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Soviet Strike for PlayStation 1
In Soviet Strike for PlayStation 1, you pilot a Super Apache over the territory of the former Soviet Union. This helicopter shooter combines attacks on radar stations and armoured vehicles with rescuing prisoners and agents. You fly towards a target, choose a weapon and hover above survivors to pick them up with the winch. The shoulder buttons let you move sideways to dodge fire or position yourself more precisely above a supply crate.
Fuel, ammunition and armour run down as you fight. The map shows the locations of objectives, enemies and useful supplies. You therefore plan not just your attack, but also the return route to a landing zone. Dropping off rescued passengers restores some of your armour. The information display lets you watch briefing videos and check which tasks remain. You can pause the action to read this information at your own pace before flying on.
You play alone with one standard PlayStation controller and steer the helicopter using the directional buttons. There are two camera views and several button layouts. After completing a whole campaign, you can save manually to a PlayStation memory card in card slot 1. You also receive a password for the next campaign. You cannot save in the middle of a campaign; the individual objectives within that area therefore form one longer flight that you need to finish.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 1 games are PAL editions, unless stated otherwise. This product contains a loose disc for the European market. A box is only included if explicitly stated in the product details. We note any different region in the product details. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
With Soviet Strike for PlayStation 1, you receive a loose disc. A box and manual are not included unless we explicitly state otherwise in the product details. This is the standard way we supply this copy.
The history of Soviet Strike
Electronic Arts released Soviet Strike for the first PlayStation in 1996. The series had begun with Desert Strike, followed by Jungle Strike and Urban Strike. Those earlier games already presented combat from an angled overhead view and combined shooting with resupplying and rescue work. Soviet Strike took that approach into three-dimensional terrain, with buildings and a helicopter that you could view from different angles.
The original credits list John Manley and Michael Becker for game design and Flint Dille for the screenplay. The filmed sequences introduced recognisable characters, including General Earle, Hack and reporter Andrea Grey. Filming took place in Los Angeles and Prague. Briefings were not limited to a short text beforehand: messages, map information and video also arrived during a campaign. This made the secret STRIKE organisation a visible part of both the story and the information you used as a player.
The setting drew on the political unrest after the break-up of the Soviet Union, but the events and threat are fictional. The combination of filmed actors, spoken messages and a three-dimensional battlefield clearly belongs to the PlayStation's CD-ROM era. Nuclear Strike built on the same organisation and style of play in 1997, adding controllable vehicles on land and water. Soviet Strike keeps the focus on the Super Apache throughout its campaigns.
Similar games for PlayStation 1
Nuclear Strike for PlayStation 1 uses the same combination of fighting, rescue operations and scarce supplies. You once again consult a map and briefing messages to work through a campaign. However, the sequel lets you switch to vehicles such as tanks and hovercrafts at designated places. Soviet Strike keeps you in the Super Apache. Your decisions here therefore always concern that one helicopter's position, weapons and remaining fuel, rather than changing vehicles.
Firestorm: Thunderhawk 2 for PlayStation 1 shares the military helicopter, different weapons and objectives against ground targets. There, you can fly from a cockpit view and control your altitude separately. Soviet Strike gives winch rescues and finding fuel a larger role within an area. Both require aiming and manoeuvring, but divide your attention differently: direct flight control in Thunderhawk versus route planning and resupplying in Soviet Strike.
Black Dawn for PlayStation 1 also places you in a combat helicopter during campaigns against armed opponents. You choose weapons and camera views to hit ground targets. Soviet Strike puts the map with separate objectives, supplies and people to rescue at the centre of the action. Filmed STRIKE messages also guide your decisions while flying. Black Dawn focuses its action more closely on the cockpit and direct attacks on a mission's different targets.
Air Combat for PlayStation 1, like Soviet Strike, has you destroy military targets with guns and missiles. There you fly jets, earn money after missions and buy other aircraft. Soviet Strike uses a helicopter that can hover to winch up people or supplies. This changes an attack's pace: Air Combat has you make flying attack runs, whereas here you also take time to rescue people, refuel and plot a route past supplies.
G-Police for PlayStation 1 combines flying combat with objectives and a story told through film sequences. You steer a futuristic police craft through domed cities and fight aircraft and vehicles. Soviet Strike uses military terrain with radar stations, landing zones and prisoners. Both require you to distinguish targets from the rest of the environment, but G-Police revolves around patrols and fighting between city buildings, while Soviet Strike distributes rescues and supplies across a larger operational area.
