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Desert Falcon

Desert Falcon is a 3D (isometric) flying shooter game that was developed and published in 1987 by Atari. The game was released for the Atari 2600, 7800, and XE Game Systems of the Atari 8-bit family.

1 December 1987

Desert Falcon is a shooter developed by Atari Corporation, released 1 December 1987 on Xbox 360, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Desert Falcon is

Desert Falcon is a shooter game developed by Atari Corporation and released in 1987. It is available on Xbox 360, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Desert Falcon is a 3D (isometric) flying shooter game that was developed and published in 1987 by Atari. The game was released for the Atari 2600, 7800, and XE Game Systems of the Atari 8-bit family.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Desert Falcon launched on 1 December 1987, within three weeks of Final Fantasy, Tecmo Bowl and Shinobi.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy, Tecmo Bowl, Shinobi.

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When did Desert Falcon come out?
Desert Falcon was released on 1 December 1987 for Xbox 360, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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