

1983 · Simulation · Strategy
NukeWar
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. The nuclear destruction continues until either all weapons are expended or a truce is negotiated.
- Released
- 1983
- Platforms
- Apple IIAtari 8-bitCommodore 64Commodore C64/128/MAXCommodore PETCommodore VIC-20FM-7TRS-80
- Genres
- SimulationStrategyTactical
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- —
- Perspective
- Bird view / IsometricText
- Themes
- Warfare
- Country
- United States
About
Nukewar is a 1980 video game by Avalon Hill for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, Commodore PET, FM-7, TRS-80, and VIC-20.
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Nukewar is a game of global thermonuclear war represented by text and sprites on the screen.
Reception
In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared Nukewar the 135th-best computer game ever released.
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Platform libraries
- Commodore PET gamesCommercial games
- TRS-80 gamesModel I and III
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