Wargame

created and published by the Rainbow in 1983-11, running on Tandy Color Computer

type: strategy, simulation
genre: Serious game
setting: Present
perspective: other
player options: single player

languages: eng

Technical specs

hardware: Keyboard,

display: raster

Editor note

Players take on the role of a US military computer hacker charged with guiding the war to the most favorable outcome the USA could hope for. The launch countdown is happening, to late to do anything about that. But the player can try stop Soviet missiles from launching on time or hitting the correct targets. But there is a Soviet hacker attempting the same to US missiles. There are defensive as well as offensive strategies that must be employed. The two hackers will try to out hack each other for their country.

This game is obviously inspired buy the move Wargames. As per real-world estimate, a whole game takes place in the span of 5 to 10 minutes (depending on hacking outcomes). The game alternately uses binary color page black and phosphor green screen for effect. The ending features full Coco 1 color (16-color).