DEFCON: Global Nuclear Domination Game

aka: DEFCON, DEFCON: Everybody Dies, DEFCON: Globalna Wojna Termonuklearna, DEFCON: Guerra termonucleare globale, DEFCON: Guerre Mondiale Thermonucléaire, DEFCON: Strategic Nuclear War
Moby ID: 24305

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

Information also contributed by PCGamer77 and WildKard

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