Hind IBM PC MS-DOS Digital Integration 1996

Hind

Hind was released by Digital Integration in October of 1996 for IBM PC MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows 95. v1.2 of Hind was released in February of 1997.

Hind is successor to Digital Integration's own Apache Longbow of 1994. In Hind players pilot the Russian Mil Mi-24V Hind-E gunship. The main difference between Apache and Hind is that Hind features a virtual cockpit and an advanced flight model with realistic effects such as ground resonance, vortex ring, retreating blade stall and dynamic rollover.

Hind Features List

• Square-pixel 256-color VESA SVGA 640x480 display
• Gouraud-shaded 3D engine (as in Apache)
• 3x Levels of detail and 7x Levels of visual range
• 20x Training missions
• 30x Single missions: 10x Korea, 10x Kazakstan, 10x Afghanistan
• 3x Campaigns aka scenarios aka warzones: Korea, Kazakstan, Afghanistan
• 3x Flight models: Novice, Stable & Realistic
• 10x Enemy AI levels
• Virtual Cockpit
• 2x Cockpits: Pilot & Weapon Systems Operator (WSO) with FLIR, LLLTV & Turret optics
• 19x Pilot cockpit Instruments
• Night Vision toggle
• Undercarriage up/down & Cargo doors open/close
• Helmet-mounted Sight (HMS)
• Forward-looking Infra Red System (FLIR)
• Low Light Level TV (LLLTV)
• Heads-up display (HUD) with Nav mode & Weapons mode
• Threat Warning Indicator with 6x classifications
• Natasha audio warning system with 25x warnings (digitized speech)
• 2-player simultaneous mode: Pilot & WSO
• Toggleable Mission Planner
• 5x Wingman controls
• 6x rotatable and zoomable External Views: tracking, weapon target, target lock, remote, spectator, drone
• Tailorable time-compression
• Full manual accessible in-game
• 2x joystick support: Cyclic (flight stick) & Collective (throttle stick) & Tail Rotor (rudder pedals)
• 16 player IPX network play (Deathmatch & Capture the Flag)
• 2-player via modem or direct link null modem cable

Hind Technical

Hind requires an i80486DX-33 MHz CPU and 8 megs of RAM.

Hind was distributed on 1x CD-ROM and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via Hind DOS Install. A full install size is 40 megs and consists of 1,168 files.

Hind digitized audio supports Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster Pro and Pro Audio Spectrum, Ensoniq SoundScape, Gravis UltraSound WaveJammer, ESS Technology ES688 and Roland RAP-10.

Hind Flight Maneuvers

• Taxiing
• Vertical take-off to hover
• Hovering
• Hovering turn
• Transition from hover to forward flight
• Forward flight
• Turning in forward flight
• Slowing to the hover (flare)
• Landing
• Rolling take-off
• Torque turns
• Autorotation

Hind Ordnance

Hind Air-to-ground Weapons

• 9M114 Shturm (AT-6 Spiral) air-to-ground missile
• S5 57mm & S8 80mm rockets
• FAB250 & FAB500 general purpose bomb
• OFAB500 blast fragmentation bomb
• FAW-500 fuel air bomb
• KMGU-2 area denial mine dispenser
• Yak-B four-barelled 12.7mm turret-mounted machine gun
• UBK-23/250 cannon pod

Hind Air-to-air Weapons

• R60 (AA-8 Aphid) missile
• Yak-B four-barelled 12.7mm turret-mounted machine gun
• UBK-23/250 cannon pod

Hind was project lead by Rod Swift. No fewer than 14 people were involved in the design of Hind: James Brewster, Laurie Dobson, Todd Gibbs, Simon Hegarty, Kethon Islam, David Marshall, Nick Mascall, Gavin Monachan, Andrew Morgan, Dave Proctor, Scawen Roberts, Aaron Robson, Rod Swift and Nick Webber.

Hind audio was composed by David Punshon and Richard Wells.

cf.

• History of Combat Flight Simulators
• History of Computer Games 1976-2024
• History of 1990s Computer Games
• Western Computer-game Machines