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Commodore VIC-20

Computer War

1982 1 Players 100% Not Rated

Based on the movie War Games, the game is in three parts 1/ Map screen, of USA, where you need to click on the incoming missiles with the joystick 2/ Zoomed in area of the missiles where you shoot down the missiles 3/ Puzzle screen where you must match a portion of a pattern to a larger screen to crack the code Any failure of shooting down missiles or puzzle will move the DEFCON (Defense Condition) countdown from 5 to 1. If you reach DEFCON 1, global war breaks out. The game was reviewed in Compute! Magazine Issue #45, February 1984, Page 134 Requires 8k expansion

Release date
December 31, 1982
Developer
Thorn EMI Computer Software
Publisher
Creative Sparks
Players
1

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Computer War

Based on the movie War Games, the game is in three parts
1/ Map screen, of USA, where you need to click on the incoming missiles with the joystick
2/ Zoomed in area of the missiles where you shoot down the missiles
3/ Puzzle screen where you must match a portion of a pattern to a larger screen to crack the code
Any failure of shooting down missiles or puzzle will move the DEFCON (Defense Condition) countdown from 5 to 1. If you reach DEFCON 1, global war breaks out.
The game was reviewed in Compute! Magazine Issue #45, February 1984, Page 134
Requires 8k expansion

Genres

Strategy

Modes

Single Player

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Developer
Thorn EMI Computer Software
Publisher
Creative Sparks

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Release date

WorldwideDecember 31, 1982 · Not Rated

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