Does anyone know where I can play the game from War Games?

[chairmonkey4406]

Online? That game, Global Thermonuclear War I believe it was called. Thanks.

[AtariAger]

Online? That game, Global Thermonuclear War I believe it was called. Thanks.

 

"Shall we play...a...game?"...

 

Nope, sorry!

[Nukey Shay]

Wasn't that a hidden feature of Dungeon Siege?

[Stingray]

How about a nice game of chess?

 

-S

[Red 5]

No...

Let's play Global Thermo Nuclear War.

 

 

 

 

"Fine"

 

[deadtech]

I think you'd need to ask these folks:

 

https://www.cheyennemountain.af.mil/

 

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/c3i/cmc.htm

 

They might let you give it a go if you tell them you post at Atariage

 

-deadtech

[Stingray]

 

http://www.theylive.com/catalog/product_in...&products_id=32

 

-S

[Cootster]

Didn't someone write a version for the C64 and/or Atari 8-bits back in the day? . . . And, no, I'm not talking about WarGames: The Game (which was also on the CV), but an actual text and primitive line graphics game based on that with scenarios lifted from that scrolling list in the movie. I remember playing it, but I'm not sure which platform it was on . . .

[joeybastard]

The C64 and the A8's had the same version of War Games as the CV? I always thought the CV's was unique, I never saw the others.

[Nukey Shay]

The Atari 800 version was made by Thorn/EMI (they changed the name to "Computer War"). It was a graphic mock-military representation of the US...and the computer randomly placed 4 base installations on it. A number of missiles would slowly make their way over to them...and you could zoom in on any of them. In that mode, it was a side view flying over various terrain...and you would need to shoot down the enemy missile (this was the most difficult part of the game). If successful, the game would return you to the map. If unsuccessful and/or the missile reaches one of the bases, the "Defcon" count would go up a notch (at Defcon 1, the game is over). Once all of the missiles have been shot down or otherwise disabled, the game requires you to match a code scrambled in the status window. If you do, you are allowed to remove one of the bases that need defending (otherwise, you continue with the same number). Once you are down to the last base, the game goes on to the next higher level - adding 2 more bases than the previous level (i.e. 4,6,8...up to 12 IIRC). If a missile flies over NORAD itself, the game is over immediately.

[joeybastard]

Well, that doesn't sound like the CV version. Cool, but not the CV version.

[Nukey Shay]

Pretty fun...but at the higher levels, the 1st person side view becomes a game of luck - the missiles fly away too quick to get a good shot at them (wasting too much time and burning all the bonus points). I don't think that I've ever broke 10k without cheating on it.

[SteveW]

The TI-99/4A also had a version of Computer War. I've got a copy around here somewhere.

[Cootster]

There was a PC game by Cosmi called Defcon that was very similar to that C64 game also . . . I have it in a shovelware compilation set w/ Inside Trader (great stock market sim) and some cool text adventures . . .

[wrenchien]

on the whole, i'd rather play peace.

 

even if noone buys many copies of that game nowadays.

[mechanized]

Where's a frisbee and a loaded bong when I need one....?

[Dr. Van Thorp]

If you really want to play the game from the movie, you will have to call every phone number in Arazona until you reach a computer named Joshua.

[The Historian]

Wasn't that a hidden feature of Dungeon Siege?

 

On this I can speak with great authority.

 

Not in a million years bucko...

[Sega Ages]

Thermonuclear Domination may be what you are looking for.