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The player controls an Apache gunship and undertakes several missions for the US government as they attempt to thwart the actions of the mad dictator Killbaba.

Desert Strike was followed up by a number of sequels. On the Sega Genesis ''Jungle Strike'' featured the son of the madman teaming up with a drug lord, while ''Urban Strike'' featured the pilot taking on an insidious politician. ''Soviet Strike'' and ''Nuclear Strike'' were featured on the Sony Playstation, though these two abandoned the ongoing plotline established in the 16 bit trilogy, instead casting you as a member of a covert team called STRIKE, though ''Soviet'' alludes to ''Desert'' in one mission suggesting the events of that game were [[Retcon|retconned]] as a STRIKE mission, which could mean that STRIKE had a part to play in the other two games.

 

 

* [[Ace Pilot]]

** The writer of that line probably was confused about the chemical formula of salt, [[Na Cl]]. Na stands for Sodium (AKA Natrium), not Nitrogen, but the other half is Chloride.

* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: ''Jungle Strike'' features an F-117 with literally infinite ammo. This was done because the game's mechanics weren't really designed to handle a constantly moving jet fighter.

** ''Jungle Strike'' and ''Urban Strike'' play this mildly, with the chopper carrying one extra missile and 22 more rockets but offset this by reducing the gun's capacity by 200 rounds.

** One mission in ''Jungle Strike plays'' completely straight, see the [[Bottomless Magazines]] entry above.

* [[Isometric Projection]]: for the 16-bit games; the later installments changed to a follow perspective

* [[Just Plane Wrong]]: The final mission of ''Desert Strike'' features C-5 Galaxy cargo plane as a "nuclear bomber".

* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: "Over here!"

* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: Most obvious in ''Desert Strike'' and ''Soviet Strike'' in relation to the Gulf War and 1991 Soviet coup attempt respectively.

* [[Stock Footage]]: Soviet and Nuclear Strike use this for pretty much everything that doesn't need to have the game's own characters shown. The scene of Strike Team Echo being caught infiltrating for example is actually from the real life Operation Nimrod.

* [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]]: In ''Nuclear Strike'', Nick Arnold is killed off-screen during the first mission.

* [[Too Soon]]

* [[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]]: Several of your copilots have to be rescued by you

* [[We Do the Impossible]]: Take on a battalion of tanks alone, check; sink nuclear submarines with a hovercraft, yep; destroy an air defense network consisting of Patriots, AA Guns, RPG-armed soldiers, radar and patrolling helicopters with your one chopper, no problem. And that's just in one game.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: The ending of ''Nuclear Stike'' includes a trailer for another game, ''Future Strike'', that was never made. It was instead [[Divorced Installment|developed into]] ''[[Future Cop LAPD]]''.

 

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