Airstrike II

Airstrike II
Developer: English Software Publishers: Datamost (US), English Software (UK) Platform: Atari 8-bit family Released in US: August 1983 Released in UK: 1983 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has revisional differences.

If you've played Airstrike or its (rather obvious) inspiration Scramble, then you've more-or-less played Airstrike II.

Not to be confused with AirStrike 3D II. Or AirStrike II: Gulf Thunder.

Hidden Message

This message is only present in the 16K version. Type strappy on the title screen to bring up a welcoming message:

WELCOME MASTER
GOOD TO SEE YOU

(Source: Digital Press (Frantisek Houra))

Version Differences

Two versions of Airstrike II exist; a 16K version and a larger 32K version.

16K	32K

The 32K version adds a minimap where the "AIRSTRIKE II 16K" text was, as well as more terrain throughout the game. However, it lacks the aforementioned hidden message.