DEFCON: Global Nuclear Domination Game
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Description
The world is on the brink of Armageddon. A full-scale global thermonuclear war has broken out, and as a general in a bunker somewhere, you must direct your offensive and defensive systems to nuke your opponents. Nobody wins, but maybe you can lose the least. Everybody dies.DEFCON is an online multiplayer strategy game, but it can also be played in a singleplayer mode. Players place units, such as missile silos, airbases and radar dishes, on their territorial maps, and the game counts down from DEFCON 5 to DEFCON 1, during which time the players are to make strategic choices to eliminate their opponents without losing too much themselves.
The gameplay is shown on a large world map and the action is represented by icons and lines reminiscent of the drawing style of their two previous games: Darwinia and Uplink.
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Alternate Titles
- "DEFCON: Strategic Nuclear War" -- 2007 budget release title
- "Defcon: Guerre Mondiale Thermonucléaire " -- French title
- "DEFCON: guerra termonucleare globale" -- Italian title
- "DEFCON: Globalna Wojna Termonuklearna" -- Polish title
- "DEFCON: Everybody Dies" -- European title
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User Reviews
So damned dark, its hard to take it seriously. | Windows | Victor Joseph (9) |
A breathtaking anti-war game | Windows | Lumpi (206) |
A so-so game that makes you feel like a horrible person | Windows | kvn8907 (180) |
Critic Reviews
GotNext | Windows | Nov 08, 2006 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
90 |
GamingExcellence | Windows | Dec 30, 2006 | 8.6 out of 10 | 86 |
IGN | Windows | Oct 20, 2006 | 8.5 out of 10 | 85 |
Press Start Online | Windows | Sep 25, 2006 | 17 out of 20 | 85 |
FZ | Windows | Oct 09, 2006 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
80 |
GamerDad | Windows | Oct 04, 2006 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
80 |
PC Games (Germany) | Windows | Oct 23, 2006 | 76 out of 100 | 76 |
GameStar (Germany) | Windows | Nov, 2006 | 75 out of 100 | 75 |
DarkZero | Windows | Jun 17, 2007 | 7 out of 10 | 70 |
Bordersdown | Windows | Feb, 2007 | 6 out of 10 | 60 |
Forums
Topic | # Posts | Last Post |
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When the Bomb Goes Off | 1 | Lumpi (206) May 07, 2009 |
Trivia
1001 Video Games
DEFCON appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.Inspiration
DEFCON is probably inspired by Wargames more than anything else (the movie and it's videogame adaptation). The game's look as well as text on the main menu are direct references to this.Sound
DEFCON applies a bunch of casual sounds to heighten the psychological effect of dealing with a thermonuclear war. Among these, the background music stays very much in the background. However as the game approaches the Defcon 1 stage, the background music increases in both tempo and strength. During actual nuclear war, piano key strikes can be heard as nuclear warheads impact with cities.Awards
- Games for Windows Magazine
- March 2007 - #6 Game of the Year
Related Web Sites
- DEFCON (Official game website)
- DEFCON (DEFCON Wikipedia article.)
- How We Learned to Stop Worrying (An Apple Games article about the Mac version of DEFCON (April, 2007).)
Macintosh Credits
Created By:
Produced by Introversion Software:
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Mac Port by Ambrosia Software:
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Produced by Introversion Software:
Sound Design:
Sound Production:
PR:
Marketing:
Additional Graphic Design:
Morten Elgaard Pedersen (Redcell.dk)
Shipping:Mac Port by Ambrosia Software:
Additional Porting:
Joshua Clayton (Miah), Steven Noonan
Beta Testers:Alastair Lynn (prophile), Andrew Carne (AndCarne), Ashley Pinner (NeoThermic), Alessandro Pedrina McCarthy (fireship4), Bill Rastello (bipp5)