When you first play Beach Head and you find out it started life out as an arcade game it makes a whole lot of sense. This is a game that is not made to make you think, it is a game that was made with making people keep pimping in quarters to an arcade machine. That has been the arcade formula for years so it is hard to be down on the game for that.
However, did they make enough changes to make the home conversion worth your time? The goal of the game is pretty simple. You are in a bunker and you are the last line of defense against invading forces on the beach. It is a very simple premise and one that is perfect for an arcade game. The premise is so solid that the sequel is the exact same thing! There is no ending or anything like that or any kind of story, you are a one-man army and that is that. The arcade machine of Beach Head uses a trackball.
Here you use your mouse and it works very well in simulating a trackball so I give them credit for that. The game has you stuck in one spot and while you can look around you cannot actually move. You move the mouse around the screen and shoot soldiers, tanks, choppers, and anything else that is coming your way. It starts off rather slow, but it eventually ramps up and you will die at some point. Shooting down enemies is very satisfying. The game on each stage has you needing to survive so many waves of enemies.
You just keep on going until you eventually die. It is all about getting as far as you can and getting the highest score possible. I feel that for a home release, this game really needed something else to help keep the player engaged and motivated in order to keep on playing. It is even more annoying that they never added anything noteworthy over the game! Back in the day, I was a huge fan of the arcade shooter. What I got instead was a dismal attempt at a resurrection of an age-old favorite genre.
Beach Head is simple enough to play. Aiming the weapon is difficult. There is significant, purposeful, sloppy aim when trying to bead in on the target. That in itself was frustrating enough, but fortunately, I was blessed with many more disappointments.
Weapon choices were severely limited as were the range of enemies. With only nine different enemies not including the ground troops that leapt from the transport vehicles , my interest level quickly deteriorated as the game progressed.
Interesting how my pistol shot tracer fire that was as large as what was produced by the M Even more interesting was how I could shoot cannon fire that would completely pass through some of the tanks and other vehicles, and how ground troops would pass right through parts of the transport vehicle while running. Could this get any worse? Why, of course it could! In this day and age, it should embarrass the game developers to put out games that are not just graphically inferior, but that are just plain bad.
Having a degree perspective while taking in the landscape provided, for some excellent views of the graphic deficiencies in the game. Explosions were crude at best. Transport trucks blew apart in large, chunky sections.
Tank turrets merely popped off when hit. In all situations, blown-up shrapnel and dead troops disappeared almost immediately after being hit. Only exploded troop transports and tanks remained visible once shot.
Beach Head's 80s graphics and sound obviously can't hold a candle to modern equivalents but the core gameplay is fun and challenging. If you're interested in the history of video games this ambitious title is definitely worth checking out.
Best entertainment for me. This game is excellent. I liked and play it since ten years ago. I have passion for games but beachhead is my best im pression Pros: Working, sport, games Cons: No More. Real fun game,I can play it all day long! It's got great graphics, life like soldiers and planes and tanks, etc..
The game is relaxing for me. This game is very interesting. I always relax when I play this game. It's The Greatest!. It's the first PC game I played on a computer 10 yrs ago and I still love it! This one doesnt seem as great.
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