BeachHead Gold Edition
Defend the beach in three legendary arcade strategy games! Battle enemy forces across land, sea, and air in BeachHead 2000, 2002, and 2003 (Desert War). Create custom battles with the Level Editor, share with the community, and dominate global leaderboards. The classics are back!
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8 Dec 2025
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Overview
Summary
Defend the beach in three legendary arcade strategy games! Battle enemy forces across land, sea, and air in BeachHead 2000, 2002, and 2003 (Desert War). Create custom battles with the Level Editor, share with the community, and dominate global leaderboards. The classics are back!
Description
About This Game
Remember defending that beach? The rush of artillery fire, scrambling to man different positions as enemy forces stormed ashore? That feeling is back.
BeachHead Gold Edition brings together three classic titles - BeachHead 2000, BeachHead 2002, and BeachHead 2003 (Desert War) - fully optimized for modern Windows systems.
Key Features
• Three Full Games: BeachHead 2000, 2002, and 2003 (Desert War) - complete and working on Windows 10/11
• Level Editor Included: Create custom battles and share them with the community
• Community Leaderboards: Compete on rankings for both original and player-created levels
• Fixed & Optimized: Mouse sensitivity issues resolved, everything just works
Whether you're returning to relive those late-night gaming sessions or discovering these classics for the first time, this is the definitive BeachHead collection.
The beach is waiting. The enemy is landing. Are you ready to defend it?
⚠️ Compatibility Notice
The classic BeachHead games were originally built more than 20 years ago using DirectDraw, a legacy graphics system no longer fully supported by modern Windows versions. To ensure better compatibility, this release includes DDrawCompat, a widely used open-source DirectDraw wrapper.
What You Should Know
These games were designed for 4:3, 640×480 resolutions. Depending on your monitor, you may see pillarboxing, stretching, or minor scaling artifacts.
Although DDrawCompat significantly improves stability and rendering on modern PCs, some systems may still require small adjustments, such as disabling fullscreen optimizations or running in windowed mode.
