[Kada]

NetNuclear is a freeware TCP/IP multiplayer remake of the classic 1989 computer game Nuclear War by New World Computing, Inc. The original game was released for Commodore Amiga and DOS, which are both obsolete systems today. That, plus the fact that the original game was single player only, gave me the idea of remaking the game for modern systems in portable C code using SDL for graphics, sound and network functions, and throwing in multiplayer support for extra fun! The game can be played against up to four opponents, which can be computer opponents, human opponents or both at the same time.

The game takes place at the "diplomacy terminal", and you play the leader of a country with nuclear weapons. The goal of the game is to defeat your opponents, by destroying all their cities. You can do so by sending missiles or bomber planes to drop nuclear warheads on them, or you can use propaganda to attract citizens from their to your own. In between the game turns, you may also select to build new weapons, and you can also defend yourself against attacks by using the anti-missile or anti-bomber sattelite dishes.

Download Version 2 here! (latest version, released 7 Jan 2010) [753 KB]
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The game is written in C and uses SDL, SDL_net and SDL_mixer and is (well, SHOULD be) fully portable to most systems. The source code is available to anyone who wants it, but I haven't made it public, but it's just an e-mail away. :-)

Have fun, and hope you enjoy some MULTIPLAYER Nuclear War!

[splodge]

oooh, I used to love this game....will download and have a play.

Many thanks

[lawbag]

the Amiga game was based on an old Card Game called Nuclear War or Nuclear Escalation. Pre-dating M:TG nonsense...