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Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
Genre: Racing - Developer: Visual Concepts - Publisher: EA
1992
1993
1992
1992
Background

First of Several versions of the game through the 'Strike' series. Desert Strike was also released for the Mega Drive, Master System, DOS, Atari Lynx, Game Gear, Game Boy and Game Boy Adavnnce over many years.


Story

The military despot General Kilbaba has threatened to destroy his enemies, including the United States. You have been given orders by the President to embark on a series of pre-emptive strikes. Pilot your Apache attack helicopter through hostile terrain, as you seek to destroy any enemy vehicles you come in contact with. There are a large number of power-ups that will help you with this task, and saving your allies will give some nice bonuses as well. If you can complete all of the missions, the world will have no reason to fear General Kilbaba in DESERT STRIKE: Return to the Gulf.


Technical

1 Player
.8 Megabit Cartridge

Perfect Conversion Score

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Playability
Overall
-75-
-76-
-82-
--77--


Comments

The RTS style top-down isometric view takes a little while to get used to, but once ovecome, the gameplay is quite enjoyable.
Posted by: --Shaz--

Its hard too =/ Worth the effort however.
Posted by: Chaotix

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