Nukewar
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The time is the late 20th century. You and a neighboring country have developed a nuclear capability. Your neighbor's sole objective is to utterly annihilate you. As the tension mounts while you are conducting espionage, building bombers, missiles, submarines and anti ballistic missiles either you or your neighbor launch a pre-emptive first strike. The nuclear destruction continues until either all weapons are expended or a truce is negotiated. Victory is determined by population remaining and world political opinion which is usually against the side that started the war. If both sides lose enough people neither will win.
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- 核戦争 - Japanese spelling
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- Charles S. Roberts Award
- 1980 - Nominee as "Best Computer Game"
- Computer Gaming World
- November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – #135 in the “150 Best Games of All Time” list
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Game added by CygnusWolfe.
Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, VIC-20 added by Kabushi. PC-6001 added by vermilion1. FM-7 added by Terok Nor. Commodore PET/CBM added by Servo. North Star added by vedder.
Additional contributors: General Error, vedder, Patrick Bregger, Rik Hideto.
Game added September 11, 2004. Last modified January 24, 2024.