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Operation Secret Storm
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Item Description
Operation Secret Storm may be the most of-its-moment cartridge on the NES. Made by Color Dreams in the wake of the 1991 Gulf War and sold without Nintendo's license, it sends a top CIA agent named George, a name few players took as a coincidence, into the Middle East to save the Gulf's oil refineries, stop the production of chemical and biological weapons and, ultimately, take on Saddam Hussein and his men.
George fights with whatever he has on hand. Collect ammunition clips and his attack becomes a gunshot, ten shots per clip; run dry, or get close enough, and he throws punches instead, with a kick on the down direction and a knee strike on up. The Select button lobs grenades, holding B sends him into a super-run that turns a jump into a flip, and health hearts restore two units of his meter as he works deeper into hostile territory.
Nobody will mistake it for a polished beat-'em-up. Reviewers have been harsh about its hit detection and sparse stages, and it carries all the rough edges of an unlicensed production. That is exactly why it has a following now: it is a raw time capsule of how quickly game makers rushed to turn the evening news into a cartridge, from the publisher that built its business outside Nintendo's approval process.
As a collectible it checks several boxes at once: an unlicensed release, a North America-only Gulf War novelty, and a Color Dreams title with a premise that sounds made up until you play it. It earns its place on an NES shelf as a conversation starter and a piece of early-'90s pop history more than as a showcase of 8-bit action.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1992
- Publisher
- Color Dreams
- Genre
- Fighting, Shooter, Platformer, Beat 'em up
- Players
- Single player
About the game
After a briefing of the Gulf War situation, Agent George, a Top CIA agent, is being sent to the Middle East. Your mission is to save all oil refineries in the Gulf, and stop further production of CBW (Chemical and Biological Warfare) weapons. You are expected to engage in combat with Saddam and his men. To complete the mission, you must use every skill and determination to defeat Saddam. Remember, many lives are at stake.
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