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Description

Following the collapse of Soviet Union, USA began to dominate the politics of the Commonwealth of Independent Nations. Islamic countries started a global jihad against the Western world, and as a result, petroleum has become an even more rare and valuable resource. In a chain of events, Alaska declared independence, and major powers of the world began fighting over its oil-rich territory. Japan turned into the world's most powerful nation, while United States and the Catholic Church were weakened; by the year 2011, humanity's dreams of unification have become completely shattered, and the fate of the world was decided by mercenary organizations.

Similar to Wing Commander in gameplay style and visual presentation, Strike Commander is a flight simulator with action-oriented combat. You lead a rag-tag mercenary fighter squadron known as the Wildcats, trying to make a living in a dangerous, chaotic world. Somewhat simplified dogfights in your blackmarket-purchased F-16s are supplemented by interactive cutscenes where you converse with your teammates, or go into town to buy new contracts.

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User Reviews

Brave new world. Neville (1417) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Great game, just not the perfect homerun Origin had us used to. Zovni (9425) 3.71 Stars3.71 Stars3.71 Stars3.71 Stars3.71 Stars
The greatest ever modern dogfighting game Bill W (3) 4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars

The Press Says

Play Time Jun, 1993 96 out of 100 96
Power Play Jun, 1993 90 out of 100 90
PC Review UK Jun, 1993 8 out of 10 80

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
I don't like to be yelled at! 1 FrakesJoe (NSDSP) (8)
May 04, 2010

Trivia

Origin had released posters touting the original release date of Strike Commander. Such posters are real collector's item now, as the game was two years late and still runs like a dog on most systems then.


This entry was contributed by Terok Nor (15629) and A.D. Lee (8)
 

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