Cold war

Historical theme

Involves any kind of cold war, where tension between two nations does not escalate to actual war, but is rife with posturing, espionage and sabotage, propaganda, political backstabbing, proxy wars, and likely an arms race.

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Alternate name: Cold warfrare

The Hunt for Red October

MAC 1989

Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition

MAC 1988

Call of Duty: Black Ops

NDS 2010-11-09

Call of Duty: Black Ops

PS3 2010-11-09

PET 1980

IIE 1985

MAC 1986

C64 1987

The Hunt for Red October

OCS 1987

DOS 1987

LIN ? *

The term cold war predates Cold War itself by few years (1945) and comes from George Orwell's essay, and was used to describe the period as early as 1947.

Child groups

Korean War, Post-WWII Cold War, Fictional cold war

Games by year

A	1991 - USSR dissolved

The first Cold war video game was released in 1953.

Activision, SSI and Mindscape published most of these games.

Platforms

MS-DOS		20
Windows		17
C64		15
Apple II E		13
Amiga		12
Mac OS Classic		12
custom		11
Linux		10
Atari ST		10
ZX Spectrum		7
Amstrad CPC		6
Mac OS X		6
Atari 400/800		5
X360		4
Apple IIGS		4
PS3		3
Win3.1		3
NEC PC9801		3
Xbox		2
NEC PC8801		2
MSX2		2
VIC-20		2
Thomson		2
Mega Drive		1
MSX		1
PS2		1
TRS-80		1
C128		1
Atari 2600		1
North Star Computers		1

Most common companies