If you destroy them all before your health meter drops to zero, you move to the next level. After the first few levels, attackers will begin arriving in waves: a barrage from the attack helicopters accompanying the first wave of soldiers, followed by a wave of tanks, APCs, and fighter jets. The entire game takes place on the same beach, so the only variation comes in the weapons and ammunition you are given and in the number of various types of enemies. And if the beach is swarming with personnel, you can even call in the artillery.īeach Head 2000 barely changes from level to level. In emergencies concerning nearby soldiers, you are equipped with a simple handgun, while for quick disposal of skyward attackers, you also get a healthy supply of heat-seeking missiles.

For disabling tanks and APCs (and for blowing barges out of the water, if you're a real crack shot) you have a satisfyingly heavy cannon. Your principle defense is your anti-aircraft machine gun, a mean-looking, double-barreled affair. Well, what else is there to say? Shoot anything that moves: attacking marines, landing tanks and Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs), the barges they arrive in, attack and troop helicopters, fighter jets, and high-altitude heavy bombers.Īt your disposal is a surprisingly versatile (if short) list of weaponry. Spin around 360-degrees and, well, shoot at anything that moves. Developed by Digital Fusion and published by Macsoft, Beach Head 2000 will give you the opportunity to lock yourself on in a gun turret sitting in the middle of an amphibious assault. Now welcome Beach Head 2000, a well-built student of this genre. They force the player to do something that requires some combination of quickness and skill, then force them to do it again and again, against greater and greater odds. How about all those Ambrosia titles: Maelstrom, Apieron, Barrack, and Bubble Trouble? What do all these games have in common? Why are they all so good? We've got Pong, which started the arcade game golden age. Let's take a moment and list a few of the best games of all time.

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