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Description

In the year 2015 the oil reserves are exhausted. Therefore confiscate the USA in the name of the United Nations all oil sources in the world. This is the dramatic background to the Real-Time Strategy Game World War 3.

With one of the 3 parties (USA, Russia or Iraq) you have to play the 2 campaigns. Each campaign has 5 missions. You can build all buildings like every other RTS. You can also spent resources in research (weapons or technologies). In World War 3 you have to choose between 15 units and 13 buildings

Every party has a specific skill. The Americans can overtake buildings, the Russians have chemical weapons and the Iraqis are good in camouflage.

Merchant Title Platform Price  
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World War III: Black Gold    
amazon.com
World War III Black Gold Windows $9.99  
World War 3: Black Gold Windows $2.50  
Blizzard Entertainment DVD Collection (Cut scenes for Diablo II Warcraft III and Starcraft) Windows, Linux $19.99  
Best Of Games (The Moon Project, Earth 2150, Earth 2150 Lost Souls, World War 3 Black Gold, World War 2 Panzer Claws, KnightShift ) Windows $9.99  
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User Reviews

The best RTS since Battlezone KiLDoZR (5) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars

The Press Says

PC Action Jan 10, 2002 80 out of 100 80
PC Games (Germany) Dec 04, 2001 72 out of 100 72
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Nov, 2001 72 out of 100 72
Jeuxvideo.com Dec 05, 2001 13 out of 20 65
Game industry News (GiN) 2002 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60
JeuxVideoPC.com May 26, 2006 6 out of 20 30

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Rantanplan (1765) on Jun 07, 2002.
 

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