Thanks for the advice. The Internet Archive version is working again now, which is good because I couldn't get it to run in DOSBox. I get the initial screen where the game prompts you to pick US by pressing 1 or USSR by pressing 2, but whichever I do the screen just goes black.
In any case, I was able to play it at IA. I love the level of…
Thanks for the advice. The Internet Archive version is working again now, which is good because I couldn't get it to run in DOSBox. I get the initial screen where the game prompts you to pick US by pressing 1 or USSR by pressing 2, but whichever I do the screen just goes black.
In any case, I was able to play it at IA. I love the level of detail and complexity, imperfect information, the uncertainity and the complicated decisions you have to deal with all the time. I suspect these same things would make the game frustrating for anyone who's not a nuke nerd, but for me it's perfect.
Thanks for the advice. The Internet Archive version is working again now, which is good because I couldn't get it to run in DOSBox. I get the initial screen where the game prompts you to pick US by pressing 1 or USSR by pressing 2, but whichever I do the screen just goes black.
In any case, I was able to play it at IA. I love the level of detail and complexity, imperfect information, the uncertainity and the complicated decisions you have to deal with all the time. I suspect these same things would make the game frustrating for anyone who's not a nuke nerd, but for me it's perfect.