Stationed in a sandbag bunker, and armed to the teeth, you will be forced to hold off the swarms of troops, various armored vehicles, and of course, airborne threats which will be coming at you from all directions. No sir, you will find no Captain Planets here.

There are no cheesy, over-developed, typical heroes to ruin the game with their clichéd 'Lets help everybody,' one-liners. There are no confusing, under-developed plot lines to get bored with. The beauty of this game lies in its simplicity. The player is thrown straight into combat knowing only two things: there are bad guys afoot, and they all need to be shot! No actual explanation is given as to why you are killing everything, but does that really matter? Not in the least. No time is wasted on boring plot lines or character development. That is not the case with Infograme's Beach Head 2002. Many games try to take attention away from poor gameplay through the use of overly complicated story lines. You are surrounded (by these enemies even). You have enough firepower to kill many, many enemies. This would generally take a paragraph or two, but for Beach Head 2002, it can be summed up much more quickly. Normally, there would be a bit of background information to help acquaint you with the main idea behind the game. You would be told about the characters you will control, or possibly the missions you will undertake. The new release Beach Head 2002 is out, and people are reaching all new levels of ultra-violent, stress relieving fun! Usually, this is where the story line would be explained. They have produced a sequel to the old favorite shoot-em-up game Beach Head. Play as a lone soldier, surrounded by deadly enemies, and fend off waves of air and ground attacks. Your AT gun can take out a nearby hovering attack chopper with one round.Like its predecessor Beach Head 2000, this first-person shooter focuses on fast action.Use the lag time to fire a missile at an enemy aircraft, then go for the next ground target. Your AT gun must pause between rounds.Go for the highest threat, then look at other attackers. When you face many simultaneous attacks at higher levels, don’t focus on just one group of attackers.If you are low on AA ammo, use the pistol to shoot soldiers close to your bunker soldiers close enough to throw grenades can do significant damage.Your pistol can also shoot the crates, but it has little accuracy. You will need those rounds to hit resupply crates. Don’t let your AA ammo drop below 20 rounds.You can shoot through them to hit APCs or soldiers. The empty bunkers on either side of you are not solid.The game doesn’t recognize attacks on them. Don’t bother shooting at the distant ships.The AA gun can destroy the attack choppers, but they are hard to hit from a distance. Use missiles from a distance if you have enough of them. Attack chopper rockets can heavily damage your bunker, so deal with them quickly.However, if you don’t need the crate, ignore it and shoot enemies. Watch for the parachute and then shoot the crate. It alternately drops shielding and AA ammunition. Keep listening for the resupply plane.

It’s best to send a missile when the bomber is at a 30-45 degree angle above the horizon (Figure 4). This will be difficult, because they typically attack along with jets and choppers which may divert your heat-seeking missiles. Try to take them out with missiles before their first bombing run.

At higher levels the bombers are devastating.

You can complete a level without destroying them. They aren’t very accurate and don’t do much damage.

In the lower levels, don’t worry about the bombers.

Instead, let them fly behind you and shoot them with your AT gun just as they land.

Don’t waste missiles on troop choppers.

Unless you are under direct attack by tanks or attack choppers, don’t waste a missile on a jet making a strafing run.

The troops are tightly clustered and easy to kill with relatively few rounds.

Use your anti-aircraft (AA) gun on troops as they are leaving barges or APCs.

The larger barges carry either tanks or armored personnel carriers (APCs).

It is best to shoot the barges with the anti-tank (AT) gun before they reach the beach.

I completed 53 levels in less than ten hours of play, so I feel qualified to give the following tips: Many of those game playing tips would steer you the wrong way. I found BH 2000 tips on numerous Web sites.

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