Global War (video game)

{{Short description|1979 video game}}

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| title = Global War

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| publisher = Muse Software

| designer = Alan M. Boyd {{cite web |last1=Hague |first1=James |title=The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers |url=https://dadgum.com/giantlist/}}

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| platforms = Apple II

| released = 1979

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Global War is a 1979 video game published by Muse Software for the Apple II. It was written in Applesoft BASIC by Alan M. Boyd.

Contents

Global War is a game involving the production of armies, and is a clone of the tabletop board game Risk.[https://books.google.com/books?id=VW2QAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Global+War%22+%22Muse+software%22&pg=PA30 Joystick Soldiers: The Politics of Play in Military Video Games], page 30

Reception

Alan Isabelle reviewed Global War in The Space Gamer No. 34.{{cite journal|last=Isabelle |first=Alan |date=December 1980 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=34|pages=35}} Isabelle commented that "The game has attractive features, but is not worth [the price]."

Reviews

  • Moves #58, p30https://strategyandtacticspress.com/library-files/Moves%20Issue58.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}

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