Strike Commander
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Origin/Electronic Arts

Game

Suitable for all audiences

Ratings:

3 1/2 stars from Multimedia World

Stern's Wildcats

In 2011, you command Stern's Wildcats, an elite squadron of mercenaries trying to fly straight in a world of deceit and violence. Pilot F-16s and an F-22 as you engage rival squadrons, third-world dictators and the armies of the dreaded IRS. This CD-enhanced version includes:

Over 60 missions, including the expansion module Tactical Operations.

Improved frame rate (up to twice as fast as the original floppy version), reduced disk-access time for loading missions, uninterrupted flight during missions, smarter enemy intelligence (AI) and less base memory required.

Installation that takes less than 12 megs (as little as 1.5 megs!) of hard drive space.

Complete digitized speech and sound effects, plus General MIDI (MPU-401 interface) music support. Every line of dialogue is spoken, both in the air and between missions on the ground.

All-new flight options - Rudder Pedal support, Realistic Dynamics mode, and Invisible Cockpit and No-Haze options.

Gauntlet mode - wave after wave of enemies, with final score telling you how well you did.

Requirements:

486 Intel processor or 100% compatible, 4 MB RAM, MS-DOS 5.0 or higher, 8 MB free on hard drive, MS DOS CD-ROM extensions version 2.1 or higher, 256-color VGA, documentation is on disk (printer required to print on-line manuals) manuals also available from EA. Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound card optional for digitized speech and sound effects. Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, Pro Audio Spectrum, MPU-401 Interface General MIDI or 100% compatible sound board.

Optimal: 486/33 MHz, CD-ROM double-speed drive, 1 MB video card, joystick, sound board. DOS 6.0 with DoubleSpace supported.

Reviews:

Multimedia World, August 1994

"Dazzling graphics aside, Strike Commander's greatest appeal lies in its fairly durable plot. The year is 2011, and you're a rookie recruit to a band of mercenary fighter-jocks flying out of Turkey. Each mission brings in a bounty, and carries you closer to the grand finale."

"Lest it take itself too seriously, Strike Commander is laced with a wryly comic undertone. Click on one poster in the base bunkhouse, and up pops an outrageous hunk, click on the other... well, I won't spoil it for you."

Electronic Entertainment, January 1995

"While it's as much science fiction as sim, Strike Commander from Origin Systems blew away the simulation market when it finally arrived in 1993. Set in the year 2011, Strike Commander centers on the international activities of a mercenary F-16 squadron. The revolutionary graphics really cry out for at least a 486DX2/66 and the melodramatic storyline doesn't disguise the questionable flight dynamics, but the game is an outrageously addictive, state-of-the-art feast for the eyes.

"The CD-ROM version of Strike Commander is a significant improvement over the floppy release: Text is replaced by a voicetrack and you also get the Tactical Operations expansion module."

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