Thermonuclear Wargames

NAME: Thermonuclear Wargames
AUTHOR: Softgold
EMAIL: ???
DATE: 1984
PARSER: Scott Adams Standard
SUPPORTS: C64 and C64 Emulators (many platforms)
AVAILABILITY: here only
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I have not played much of this game yet, but it looks pretty good. The story seems to be a ripoff of "WarGames" the movie, and for those of you who were not around in the 1980's to see this great movie it goes something like this,

"The army are replacing all the men in the missle silo's with machines, so when the President makes the orders, the machines will fire the missles as Men have too much concience to start World War 3. Once the computer is installed its AI takes over and because of a simulated wargame a hacker started playing with it, it this its REAL and is counting down to fire the missles. Its up to you to stop the machine!"

The full halfscreen graphics in this game are pretty good sofar. Unlike the Mountain Valley games which use a quarter screen, Softgold games use a half screen for nicer pictures.

Since I have not played this through much I don't know if it is winnable or if there are any bugs. If Bastow Manor is any guide then there ARE some bugs but I am giving it the benefit of the doubt at the moment.