Operation: Desert Storm
Developer(s)Bungie[2]
Publisher(s)Bungie[2]
Designer(s)Alex Seropian
Platform(s)Mac OS
Release
Genre(s)Military strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Operation: Desert Storm is a top-down tank shooter for the Macintosh. It is the first commercial game released by Bungie[3] and the first game released after their incorporation. It followed the freeware title Gnop!, published by Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian under the Bungie name prior to incorporation. Operation: Desert Storm sold about 2,500 copies[4][5] and was based on the events of the ongoing Gulf War.

The game features twenty levels, culminating in a mission set in Baghdad, Iraq with the final enemy being Saddam Hussein. It comes with a glossary of military terms and trivia which was needed in order to validate the copy-protection in the game, and authentic maps of the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations.

References

  1. ^ "Operation: Desert Storm". Archived from the original on 1996-10-19. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  2. ^ a b Operation: Desert Storm release information at GameFAQs
  3. ^ Marathon Scrapbook, pages 1-2. From the Marathon Trilogy Box Set, Bungie, 1997.
  4. ^ Peterson, Kim (November 8, 2004). "Halo effect". The Seattle Times. p. E1. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "1up description". Archived from the original on 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2010-04-29.


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