Trivia
Before being released, Desert Strike was previously going to be named Apache AHX: Desert Madman. The name-change was probably to connect the game more with Operation Desert Storm from the Gulf War, which the game is inspired by.
Contributed by
Robbb (130) on Dec 06, 2007.
The name of the madman, Gen. Kibaba, is extremely funny. In the Swahili language, properly 'Ki-Swahili,' the word kibaba means a traditional measuring container of the type used for grain -- millet, for example. You can see this in the common saying "Haba na haba hijaza kibaba," which means "Little by little the grain measuring container fills up." This is equivalent to a piece of advice to take things slowly and be patient. In other words, the madman's name is approximately "Gen. Measuring Cup." I wonder, could this be because, in order to deal with the madman, you have to "measure out" a devastating response? :)
Contributed by
88 49 (47) on Dec 03, 2007.
George Bush, president of the US at the time Desert Strike was first released, along with his wife Barbra show up in the game ending sequence.
The game was pulled from some shelves in the UK because of numerous references to the gulf war 1990.
The design of the Apache in Desert Strike is not what it really is in real life. The tail rotor in back from the game is circular with the tail blades in cased like a circle, with the wing piece placed on top. The actual military design has the tail rotor looking more simple, with the tail blades attached freely, with the wing piece placed on the bottom.
Simply, the design is more different and it is likely due to legal reasons or game design.
Contributed by
Robbb (130) on Jul 31, 2005.
Desert Strike was released for about every major system at the time except the NES, due to hardware or graphic limitations. Face it, people mentioned that it had state of the art graphics, and the NES is not even half as powerful enough to display it's beauty, right?
Contributed by
Robbb (130) on Apr 09, 2004.
The Strike games for the SNES and Genesis don't use Battery Backed RAM; instead, they use passwords.
Contributed by
Trixter 
(8865) on Jul 08, 2002.
The allied pilots shot down will attempt to evade, but if the bad guys approach, the pilots will shoot back! You can watch, but you're supposed to be rescuing them...
