| Gulf Strike | |
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| Publisher(s) | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MS-DOS |
| Release | 1984 |
| Genre(s) | Strategy |
Gulf Strike is a computer wargame published by The Avalon Hill Game Company in 1984.
| Gulf Strike | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Publisher(s) | The Avalon Hill Game Company |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MS-DOS |
| Release | 1984 |
| Genre(s) | Strategy |
Gulf Strike is a computer wargame published by The Avalon Hill Game Company in 1984.
Gulf Strike is a game, based on the Gulf Strike board game, in which a stalemate between Iran and Iraq is about to be resolved with one of them winning, and the US and USSR intervene to take control of Iran. [1]
Mark Bausman reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "GS is a detailed game which can be played by both intermediate and advanced wargamers and provides the players with a wide variety of strategic options. The human-computer interface is nicely done considering the amount of items the program must handle." [1]
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