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Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

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Genres
ShooterStrategy
Themes
ActionWarfare
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Developer
Electronic Arts
Publishers
Gremlin Interactive, Tec Toy, Ocean Software, Electronic Arts, Amiga
Release dates
Platform Date
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis April 29, 1992
Super Famicom March 26, 1993
Super Nintendo Entertainment System May 27, 1993
Amiga December 31, 1993
DOS December 31, 1994
Game Boy Advance May 07, 2002
BlackBerry OS February 24, 2013

About

Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf, commonly known as Desert Strike, is a shoot 'em up video game released by Electronic Arts (EA) in February 1992 for Sega's Mega Drive. The game was later released on several other formats such as the SNES, including a much upgraded version for the Amiga home computer. The game was inspired by the Gulf War and depicts a conflict between an insane Middle Eastern dictator, General Kilbaba, and the United States. The player controls a lone Apache helicopter and attempts to destroy enemy weapons and installations, rescue hostages and capture enemy personnel, while managing supplies of fuel and ammunition.

Story

After terrorist leader General Kilbaba has seized control of an unnamed "small but wealthy" Gulf emirate, overthrown the monarchy and installed himself as dictator, the United States sends a lone helicopter to destroy his army in a series of swift strikes. The game's plot was felt by commentators to be a thinly disguised reference to the Gulf War, while comparisons were drawn between Kilbaba and Saddam Hussein, and between the game's unnamed desert setting and Iraq

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