Overview and Gameplay
Hostages need rescue under a borrowed title: Urban Strike on NES is an unlicensed title-screen hack of Data East’s Cobra Command, not the official Electronic Arts Strike game.
The playable game is a side-view helicopter shooter. The player pilots the Cobra attack helicopter, destroys enemy soldiers, tanks, ships, aircraft, and installations, rescues hostages with onboard rescue gear, and advances through hostile territory toward the enemy headquarters.
Controls And Mechanics
- The helicopter can move around the screen while firing bullets and missiles.
- Hostages are rescued by approaching them with the helicopter’s rescue gear.
- The sub-screen handles weapons, engine, rescue equipment, score, hostage count, and messages.
- Upgrades include guns, missiles, armor, engines, and rescue gear.
- This is a solo shooter with no two-player mode.
Version Notes
This NES Urban Strike is an unlicensed pirate title-screen hack of Cobra Command. Its gameplay comes from the Data East helicopter rescue shooter, not from the official 16-bit Urban Strike.
Release And Credits
- Release type: unlicensed pirate hack
- Playable base game: Cobra Command
- Base-game developer: Data East
- Base-game publisher: Data East
