Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

What the reviews talk about

Key wordsfranticfaithfulinnovativefrustratingvariedrealistic

What the critics said

• MegaTech magazine praised the graphics and gameplay, and said it was "one of the best shoot 'em ups on the Megadrive".

  — MegaTech

• The reviewer claimed the Amiga version of the game ran more slowly than the Mega Drive version but overall felt the port was "a more than satisfactory translation".

  — Amiga Action, 1993

• Amiga Computing noted the improved graphics and sound over the Mega Drive version and praised the game as "EA's finest moment since Populous".

  — Amiga Computing

• The magazine however said that "All things considered, Desert Strike couldn't be a better game", praising the "fast and frantic" action and "just-one-more-go appeal".

  — CU Amiga, 1993

• Mike Weigand of Electronic Gaming Monthly likewise deemed it "A fairly faithful portable version of the 16-Bit military classic."

  — Electronic Gaming Monthly, 1995 (Mike Weigand)

• Amiga Format commended the "Successful cross between a shoot 'em up and a flight simulator", graphics, sound, varied missions and "tremendous fun" of the game, although the reviewer noted some "occasional glitches" occurring in the sound and graphics.

  — Amiga Format, 1993· about another version

• GamePro gave the Game Boy version a positive review, saying it "has almost everything that made the original title great."

  — GamePro· about another version

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Desert Strike article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

• GameRankings 78% · archived average · Genesis
• Computer and Video Games 1992 92% (Genesis)
• Electronic Gaming Monthly 1994 7/10, 7/10, 6/10, 8/10 (SNES) ; ; 5/10, 5/10, 4/10, 5/10 (Lynx) ; 7/10, 6/10, 6/10, 7/10, 7/10 (Game Boy) ; (other versions)
• Mean Machines 1992 94%
• MegaTech 93%
• Amiga Action 1993 90%
• Amiga Computing 1993 93%
• Amiga Format 1993 87%
• CU Amiga 1993 93%
• The One 1993 93%

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

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