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| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wargame | the Rainbow | 1983 | 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. [spoiler=Another game showing how to win a global nuclear war;close winners]don't play[/spoiler][spoiler=The game has a fleshed out ending no matter who wins;close ending]everybody dies[/spoiler] This game is obviously inspired buy the move [i]Wargames[/i]. 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). | labelminimizeminimize |
