PlayStation 2, Xbox | |
2004 | Delta Force: Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 |
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising | Microsoft Windows | |
Joint Operations: Escalation | ||
2005 | Joint Operations: Combined Arms | |
Delta Force: Xtreme | ||
2009 | Delta Force: Xtreme 2 | |
Delta Force Bootcamp | ||
Cancelled | Super Mario's Wacky Worlds | Phillips CD-i |
Novalogic Delta Force 1
References[edit]
- ^ abcNovalogic Corp History
- ^https://www.trademarkia.com/novalogic-75098785.html
- ^[1]
- ^Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising at gamezone.com news
- ^Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising at ign.com news
- ^[2]
- ^[3]
- ^[4]
- ^Black Hawk Down to Feature 50 Players on Xbox Live at teamxbox.com newsArchived December 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^Delta Force Developer NovaLogic Fined for Software Violation at Gamasutra.com
- ^'NovaLogic Terminates MTR Soft License'. Soft Press Release. December 4, 2008. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2008.
- ^'THQ Nordic Acquires All Of NovaLogic's Franchises'. thqnordic.com. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
- ^Donnelly, Joe. 'THQ Nordic buys Delta Force and the rest of NovaLogic's back catalogue'. PC Gamer. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
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