Nuclear War (computer game)

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Nuclear War
Developer(s)	New World Computing
Publisher(s)	US Gold
Release date(s)	1989
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	N/A
Platform(s)	Amiga
Media	Floppy disk

Nuclear War is a single player turn-based strategy game developed by New World Computing and released for the Amiga in 1989. It presents a satirical, cartoonish nuclear battle between five world powers, in which the winner is whoever retains some population when everyone else on earth is dead.

The introduction includes a homage to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Each player - one human, four computer-controlled - is represented by a caricature of a national leader. If there is a computer-controlled winner at the end of the game, that leader is depicted jumping for joy in the middle of a blasted wasteland, crowing "I won! I won!". If the player wins only the highscore board is shown.

Contents 1 Characters 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Characters

• Ronnie Raygun
• P.M. Satcher
• Infidel Castro
• Col. Khadaffy
• Kookamamie
• Mao the Pun
• Jimi Farmer
• Tricky Dick
• Gorbachef
• Ghanji

[edit] Gallery

Introduction sequence	Opponent selection screen	Command centre	World map
Missile prepared for launch	Missile/Bomber launched	Mutual annihilation end sequence	Opponent wins end sequence

[edit] See also

• DEFCON, a conceptually similar recent PC game.

[edit] External links

• Nuclear War at MobyGames
• Review at Classic Gaming