Epidemic!
After a meteor shower brought a deadly disease to our planet it is your task as head of the Global Disease Control Center to contain the emerging global pandemic. A strategy game for the Apple II platform…
Epidemic! is a simulator developed by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.), released 31 December 1983 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit and DOS.
What Epidemic! is
Epidemic! is a simulator game developed by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.) and released in 1983. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After a meteor shower brought a deadly disease to our planet it is your task as head of the Global Disease Control Center to contain the emerging global pandemic. A strategy game for the Apple II platform. Programmed by Steven Faber.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Epidemic! launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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