''NukeWar'' is a 1980 video game by

Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that publishes wargames and strategic board games. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, role-playing games and sports simulations. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and operates under the company ...

for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64,

Commodore PET The Commodore PET is a line of personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International. A single all-in-one case combines a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor, Commodore BASIC in read-only memory, keyboard, monochrome monitor, ...

FM-7 The FM-7 ("Fujitsu Micro 7") is a home computer created by Fujitsu. It was first released in 1982 and was sold in Japan and Spain. It is a stripped-down version of Fujitsu's earlier FM-8 computer, and during development it was referred to as th ...

TRS-80 The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, later renamed the Model I to distinguish it from successors) is a desktop microcomputer launched in 1977 and sold by Tandy Corporation through their Radio Shack stores. The name is an abbreviation of '' ...

, and

VIC-20 The VIC-20 (known as the VC-20 in Germany and the VIC-1001 in Japan) is an 8-bit home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980, roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the ...

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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in '' Creative Computing'' {{Avalon Hill 1980 video games Apple II games Avalon Hill video games Atari 8-bit family games Cold War video games Commodore 64 games Commodore PET games Computer wargames FM-7 games Microcomputer Games games TRS-80 games VIC-20 games Video games developed in the United States