Game Details
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
Genres: Shooter, Strategy
Released on: DOS, Amiga, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Publishers: Gremlin Interactive , Tec Toy
Themes: Action, Warfare
Game Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
| Platform | Release Date |
|---|---|
| Sega Mega Drive/Genesis | April 29, 1992 |
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | October 01, 1992 |
| Super Famicom | March 26, 1993 |
| Amiga | December 31, 1993 |
| DOS | December 31, 1994 |
| Game Boy Advance | May 07, 2002 |
| BlackBerry OS | February 24, 2013 |
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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