Urban Strike takes place in 2001 (2006 in SNES/Game Gear/Game Boy release) and centers around the antagonist H. R. Malone, a millionaire media mogul who once ran for President of the United States. Despite losing the election, Malone’s charisma has continued to sway many Americans to his side. Malone’s agenda is moralistic and appeals to legitimate problems that have concerned Americans, such as violence, political corruption, and organized crime.
Urban Strike is a helicopter based shoot ’em up, mixing action and strategy, retaining its predecessor’s core mechanics, and expanding on the model with additional vehicles and settings. This time, the campaign takes the player all over the North American continent, beginning in Hawaii and moving through locations in Mexico, San Francisco, New York, and Las Vegas. The main model helicopter used in this game is known as the Mohican, which is designed for speed and combat.
A larger, heavier model called the Blackhawke (designed for large-scale rescues) can be flown during the first two levels, and an experimental Ground Assault Vehicle (GAV) can be stolen and piloted in the third level. A new feature introduced in this game is on-foot missions, where the player is required to leave the helicopter at certain points and enter internal environments armed with a rifle and missile launcher.
