Competition: Name the game

[DrSpike]

Warm, very warm.

[child of Thor]

Can i go for another one then?

........ah no i'll wait some more, unless you want me to end the torment

[DrSpike]

If you know it, say it.

[child of Thor]

link to the answer(not HOTU)

Is this the one?

[DrSpike]

Yup. A classic.

[Ljube]

Would you let me post a game here even though I didn't guess any?

I would like to see if my favourite game was popular enough to be well known.

[child of Thor]

Sure ljcvetko, i was about to spring a real nasty one, so go ahead and spare us the trauma

[Ljube]

Thanks!

I used to have C64 and this was a game from 1982 if I recall correctly.
It’s a pure strategy game. It features modern warfare in all aspects (bio-chemical and nuclear weapons included).
You get to command one of the two possible armies and every side has its own objectives.
So, you win if you can capture certain territory with one of the sides, or if you can defend it with the other side.
The timeframe of the game is 30 days.
Hostilities end after this time and victor is proclaimed.
There can also be a nuclear holocaust in which case nobody wins (or more precisely, you lose, for the computer can only lose if you win).

Has anyone of you played this game?
If my explanation is vague, I can post more clues.

[DrSpike]

Strategy games from that era are few and far between. The only wargame I can recall is Theatre Europe, which does loosely fit the description, but it was later than 1982 I am sure. For once I get to say the "you are too old" part.

[Ljube]

Sorry.

The year was 1985.
I checked it just now.

Haven't played it since 1989. If I could only play it once again.

I even tried to programme a clone for PC later.
Didn't have much success so I decided to quit programming.

The game proved to be a turning point in my life. Showing me the right way: Leave programming to real programmers. I never regretted my decision.

[Ljube]

You got it right. I knew it was too easy. Did you like it?

And it does fit the description. Playing as NATO you were supposed to defend West Germany at all cost. Playing as Russians, you were supposed to drive the capitalist pigs into Atlantic Ocean.

[DrSpike]

I didn't mean your description was rubbish.

Tbh it is so long ago I barely remember the game, but I didn't think I was right because I wasn't gaming in 1982, which was the original year you gave.

The only thing that really gave me a chance was the fact that that game is quite well-known (well, amongst people who know far too much about computer games ) for being one of the daddies of the genre.

Back to you Thor.

[child of Thor]

And i guess thats the trick - if you go so far back there can only be a handfull of titles to choose from. So either its got to be so ealry and obscure(like only a dozen people played it!), or you got to go for about the late 80's early nineties when loads of stuff was being made.

ok my go is:

Circa late 80's
Computers only, 8bits/16bits and PC

You've been kidnapped by aliens.EDIT: opps forgot to say - and you need to get home.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by child of Thor
And i guess thats the trick - if you go so far back there can only be a handfull of titles to choose from. So either its got to be so ealry and obscure(like only a dozen people played it!), or you got to go for about the late 80's early nineties when loads of stuff was being made.

.............Or you can give clues which fit about a 1000 games.

You've been kidnapped by aliens.EDIT: opps forgot to say - and you need to get home.

[Spaced Cowboy]

You've been kidnapped by aliens.EDIT: opps forgot to say - and you need to get home.

I saw that movie, it was "The Last Starfighter"