Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

BlackBerry OS Super Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Mega Drive/Genesis DOS Amiga Game Boy Advance Super Famicom

Electronic Arts · Published by Gremlin Interactive

Released February 1, 1992

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.

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Genres

Shooter Strategy

Themes

Action Warfare

Game Modes

Single player

Companies

Gremlin Interactive (Publisher) Foresight New Media Tec Toy (Publisher) Electronic Arts (Developer) Ocean Software (Publisher) Electronic Arts (Publisher) Granite Bay Software Amiga (Publisher) Budcat Creations Visual Concepts

Links

Wikipedia Twitch

Also Known As

Desert Strike Advance · Apache AHX: Desert Madman · Desert Strike: Wangan Sakusen