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'''''Seek Andand Destroy''''' Is a [[Vertical Scrolling Shooter|Vertical]] [[Shoot'Em Up]] developed by Vision Software and published by Safari Software (A one-time division of [[Epic Games]], then Epic Megagames) in 1996, for the PC and Amiga. Rather then a strictly vertical scrolling style, you are able to go anywhere in the level at your own discretion, similarly to [[Desert Strike]] but lacking [[Isometric Projection]].
 
[[Zeerust|It's the far-off future year of 1998,]] following a nuclear [[World War III]]. You are are one of the last [[Universal Driver's License|Vehicular Combat Troopers]] of the [[Yanks With Tanks|North American Armed Forces,]] on a mission to destroy various bases belonging to an unnamed, but ''very'' well-equipped South American faction. Whilst [[Memetic Mutation|in their base killing their dudes]], you sometimes must also rescue ''your'' dudes who the enemy has [[Hostage Situation|taken hostage]], drop off and pick up a saboteur, and other objectives. You are usually tasked with destroying a specific target, but there's [[Unstoppable Rage|nothing stopping you from wiping the entire base off the map.]]
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[[I Thought It Meant|This should not be confused with]] the 2002 [[PlayStation 2]] game by Takara. Or the [[Metallica]] song.
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=== Seek And Destroy provides examples of: ===
 
* [[America Saves the Day]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified,]] if only because seemingly no one else can be arsed to fight the bad guys.
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* [[Emergency Weapon]]: The basic chain gun does little damage, but has [[Bottomless Magazines|unlimited ammo]] and both vehicles always have it equipped. It can be upgraded from near-useless to viable secondary weapon.
* [[Every Ten Thousand Points]]: Get enough points, get a [[1-Up]]. Pretty standard.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Though the fact that all enemies and structures appear on your [[Enemy -Detecting Radar|radar]] kind of eliminates the "seek" part. Also in the chapter names: "Operation Heatwave" is a [[Shifting Sand Land|desert zone]], "Operation Snowstorm" is an [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World|arctic zone]], "Operation Monsoon" is a [[Jungle Japes|jungle zone]], you get the idea.
* [[Exploding Barrels]]: [[Up to Eleven|Even better]]: exploding fuel dumps and [[Nuke'Em|nuclear storage containers.]]
* [[Wizard Needs Food Badly|Helicopter Needs Fuel Badly]]: Both vehicles have a limited supply of fuel. If you run out, [[Critical Existence Failure|you blow up.]] You can find more fuel in the field, however, as a [[Power-Up]]. If you find a fuel pickup just before you run out (Or find an armor pickup when near death) your pilot says, "Just in time." The tank is slightly more fuel-efficient then the Apache.
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