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''Seek And 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.]]
You have the option of using either an [[Cool Plane|Apache attack helicopter]] or an unidentified ([[Cool Tank|but awesome]]) battle tank, each with distinct weaponry. The Apache has six weapon bays and the tank four, as well as a separate "special" weapon bay, of which there are three unique ones for either vehicle. These bays can be reconfigured before each mission to hold different amounts of ammunition for each weapon, though the first bay always has the [[Emergency Weapon|chain gun.]] You could have a whole bunch of ammo for one weapon or limited ammo but lots of different weapons, or any combination thereof. You can also tweak the specs of your craft, tipping it towards [[Mighty Glacier]] or [[Fragile Speedster]] as per your play style.
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* [[Danger Deadpan]]: Your pilot occasionally speaks, and he is most definitely this. Other characters, presumably support staff, are also this.
* [[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 [[
* [[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.]]
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