Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

Description

The first game in the Strike series. A year after the Gulf War, a self styled General named Kilbaba (Muababa in the GBA version) takes over an Arab Emirate and threatens to start WWIII against its enemy in the West, the U.S. The whole world holds their breath as the President chooses you to destroy Kilbaba and his terrorist army before he launches a nuclear attack on the world!

You must fly an specially designed AH-64A Apache on a series of missions from rescuing MIAs, destroying power plants, to blowing apart SCUD missles! Take out his defenses while trying to find out Kilbaba's plans. Take on the Madman and forever rid this threat....in the desert!

Alternate Titles

• "Desert Strike Advance" -- GBA title
• "Apache AHX: Desert Madman" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Aircraft: AH-64 Apache
• Electronic Arts' Strike series

Merchant Title Platform Price   Desert Strike Game Boy Advance $2.66   Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf Game Boy     Desert Strike Genesis $0.01   Desert Strike SNES $2.98   Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

One of the Greatest games for Genesis	Genesis	Robbb (130)
Not good, not really bad...	Game Boy Advance	chromax (20)
A Genesis to SNES Standard	SNES	Robbb (130)

The Press Says

Game Informer Magazine	Genesis	Apr, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Abandonia	DOS	Nov 06, 2003	4 out of 5	80
GamePro	Game Boy	Mar, 1995	4 out of 5	80
Kingdom of Desire	Genesis	Apr 01, 2007	8 out of 10	80
High Score	DOS	Dec, 1994	4 out of 5	80
Game Informer Magazine	Game Boy Advance	Jun, 2002	8 out of 10	80
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Game Boy	Feb, 1995	7 out of 10	70
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Genesis	Dec, 1993	6.8 out of 10	68
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Game Boy	Feb, 1995	6.6 out of 10	66
All Game Guide	Game Boy Advance	2002		50

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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.