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Balance of Power

aka: Balance of Power: Geopolitics in the nuclear age

Moby ID: 259

[ All ] [ Amiga ] [ Apple II ] [ Atari ST ] [ DOS ] [ Macintosh ] [ MSX ] [ PC-88 ] [ PC-98 ]

Amiga screenshots

thumbnail — Title screen

thumbnail — Game options

thumbnail — Starting a new game

thumbnail — Displaying spheres of influence

thumbnail — Insurgency around the globe

thumbnail — You can see lots of background information on the countries

thumbnail — Aiding the Contras in Nicaragua

thumbnail — Minor country news

thumbnail — USSR does not like the US supporting the Contras

thumbnail — Challenging the USSR over its invasion of Ethiopia

thumbnail — The world ends, no pretty pictures shown for failure

Apple II screenshots

thumbnail — Title screen

thumbnail — Company logo Mindscape

thumbnail — Game type selection

thumbnail — Starting situation

thumbnail — Influence overview

thumbnail — News

Atari ST screenshots

thumbnail — Title screen

thumbnail — Options

thumbnail — The state of the world in 1986

thumbnail — Let's see who's on my side...

thumbnail — A close up look at Mali

thumbnail — Today in the news

thumbnail — A diplomatic crisis is on the rise

DOS screenshots

thumbnail — The game runs on top of a Windows 1.01 'Run Time' version

thumbnail — Title screen (CGA)

thumbnail — Game start: spheres of influence (CGA)

thumbnail — Game start: insurgency levels (CGA)

thumbnail — Sending military aid (CGA)

thumbnail — Lookin' swanky in green, Bill! (Hercules)

thumbnail — Title screen (Hercules)

thumbnail — Title screen, this time with assorted Cold War imagery (Hercules)

thumbnail — A country's history view (Hercules)

thumbnail — Diplomatic relationship map (Hercules)

thumbnail — Game start: revolutions around the world (mono EGA)

thumbnail — The more things change.... (mono EGA)

thumbnail — This morning's news (mono EGA)

thumbnail — Game options (EGA low-res)

thumbnail — Closeup view of a country (EGA low-res)

thumbnail — Select data to populate the map view (EGA low-res)

thumbnail — Title screen (EGA high-res)

thumbnail — Iconic political images gradually pile up (EGA high-res)

thumbnail — Game options (EGA high-res)

thumbnail — US military aid map (EGA high-res)

thumbnail — Worldwide insurgency levels (EGA high-res)

thumbnail — A country's Prestige Value reflects its international standing (EGA high-res)

thumbnail — Browsing through the log of recent USSR actions (EGA high-res)

thumbnail — Pick your poison (EGA high-res)

thumbnail — We're gonna party like it's 1986 (EGA high-res)

thumbnail — Go ahead, make my day. (EGA high-res)

thumbnail — ....Endgame (EGA high-res)

MSX screenshots

thumbnail — The ominous title screen

thumbnail — This is a game of geopolitics and thermonuclear war

thumbnail — Choose side and difficulty level

thumbnail — There is a revolution in Burma

thumbnail — The Soviet and American spheres of influence

thumbnail — The distribution of military power

thumbnail — Soviet diplomatic relations

thumbnail — Diplomatic rap sheet for Sweden

thumbnail — An extract from the Burma Times

thumbnail — The revolution is spreading across Africa

thumbnail — Going up to Defcon 4

thumbnail — In war, there are no winners

Macintosh screenshots

thumbnail — Attempting to start a coup within the Soviet sphere

thumbnail — Moscow challenges your actions, and may threaten nuclear retaliation if you press on. How far will you go to assert U.S. credibility as a world superpower?

PC-88 screenshots

thumbnail — Title screen

thumbnail — Main menu

thumbnail — Getting started

thumbnail — Listing USA's diplomatic relationships

thumbnail — Country information

thumbnail — Viewing the countries by GNP

PC-98 screenshots

thumbnail — Title screen

thumbnail — Options menu

thumbnail — Start of game

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