Gulf Strike (video game)

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Gulf Strike
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Publisher(s) The Avalon Hill Game Company
Platform(s) Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, DOS
Release1984
Genre(s) Strategy

Gulf Strike is a 1984 video game published by The Avalon Hill Game Company.

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Gameplay

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]

Reception

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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References

  1. 1 2 Bausman, Mark (February 1985). "Gulf Strike!". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 20. pp. 27–28.