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Surgical Strike

Surgical Strike is an on-rails action shooter game that takes place against a full motion video backdrop depicting chaotic, war-ravaged cityscapes. You are to pilot the hovercraft, fire either bullets or…

1 September 1995

Surgical Strike is a shooter developed by The Code Monkeys, released 1 September 1995 on Sega CD.

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What Surgical Strike is

Surgical Strike is a shooter game developed by The Code Monkeys and released in 1995. It was published by Sega. It is available on Sega CD only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A Middle Eastern madman has begun launching rockets against innocent civilian population centers. The United Nations has deemed this behavior unacceptable and the secretary-general has ordered a surgical strike in an effort the curb these attacks. To that end, you are to pilot the most advanced war vehicle devised to date-- a heavily armored and armed hovercraft. The elite Special Forces unit, The Surgical Strike Team, have been called into action. High-tech urban guerrillas are attacking innocent people but once they're done with their carnage they fade back into the landscape. In a very delicate way, the Team must find these hidden enemies and get rid of them without harming innocent…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Surgical Strike launched on 1 September 1995, within three weeks of Rayman, Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest, Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds and MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity.

Released around the same time: Rayman, Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest, Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds, MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity.

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When did Surgical Strike come out?
Surgical Strike was released on 1 September 1995 for Sega CD.

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