<s>
Desert	B-Application
Falcon	I-Application
is	O
a	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
developed	O
by	O
General	O
Computer	O
Corporation	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
7800	I-General_Concept
and	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
cartridge	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
with	O
XEGS-styled	O
packaging	O
,	O
followed	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
by	O
Bob	O
Polaro	O
,	O
Desert	B-Application
Falcon	I-Application
is	O
loosely	O
based	O
on	O
ancient	O
Egyptian	O
mythology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
diagonally-scrolling	O
isometric	O
graphics	O
had	O
reviewers	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
Sega	O
's	O
Zaxxon	B-Application
from	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
falcon	O
,	O
striving	O
to	O
collect	O
the	O
Pharaoh	B-Application
's	O
scattered	O
treasures	O
in	O
the	O
desert	O
to	O
earn	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
level	O
,	O
players	O
must	O
face	O
a	O
large	O
,	O
howling	O
sphinx	B-Application
before	O
moving	O
forward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
falcon	O
possesses	O
darts	O
to	O
vanquish	O
foes	O
and	O
defeat	O
the	O
sphinx	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
revealed	O
in	O
1984	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
7800	I-General_Concept
announcement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
both	O
Sphinx	B-Application
and	O
Nile	O
Flyer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
version	O
for	O
ANALOG	O
Computing	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
Matthew	O
J.W.	O
</s>
<s>
Ratcliff	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Desert	B-Application
Falcon	I-Application
has	O
good	O
graphics	O
,	O
cute	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
tired	O
,	O
boring	O
theme.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
cited	O
Zaxxon	B-Application
several	O
times	O
,	O
calling	O
Desert	B-Application
Falcon	I-Application
a	O
visually	O
different	O
spin	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
Atari	O
User	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
scrolling	O
in	O
Desert	B-Application
Falcon	I-Application
is	O
n't	O
quite	O
as	O
smooth	O
as	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
,	O
"	O
but	O
complimented	O
the	O
animation	O
of	O
the	O
falcon	O
and	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
shadows	O
.	O
</s>
