Apocalypse: The Game of Nuclear Devastation

Apocalypse: The Game of Nuclear Devastation is a video game based on the board game Apocalypse by Games Workshop.

Gameplay

The video game offers up to nine ways of attacking, instead of six like the board game; in addition to armies and missiles, the player can use ships.^[1]

Publication history

The computer game version was published by Red Shift under license from Games Workshop.^[2] It was released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro.^[3] Apocalypse was the first Spectrum game from Red Shift, and David Kelly from Popular Computing Weekly described the board game as "ideal material for conversion to the computer".^[4]

Reception

Computer Answers #84 stated that Apocalypse "is not a game of mindless destruction like so many others, but rather one of tactics and strategy".^[5] Tony Bridge reviewed Apocalypse for Micro Adventurer #7 (May 1984), and described it as "a game system which should keep anyone happy for many months".^[6] Angus Ryall for Crash #9 (October 1984), complimented Red Shift as their games Apocalypse and Rebelstar Raiders were at the time "still far and away the best strategy games for the Spectrum".^[7]

Philippa Irving reviewed Apocalypse for Crash #43 (August 1987), calling the game "an odd blend of realism and fantasy" although it "lacks atmosphere", but concluding that she would "recommend Apocalypse as a good buy to those who are certain they'll have someone else to play with".^[8]

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