Theatre Europe

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Theatre Europe
Developer(s)	Sean Pearce, David Bolton
Publisher(s)	PSS
Platform(s)	ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, Atari 8-bit
Release date	1986
Genre(s)	Strategy game
Mode(s)	One player
Media	Cassette, cartridge
Input methods	Keyboard, joystick

Theatre Europe is a game for the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum home computers. It casts the player as either NATO or the countries of the Warsaw Pact. The goal is to eliminate the other faction without destroying the world in nuclear war.

Apart from the possibility of using nuclear weapons the game also includes chemical and conventional weapons.

One unusual aspect of the game is that in order to initiate a nuclear attack, the player had to call a special telephone number to hear the launch code. The telephone number connected the player to a recorded message, which started with the sound of air raid sirens and dramatically built up through various sounds of war to a huge explosion, followed by the sound of a crying baby. As this faded out, a voice stated "If this is really what you want... the code is 'Midnight Sun'".