Cleared Hot - Modern Desert Strike/Jungle Strike

[Jester86]

I am sure many of us are at a certain age where we played Desert Strike/Jungle Strike as a child, I know I did on Gameboy and SNES.

Microprose have taken on "Cleared Hot" to distribute at some point in 2025 which is a modern interpretation.

The demo was released on 6th June on Steam. So go and give it a go, I love it!

[MissChief]

it's very good and very well done! Hopefully it'll be around £25-£30 and not full price £45-£50.

[Jester86]

Glad I am not the only one to have played it!

Yes I am hoping for around the £25 mark. Lurking on the Discord server getting snippets of information like the Airwolf helicopter, the Bell 222, will be in the game. Feel quite excited to play the final version.

[MissChief]

Jester86 said:

Glad I am not the only one to have played it!

Yes I am hoping for around the £25 mark. Lurking on the Discord server getting snippets of information like the Airwolf helicopter, the Bell 222, will be in the game. Feel quite excited to play the final version.

There's going to be some Drone missions too apparently. Blue Thunder would be cool too!

[Shadow R1]

I got the demo, looking forward to the release version.

I hope one of the gunners is called wild bill.

[75Black]

I remember playing Desert Strike on my Amiga and I could never get past the first mission...I was a child though! Definitely gonna give this a go and see if I'm any better at the age of 33!

[Jester86]

They've just announced the Early Access as Nov 20 '25. Looks really good and I will definitely be taking to the skies!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6sjaePCaRQ

[usn90]

Had desert strike on my mega drive, absolutely loved it, thinking about it I can’t quite believe it’s taken this long for something similar.

Hopefully come to consoles

[Jester86]

Gone live on Steam.

£11.51 early access price until the 27th November. I'll be picking it up as soon as I get home!

[MissChief]

Jester86 said:

Gone live on Steam.

£11.51 early access price until the 27th November. I'll be picking it up as soon as I get home!

It's very good, even on normal difficulty there are some difficult missions. The Little bird is great, the Sky Wolf is also great.

A few nods to the original game too, not least your mission giver, Desert Mike!

[Monsterlime]

Very impressed, love you can get Airwolf. The Hind is a platform!

[SV_WDC]

Can this be played with an Xbox controller (bluetooth)?

I loved jungle strike but not much of a PC gamer, that said I see you can now get Steam on a Mac...

[gangzoom]

SV_WDC said:

I loved jungle strike but not much of a PC gamer, that said I see you can now get Steam on a Mac...

The Steam app has been available on the Mac for a while but you can only play Mac compatible games.

[MissChief]

SV_WDC said:

Can this be played with an Xbox controller (bluetooth)?

I loved jungle strike but not much of a PC gamer, that said I see you can now get Steam on a Mac...

Controller? Sure. Mac? With Bootcamp.

[wombleh]

This is great, very good on steamdeck!

Wouldn't think any game will work very well on the M series macs will it, as it'll be emulating a different CPU architecture.

[UK_Scat_Pack]

I lived Desert Strike (and the subsequent sequels) so will defo check this out when it gets released. Thanks for posting

[MissChief]

UK_Scat_Pack said:

I lived Desert Strike (and the subsequent sequels) so will defo check this out when it gets released. Thanks for posting

It's available now on pre-release and you'll get all further updates as they're released at no extra cost.