[man_traic]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_Strike#Urban_Strike

[MathUser2929]

There's no reference for that so you can take it with a grain of salt. Just like the people that claim they saw a secret cow level in diablo.

[Twitchfactor]

I was just wondering around, looking for something completely unrelated, when I found forum.

Anyway, yes it is TRUE. There was a level where the terrorist shot down a commercial airliner. The player had to use the Blackhawk (the larger chopper), to shuttle survivors to safety, while fending off on-coming ground troop attacks.

We cut it due to time and memory constraints (we actually wanted to cut another level, but marketing gone incredibly upset at the aspect of losing another level, so we worked extra hard... hell, I slept under my desk for a month, to finish Urban Strike).

Thinking back, it would've been a hard level to sustain anyway, since it wasn't a "traditional Strike level", where the player moves around a large area, balancing attack vector, armor, fuel and ammo resources. It would've been a very centralized level, with little reason to leave the impact zone. Some 15 years later, I know how I would make it work, but back then, I don't think it would've been a fun level ultimately.

And yes, we were the first (only?) to put a terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in NY, in a game. Strike games were always built to be "plausible". We studied the headlines and extrapolated from that, so it seemed like a natural target. Little did we know...

In some things, cuts are unfortunate and in others, it's for the best. In this case; it's for the better.

-Tony Barnes / Co-Designer Strike Series

[Darklighterx]

Wow!
Best late response ever?