Play Desert Strike - Return to the Gulf Online

Game Overview

Desert Strike on SNES throws you into the cockpit of an Apache helicopter with one job: stop a rogue general from starting World War III. The isometric view makes it feel like you're hovering over a miniature warzone—tanks crawling below, SAM sites lighting up the sky, and your fuel gauge always ticking down a little too fast.

You start with just a machine gun and some weak missiles, but rescuing POWs scattered across the map unlocks better gear (and patches up your chopper). The missions mix sabotage runs, hostage rescues, and frantic SCUD missile hunts—though half the challenge is just navigating the desert without getting shredded by AA guns. Pro tip: those oil rigs? They explode real nice when you hit them just right.

It’s one of those games where you’ll fail a mission three times because you missed one hidden fuel depot, then finally nail it by the skin of your teeth. The political plot’s pure ‘90s action-movie cheese, but the tension holds up.