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Nuclear War

Nuclear War

Console: Amiga
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): New World Computing, Inc.
Publisher(s): U.S. Gold Ltd.
Release Date: 1989-01-01
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: E - Everyone
Type: Strategy
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The game's introduction includes an homage to Dr. Strangelove. Each player - one human, four computer-controlled - is represented by a caricature of a national leader (the MS-DOS version allowed more than one human player). If there is a computer-controlled winner at the end of the game, that leader is depicted jumping for joy in the middle of a blasted wasteland, crowing "I won! I won!". If the player wins only the high score board is shown. Once a player (computer or human) loses, all of their stockpiled weapons are automatically launched. It's possible for a game to have no winner because of this. If this happens, a cut scene of the earth shattering and exploding is shown, and the high score table appears (though without any new entries).