Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder

Ghost Recon takes the next step in battlefield realism with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder. Cuba, 2009: Castro is dead, and the first free Cuban elections in decades are thrown into turmoil by a…

80 25 September 2002

Shooter Simulator Strategy Tactical Action Warfare

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder is a shooter developed by Red Storm Entertainment, released 25 September 2002 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder is

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder is a shooter game developed by Red Storm Entertainment and released in 2002. It was published by Ubi Soft Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

HAVANA, 2009. Castro is dead, and Cuba reels from a power vacuum. The Ghosts - an elite team of U.S. Army Green Berets - are deployed. Their mission: halt a drug-funded warlord from sabotaging the island republic's first free elections in decades.

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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Pentium® II 450 MHz, AMD K6 III 500, or equivalent and 16 MB DirectX® 8.0-compliant 3D card; Voodoo™ cards not supported.

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What it launched against

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder launched on 25 September 2002, within three weeks of Battlefield 1942, TimeSplitters 2, Kingdom Hearts and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Battlefield 1942, TimeSplitters 2, Kingdom Hearts, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.

Cheats and codes

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Screenshots

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Parents

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

13 November 2001

Quick answers

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder — frequently asked questions

When did Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder come out?

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder was released on 25 September 2002 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder?

At minimum, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder needs Pentium® II 450 MHz, AMD K6 III 500, or equivalent, 16 MB DirectX® 8.0-compliant 3D card; Voodoo™ cards not supported graphics.

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