Strike Commander

Strike Commander is a flight sim computer game for DOS released in 1993 by the now defunct Origin Systems and was designed by Chris Roberts.

The game takes place in a fictional near-future in the year 2011 where significant political changes have occurred in the world. It revolves around a group of crack mercenary fighter pilots based in Turkey who fly F-16's. The player accepts missions from interesting characters and gets paid for doing them which allows the player to buy more weapons. The missions involve flying an F-16 and, in the last missions of the game, the more advanced F-22, and accomplishing certain objectives.

Strike Commander featured 3D graphics including texture mapping, which were impressive at the time it was released and had an interesting plot and cut-scenes similar in style to Origin's earlier Wing Commander games.

A Speech Pack was available that added more voices to the game. There was also an expansion pack called Strike Commander: Tactical Operations that continued the story and added more missions and planes. The game was later packaged together with the expansions in a CD edition.

Characters include:

• The player - who bears a resemblance to Tom Cruise in Top Gun
• Virgil Beatlebaum - the group's accountant
• Hawk - leader of the group
• Others...