Beach-Head II is an arcade developed by Access Software, released 31 December 1985 on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Beach-Head II is
Beach-Head II is an arcade game developed by Access Software and released in 1985. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Beach-Head II features the player pursuing the eponymous Dictator in several ways. There are four levels in the game. In the first level, called Attack, the player deploys soldiers along a path with walls to cover him from the dictator's gun. The objective is to destroy the gun. The second level involves rescuing the prisoners from deadly obstacles by clearing them with a gun. The third level's objective is to escape from the area by flying a helicopter with the prisoners out of the dictator's fortress. Finally the player and the dictator face off, on opposite cliffs, separated by water. To defeat him, the player must make him fall in the water by throwing knives at him. The Dictator tries…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are warfare. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Beach-Head II launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.
Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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