DESERT STRIKE

                  Review by Michael Raven

Fight the evil forces of Kilbaba! Set in the Middle East, and very
similar to the Gulf War in many ways, you fly a Apache helicopter,
rescuing prisoners of war, destroying headquarters, locating enemy
commanders...the list is endless. It has a bit more depth than the
sequel, Jungle Strike, as this has a lot of things you can do that
are not on your 'missions'. For instance, you will sometimes find
a building with a sparkle on one of it's windows. Blast the
building apart and one of your people gets out. Also you see
battles between marines and enemy soldiers - shoot the enemy and
pick up your people!

Although the graphics are poor now, they are sufficient to show
what you need to do.

PLAYABILITY 81% Sometimes a little easy to make a mistake, and
difficult to aim.
LASTABILITY 83% Slight danger of you giving up before you complete
it.
GRAPHICS 79% Out of date, but still effective.
SOUND 83% Still nice and chunky.

OVERALL 88% Good, but I don't know if you'll want to play it all
the way through.












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