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Instruction booklet · October 1992

Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

ShooterStrategy1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

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.

Specifications

Released
October 1992
Developer
Visual Concepts
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Players
1
Genre
Shooter · Strategy
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
Strike
Themes
Action · Warfare
View
Bird view / Isometric

What the magazines said

7
7
6
8
EGM · four reviewers
Players
79/100 (66 ratings)
Mean Machines
94%
MegaTech
93%
Amiga Action
90%
Amiga Computing
93%
Amiga Format
87%
CU Amiga
93%
The One
93%
GameRankings
77.33%
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Week of October 2, 1992
Oct. 2

Pittsburgh International Airport's new facility opens in Findlay Township, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The new terminal is built as an expansion for USAir and an upgrade from the older Pittsburgh International Airport facility.

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