Operation: Desert Storm

Operation: Desert Storm is a "realistic battle simulation" of the 1991 Gulf War.

Specifically, the phase wherein a lone tank vanquished Saddam's entire military, picking up fuel cans and dollar signs on its way to a showdown with the dictator's giant disembodied head.

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In the O:DS demo, DLOG/DITL 100 and PICT 100 make up this welcome screen:

The monochrome version of the full game retains all these resources (although PICT 100 is renumbered PICT 1, breaking the connection between them). The color version has the DLOG and DITL but not the PICT.

Strings#

The text in the DATA resource includes lots of error messages and development leftovers, beginning with an option to set the game's speed. Many of the other strings serve to chide the author for invalid level design.

• Current Speed: %01d
• Type in new game speed (0-9).
• A tank has fallen and it can't get up
• Sound Manager Error: %d. It is okay to proceed, but no sound will be played.
• VRetraceMgr Error -> %d
• Demo Version
• Too many targets
• Too many armies
• Too many gunners
• Too many mines
• Too many flyers
• Too many sceneries
• Too many strategic targets
• Too many bases
• Pickup Time is too late.
• Pickup time is before dropoff time. (No overnighters allowed)
• Please put the "Logistics" File in the same folder as the Desert Storm Application.
• Level: %d is not in the level file.
• Need at least three points to define the field.
• Can't Load News Sound.
• Key Resource(%01d) failed to write: %01d
• Missing keymap resource, will not be able to display keyboard setup.
• Error while opening file.
• Disk is full. Save on another disk. Or risk losing data.
• Disk is Locked.
• Error while writing file.
• Error while opening file.
• Error while reading file.
• High Scores Failed To Write: %d
• Wipe called with larger destination then source.
• Some resources have been damaged or removed.
• Operation Desert Storm requires system software version 6.0 or higher.
• The screen on this computer is too small to play Desert Storm on.
• You screwed up the level amounts, moron!
• What string is too long.
• Please put the "Logistics" File in the same folder as the Desert Storm Application.
• Missing where field in a level
• Printing Field: %s
• Printer cannot be found
• A printing error has occured: %01d
• Not enough memory to print. Increase application partition.
• Out of Memory while printing. Increase application partition.
• Not enough memory to print full size map. Map will print slightly smaller. Increase application partition.
• LaserWriter printing supported only with background printing ON. Make sure background printing is on. Do you wish to continue printing?
• Army base is off the field.
• Army base is on another item.
• All targets with random locations must come after the set location targets.
• Target %d was placed on top of something.
• Gunner station is off the field.
• Gunner Station is on another item.
• G-5 %d:is off the field.
• G-5 :%d: is on another item.
• A Flyer's duration time extends outside the time of the play for this level.
• The Pickup Carrier is off the field.
• The Dropoff Carrier is off the field.
• A vScene is off the field.
• A vScene is on another item.
• Missing PixPat Resource
• There is gas off the playing field
• A scenery item is off the field.
• A scenery item on another item.

In the color version, all eight strings beginning with "Too many" are misspelled "To many", and one error message has completely different wording:

• Monochrome: A memory error has occured, possibly not enough memory to run Desert Storm. Try increasing the memory partition or switch to uni-finder.
• Color: Out of memory, please increase the memory partition or try turning off multi-finder

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