Beach Head 2000

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Beach Head 2000
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Developer(s) Digital Fusion, Inc.
Publisher(s) WizardWorks [lower-alpha 1]
Platform(s) Windows, Mac OS, Arcade
ReleaseWindows
Mac OS
  • NA: October 6, 2000 [2]
Arcade
  • NA: September 2001
Genre(s) First-person shooter, shooting gallery
Mode(s) Single-player

Beach Head 2000 is a first-person shooter game developed by Digital Fusion. It was originally released by WizardWorks for Microsoft Windows and MacSoft for Mac OS as a "value-priced" release. A loose remake of the 1983 computer game Beach Head , it shared a similar premise, as players defend a beach against attack by utilizing a variety of weapons. A version of the game was also produced for video arcades by Tsunami Visual Technologies, available in various motion simulation cabinets and Digital Fusion continues to sell the Windows version as a download via its website.

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Gameplay

Players must defend the beach from a variety of threats both on the ground and in the air. Beach Head 2000 screenshot.jpg
Players must defend the beach from a variety of threats both on the ground and in the air.

Players take the role of the sole gunner defending a beach against invading enemy soldiers, tanks, helicopters and other military attack vehicles. The player utilizes a variety of weapons, including a gun turret with a machine gun, howitzer cannon and guided surface-to-air missiles. A handgun is available as a final means of defense. The mouse is used to aim. Additional ammo and health are available by shooting packages dropped with parachutes. [3] Missions end when all enemies are defeated, each mission changes the spawn point of enemies on the beach. There are infinite missions and the game has no ending. [4]

Reception

The PC version received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [5] GameSpot said that the game becomes repetitive when taking out the stream of enemies in each level. [3] A review in AllGame said that "the initial appeal of Beach Head 2000's single view wears off very quickly" and compared it unfavorably to the original Beach Head . [4] Inside Mac Games commented that the game was not worth the relatively low price, even among a limited selection of Mac OS games. [15] However, IGN had a more positive reaction to the game, comparing it to Missile Command and calling it "strangely addicting". [11]

The PC version was nominated for the "Worst Game of the Year" award at GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2000 Awards, which went to Blaze and Blade: Eternal Quest . [16] It was also nominated for the "Best Sound in a PC Game" award at The Electric Playground 's Blister Awards 2000, which went to Deus Ex . [17]

Sequels

Digital Fusion produced several sequels, Beach Head 2002 , [18] Beach Head Desert War, and Baghdad Central Desert Gunner.[ citation needed ] Global VR would take over the license from Tsunami and produce arcade versions of the first three games in the series. [19]

Notes

  1. ↑ Mac OS version published by MacSoft, arcade version published by Global VR.

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