The graphics are pretty cheesy, and the sound doesn’t even work on all computers-you may need to turn your 3D sound acceleration off in order to make this game work. If you need great sound and graphics to enjoy a game, you should skip Beach Head 2000. If you ever played it and loved it, Beach Head 2000 will be right up your alley. The game is based off a much older game called Missile Command. In order to win, you need to defeat them all. The player finds themselves operating a turret on a beach, with waves upon waves of enemies coming up from the shoreline. More sequels were developed by Digital Fusion, but they only appeared on the home computer platforms.The premise behind Beach Head 2000 seems simple at first. However the game was financially successful and did well in the arcades. The game has received negative critical reaction. The game tries to capture a realistic setting by using photo realistic 3D graphics. Ship will drop land troops on the beach, and the planes will fly over head. The enemies come by ship or plane and they never stop.

The gameplay consists of one element which has you manning a machine gun turret to stop the enemy from advancing.

You do the same basic task with the goal of getting a high score. Beach Head 2000 is a part of the Beach Head franchise, but was not developed or released by the same company who developed the first title.īeach Head 2000 featured a very arcade style gameplay.

Digital Fusion and Wizard Works Software developed the title, with each working on computer and arcade versions Each of the versions were identical except in the arcade you used a track ball for control rather than a computer mouse. Beach Head was first released as arcade machine, and was later put on the Mac and PC.

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