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War Room

War Room is a action strategy game set in the Cold War conflict between the United States and Russia, which is escalating into a nuclear showdown. The player controls a satellite hovering above the USA, which…

31 December 1983

War Room is a real time strategy (rts) developed by North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., released 31 December 1983 on ColecoVision.

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What War Room is

War Room is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp. and released in 1983. It is available on ColecoVision only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

War Room is a action strategy game set in the Cold War conflict between the United States and Russia, which is escalating into a nuclear showdown. The player controls a satellite hovering above the USA, which are represented in a top down view. By destroying enemy satellites with his own satellite, the player has to prevent the destruction of cities in his territory and is able to score points. To keep his cities defensible, the player also has to collect supplies from those cities and distribute them accordingly. This is done by entering the cities with the satellite and collecting supplies in a action sequence. The game ends once all of the player's cities are destroyed.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

War Room 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.

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When did War Room come out?
War Room was released on 31 December 1983 for ColecoVision.

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