Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf is a shooter developed by Electronic Arts, released 1 February 1992 on Game Boy Advance, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf is
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf is a shooter game developed by Electronic Arts and released in 1992. It was published by Amiga. It is available on Game Boy Advance, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, BlackBerry OS and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf launched on 1 February 1992, within three weeks of X-Men, Romancing SaGa and Baseball Stars 2.
Released around the same time: X-Men, Romancing SaGa, Baseball Stars 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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