Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
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| Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf |
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Amiga, DOS, Mac OS, Sega Master System, Lynx, Sega Game Gear, Game Boy, Super NES, Game Boy Advance |
| Publisher: Electronic Arts |
| Developer: Electronic Arts |
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf, better known simply as Desert Strike, is an isometric-projection shoot-em-up by Electronic Arts released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1992, and subsequently ported to other platforms. It is the first game in EA's so-called Strike series of isometric shoot-em-ups.
A terrorist violently takes over a small Arab emirate and plans a major nuclear strike, to which the president of the United States orders a helicopter team in the Special Forces to intervene. You are in control of one such helicopter.
Mega Drive Gameplay
Each of the game's four levels is a separate mission with different objectives. To complete the objectives, you are given ammunition of varying power levels (shot by pressing 
(Hellfires and Jink), 
(Hydras), or 
(Guns), listed in order of decreasing power). Though the game uses an isometric projection, the control behaves more like a full 3D game, where using 
and 
rotates your chopper, 
moves you forward in t he direction you're facing, and 
moves you backward. Hitting START allows you to access a map, a summary of the mission, and mission status.
Credits
Rather than having a static title screen, the MD version shows a repeating animation of the helicopter flying with the game title on top while the credits appear on the bottom of the screen.
- By Mike Posehn (implying he is the creator)
- Programming: Mike Posehn
- Game Design: Mike Posehn, John Manley
- Art: Paul Vernon, Gary Martin, Amy Hennig
- Sound and Music: Ron Hubbard, Brian Schmidt
- Technical Director: Carl Mey
- Producer: Richard Robbins