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Game entry

Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

1992 · Shoot 'em up, Strategy · DOS, Super Nintendo, Game Boy Advance, Mega Drive, Amiga, BlackBerry OS · Gremlin Interactive

Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf is ranked no. 4,238 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,394 and 28% of duels won.

World rank

no. 4,238

ELO score

1,394

Wins

28%

Duels played

53

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About Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

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. The game was inspired by the Gulf War and depicts a conflict between an insane Middle Eastern dictator, General Kilbaba, and the United States. The player controls a lone Apache helicopter and attempts to destroy enemy weapons and installations, rescue hostages and capture enemy personnel, while managing supplies of fuel and ammunition.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,394 ELO points over the last 123 days.

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Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The games Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 4,235 Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project 1,394
  2. 4,236 80 Days 1,394
  3. 4,237 Ninja Gaiden Sigma 1,394
  4. 4,238 Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf 1,394
  5. 4,239 Seasons after Fall 1,394
  6. 4,240 Digimon World: Next Order 1,394
  7. 4,241 Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder 1,394

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