Jungle Strike
Jungle Strike, conversion developed by Black Pearl (outsourced to Unexpected Developments) and published by Electronic Arts in 1995.
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Player's Review
"JUNGLE STRIKE - THE SEQUEL TO DESERT STRIKE
General Kilbaba is dead, but his son is as corrupt as his father. He is looking for revenge and although he retains all the wealth his father was able to accumulate, he has none of his political resources. However, Kilbaba was able to smuggle out the materials from his father's weapons program. Kilbaba yearns to continue the program and has teamed up with Carlos Ortega, a notorious criminal, All it will take is a strike against the United States and Carlos Ortega's business losses will be avenged and Kilbaba's family "honor" restored. Luckily, their plan is still in the early stages. It isn't too late to stop them. US intelligence agencies know the outline of their plans, but not the details. Those plans have advanced to the point where military intervention is necessary. Your job is to successfully complete all the campaigns assigned to you, as well as every mission that makes up the campaigns. Desert Strike, was just a warm up. In Jungle Strike," things will really get hot."
Jungle Strike seems to have made it most of the home computers and consoles of the time but few can match the Genesis original and the game gear is no exception with what seemingly looks like a rushed conversion. Never mind the system limitations, cut down gfx, sounds and levels but there is missing levels as well a seemingly buggy scoring system and the ending screen and credits are seemingly broken. Is it good for a Game Gear? I suppose it is but it feels rushed and incomplete.
The game takes place over a series of missions, each with multiple objectives. You can press START to see what missions are available and see way points as well as see how much fuel and ammo you have. There isn't any description of each mission although you do get the odd cutscene advising what to do. During play you fly around destroying enemies with your bullets (Hold Button2), Hydras (Button 2) Hellfire's (Button 1) and you can also jink the helicopter (Hold Button 1). You need to keep an eye on fuel and ammo and pickup with the winch as needed. Enemies are thankfully easier to kill than in other versions and you can also take a bit more of a pounding as the enemies hit with laser accuracy.
00:00:00 Title Music / Intro
00:02:55 Mission 1
00:19:02 Mission 2
00:31:29 Mission 3
00:45:29 Mission 4
01:01:07 Mission 5
01:14:09 Mission 6
General Kilbaba is dead, but his son is as corrupt as his father. He is looking for revenge and although he retains all the wealth his father was able to accumulate, he has none of his political resources. However, Kilbaba was able to smuggle out the materials from his father's weapons program. Kilbaba yearns to continue the program and has teamed up with Carlos Ortega, a notorious criminal, All it will take is a strike against the United States and Carlos Ortega's business losses will be avenged and Kilbaba's family "honor" restored. Luckily, their plan is still in the early stages. It isn't too late to stop them. US intelligence agencies know the outline of their plans, but not the details. Those plans have advanced to the point where military intervention is necessary. Your job is to successfully complete all the campaigns assigned to you, as well as every mission that makes up the campaigns. Desert Strike, was just a warm up. In Jungle Strike," things will really get hot."
Jungle Strike seems to have made it most of the home computers and consoles of the time but few can match the Genesis original and the game gear is no exception with what seemingly looks like a rushed conversion. Never mind the system limitations, cut down gfx, sounds and levels but there is missing levels as well a seemingly buggy scoring system and the ending screen and credits are seemingly broken. Is it good for a Game Gear? I suppose it is but it feels rushed and incomplete.
The game takes place over a series of missions, each with multiple objectives. You can press START to see what missions are available and see way points as well as see how much fuel and ammo you have. There isn't any description of each mission although you do get the odd cutscene advising what to do. During play you fly around destroying enemies with your bullets (Hold Button2), Hydras (Button 2) Hellfire's (Button 1) and you can also jink the helicopter (Hold Button 1). You need to keep an eye on fuel and ammo and pickup with the winch as needed. Enemies are thankfully easier to kill than in other versions and you can also take a bit more of a pounding as the enemies hit with laser accuracy.
00:00:00 Title Music / Intro
00:02:55 Mission 1
00:19:02 Mission 2
00:31:29 Mission 3
00:45:29 Mission 4
01:01:07 Mission 5
01:14:09 Mission 6
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