Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Desert Strike

Title	Desert Strike
First release	1992
Developer	Electronic Arts
Publisher	Electronic Arts
Platforms	Amiga, Atari Lynx, DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear, Mega Drive / Genesis, SNES / Super Famicom
Genre	shoot 'em up
Also known as	Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	T Teen
Releases	SNES / Super Famicom: 1992-01-01 (NTSC), 1992-10-01 (PAL) Game Boy: 1992-02-29 Mega Drive / Genesis: 1992-03-27 (NTSC), 1992-03-27 (PAL) Amiga: 1992-06-22 (Other) Atari Lynx: 1993-08-05 Game Gear: 1994-01-01 (PAL)
Wikidata ID	Q1200598

Deploying Hydra Rockets and Hellfire missiles allows the player to annihilate the antagonist's military arsenal from an Apache helicopter. Navigating through 27 missions, players must strafe airfields and destroy tank armies to dismantle the dictator's forces across various surgical strikes.

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Wikidata (Q1200598) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

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Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (17): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Gremlin Interactive · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Malibu Interactive · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, PAL release) · © Electronic Arts · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (5): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Electronic Arts · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Electronic Arts · internal use only.

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Videos

Mega Drive Longplay [097] Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (US)

World-of-Longplays · Mega Drive / Genesis version · longplay · 2:05:55auto-matched
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Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf Longplay (Amiga) [QHD]

AL82 Retrogaming Longplays · Amiga version · longplay · 3:29:48auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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