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Super Nintendo Desert Strike Return To Gulf CIB

90s SKU KIC-VGAM-0179
$60.00

1 OF 1 · NO RESTOCK

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Electronic Arts' 1992 Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf arrived on SNES as a faithful port of the arcade hit, putting players in an AH-64 Apache cockpit across open desert maps. Fuel management, ammo conservation, and tactical objective completion made it addictive. Box shows dramatic military artwork, includes the hint book. One of one at the shop.

Mode 7 tilt, no health bars, just rotor wash and the slow attrition of armor plating.
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This is part of Nintendo's 90s run, the era that built the shop's back wall. Nintendo shipped cartridges, plush, promotional oddities, and packaging that most buyers threw out on the way to the game. What survived, mostly by accident, ends up here. Every piece is cleaned, photographed, and listed one at a time. Nothing on the archive shelf is a duplicate.

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Inspected in Las Vegas on June 2026. Each piece is a single unit, sold as inspected.

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CERT KIC-VGAM-0179 / ONE OF ONE

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This super nintendo desert strike return to gulf cib originates from the 90s era[01], represents Nintendo[02]'s output, . Each piece in the shop is a single unit, inspected by hand in Las Vegas before listing. The data manifest to the right records the fields on file for this lot; where a field is empty it has been omitted rather than guessed.

Super Nintendo Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf. Complete in Box. The SNES helicopter combat game. Standard SNES box with dramatic military artwork. An Apache attack helicopter firing missiles in the foreground, explosions erupting below with soldiers and military vehicles on the desert ground. A fiery orange explosion dominates the background. "DESERT STRIKE" in large red block lettering at the left with "RETURN TO THE GULF" in white below. EA Air Force badge at the upper left. "8 MEG" and "Hint Book Included" callouts. "By Mike Posehn and Visual Concepts" credit. Electronic Arts logo at the right. Licensed by Nintendo. Nintendo seal of quality.

Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (1992) was one of EA's biggest hits of the early '90s. An isometric helicopter combat game that put players in the cockpit of an AH-64 Apache during a Gulf War-inspired conflict. The game's blend of action and strategy. Managing fuel, ammo, and armor while completing objectives across open desert maps. Was innovative and addictive. Desert Strike was a massive commercial success that spawned multiple sequels (Jungle Strike and the other Strike follow-ups). The SNES version was a faithful port that captured the tense, tactical gameplay. Complete-in-box SNES EA games from this era are solid collectibles. Get to the chopper.

Super Nintendo game. Complete in box. Pre-owned. See photos for condition.

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