The cover your looking at is the Japanese version and if your wondering, that's Bill Clinton shaking hands with Saddam Hussein. I actually shook Bill Clinton's hand when I was 15 and that was about the same time this game came out. The Third World War is a turn-based strategy game, real time strategy (RTS), designed by Extreme where you play against the computer as a nation of your choice in the present day or in the future. The game was similar to a computer game version of Risk. Each nation had its own strengths and weaknesses and you were given a limited number of terms to develop your nation's society, technology, and military power before it was the computer's turn. You had the option to play the game in different historical points in history, i.e. during the Cold War or in the future. The object of the game was to defeat the computer without starting world war three. The game failed to generate commercial success due to its limited graphics. Not to mention, it was extremely difficult, (Completely impossible, from what I remember, to take out big countries by force.) for the player to develop a military presence that could compete with the computer. And in the end you were better off toying with your countries economy and current technology. Much like the US experienced in the Industrial Age before and after the great depression. Victory is achieved by one of two ways, a military victory or an economic victory. To achieve military victory, you must conquer 51 different nations. Once the 51st location is conquered, the victory will commence, and a small speech by your country's leader will ensue.
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This video reminded me of "The Third World War."
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