High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf, commonly known as Desert Strike, is a shoot `em up video game released by Electronic Arts (EA) in February 1992 for Sega`s Mega Drive. The game was later released on several other formats, including a much upgraded version for the Amiga home computer. The game was inspired by the Gulf War and depicts a conflict between an insane Middle Eastern dictator and the United States. The player controls a lone Apache helicopter and attempts to destroy enemy weapons and installations, rescue hostages and capture enemy personnel, while managing supplies of fuel and ammunition.