Desert Assault

Desert Assault, known in Japan as Thunder Zone (サンダーゾーン), is a 1991 run and gun arcade game developed and published by Data East. Up to four players control four soldiers holding machine guns and other projectile weapons, while fighting their way through the terrorist arsenal to take control of the Persian War.

Desert Assault
U.S. arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Data East
Publisher(s)	Data East
Producer(s)	Naomi Susa
Designer(s)	Yoshiaki Honda
Programmer(s)	Sōichi Akiyama Haruyuki Kobayashi Nod Suzuki
Composer(s)	Hiroaki Yoshida Akira Takemoto
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release	1991
Genre(s)	Run and gun
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Desert Assault on their June 15, 1991 issue as being the fourth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.^[1]