Snow Strike

DOS - 1990

Also released on: Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Atari ST - Commodore 64

Year	1990
Platform	DOS
Released in	France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Genre	Action, Simulation
Theme	Arcade, Flight
Publisher	Epyx, Inc., U.S. Gold Ltd.
Developer	Incredible Technologies, Inc.
Perspective	1st-Person
Dosbox support	Supported on 0.62

4 / 5 - 7 votes

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Description of Snow Strike

One of the most obscure Epyx games ever made, Snow Strike is an okay arcade-oriented flight sim set in one of the more exotic theatres of operations: Columbia. Your mission is to pilot F-14 fighter on covert operations to stop the drug barons once and for all. Snowstrike is not meant to be a realistic flight sim, nor does it pretend to be. Most gauges in the cockpit graphics are for eye-candy only, for example, and all you really need to do to successfully finish the missions is good reflexes and trigger-happy fingers. The game is similar to SEGAâ's arcade hit Afterburner in this respect, with a good variety of enemy planes to shoot down, fast and furious action, decent graphics, and smooth joystick controls.

Overall, a great arcade-ish sim that does give some nods to simulation aspects, but not a whole lot. Hard-core flight sim fans should try something else, or play this during breaks from A.T.A.C. [EG].

Review By HOTUD