Game of the Day - Desert War

Desert War is a vertical shooter with a nice twist... You are a helicopter making your way thru hostile territory and (as usual) blasting most anything is sight.  However, the hook here is that you routinely have to land and take off again at designated spots to: rescue dudes, get fuel, get ammo and get busy.


You are aided in this quest by a nice radar screen to your right.  It shows where all the hot spots are and what is there.  Once you pick something or someone up, you usually have to go to a heliport to then drop it/them off to collect your reward.  The trick is to not hover/land/take-off when you are being attacked...  It's the two diff things at once crap that'll get you.

Graphics are very nice and all go well together (although the soldiers are a little cutesy for the rest of the game).  You use a button to fire your arsenal and another to take-off and land.  There are a few more control surprises I'll let you discover on your own.  Go play Desert War, it's good stuff.