War in the Gulf

Short description: 1993 video game

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Developer(s)| Oxford Digital Enterprises
Publisher(s)| Empire Interactive
Platform(s)| Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
Release| 1993
Genre(s)| Simulation, strategy
Mode(s)| Single-player

War in the Gulf is a third game in the tank combat series, following from Team Yankee and Pacific Islands. The game imagines a situation in which Iraq invades Kuwait for a second time.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Reception
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Gameplay

The player commands the platoon of 16 tanks presented on screen split in four pieces. Each piece is a command center for four units. The player must control the tanks by moving them and shooting on arcade screen and planning their moves on the tactical screen. Action is purely mouse-driven. A major consideration involves destroying buildings for money and preventing other from being destroyed.

## Reception

Reception

| Review scores

Publication| Score
The One| (AMI) 82%[1]
CU Amiga| (AMI) 83%[2]
Atari ST User| (AST) 89%[5]

## References

1. ↑ Broughton, Matt (July 1993). "Review: War in the Gulf". The One (58): 60–61. https://amr.abime.net/review_9177.
2. ↑ Patterson, Mark (July 1993). "War in the Gulf". CU Amiga: 64. https://amr.abime.net/review_4105.
3. ↑ Winstanley, Mark (August 1993). "War in the Gulf". Amiga Power (28): 40–41.
4. ↑ Mead, Rob (August 1993). "War in the Gulf". ST Format (49): 75–76. https://archive.org/details/atari-st-format-issue-049/page/n75/mode/2up.
5. ↑ Clays, Simon (August 1993). "War in the Gulf". Atari ST User (90): 66–67.

## External links

* War in the Gulf entry at MobyGames
* War in the Gulf at Amiga Hall of Light

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