ULTIMATE GUIDE BEACH-HEAD

With its varied vistas, fluctuating gameplay, tactics and intense shooting action, Beach-Head doesn’t feel like a game from 1983. Originally released by Access Software and designed by Bruce Carver, it’s a videogame that belies its time, which is appropriate given the vague backstory that accompanies it.

A ruthless dictator has taken control of an unnamed peaceful island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean and presumably around the time of World War II given the military vehicles on display. As chief commander of the opposing forces, the player guides their armies, both land and naval, towards the dictator’s base, a formidable cannon fortress known as Kuhn-Lin. opens with an aerial reconnaissance map, the player’s fleet represented