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Urban Strike

Urban Strike
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Electronic Arts, Granite Bay Software, Foley Hi-Tech
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
ROM Size: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 2MB
Released in US: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 1994 Sega Game Gear 1995
Released in EU: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 1994
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up












Urban Strike: The Sequel to Jungle Strike (Urban Strike for short) is a shoot-'em-up game developed by Electronic Arts, Granite Bay Software, and Foley Hi-Tech and initially released in 1994 for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in the US and Europe before being ported to a variety of other consoles, including to the Sega Game Gear (released 1995). It is the third game in the Strike series, following Jungle Strike.

In the year 2001 a candidate for public office, H.R. Malone, is found out as a criminal (despite having political messages promising eliminating crime) by the US Special Forces team of the previous games. This leads to a call to an associate to investigate and stop the Special Forces team from interfering with the setup of a superweapon. Seemingly unbeknownst to Malone, that associate is actually a Special Forces infiltrator leaking the information... but the limo he is to leave in explodes, and the rest of the team is called in to stop Malone with stop the leaking of what little information they have.

Contents

Gameplay

Gameplay is identical to other Strike games: Up/Down move forward/backward, Left/Right rotate the helicopter, A shoots hellfires and jink, B shoots hydra, C shoots normal helicopter guns, Start pulls up a map, and there are missions to complete in each level. However, the player must occasionally leave the helicopter and complete some parts of missions on foot.

Mega Drive Production Credits

From the title screen roll:

  • Programming: Mike Posehn
  • Game Design: John Manley, Tony Barnes
  • Art Director: Julie Cressa
  • Implementation: Ross Wentworth, Erich Horn
  • Art: Victor French, Tom Lisowski, Tony Gascon, Ron Sacdalan, Walter Ianneo, Jeff Fennel
  • 3-D Models: Tim Calvin, Terry Falls, Lance Armstrong, Peter Traugot
  • Additional Art: Kendra Lammas, Michael Shirley, Susan Manley, Keith Bullen
  • Sound and Music: Don Veca
  • Technical Director: Tim Brengle
  • Product Manager: David Sze
  • Assistant Producer: Michael Lubuguin
  • Foley Hi-Tech Producer: David Foley
  • Project Manager: Susan Manley
  • Assistant Director: Antonio Barnes
  • Produced By: Scott Berfield
  • Directed By: John Manley

Physical Scans

Mega Drive Version

Mega Drive, US
UrbanStrike MD US Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart

Game Gear Version

Strike games for Sega systems
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (1992) | Jungle Strike (1993) | Urban Strike (1994) | Soviet Strike (1997)