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DEFCON

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3.9/5

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3.9

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DEFCON
Description
"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god." - Jean Rostand Thoughts of a Biologist You play the role of a military commander hidden deep within an underground bunker. Your mission - to successfully exterminate your enemy's...
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( 42 Reviews )

3.9

42 Reviews

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2006, Introversion Software, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10, 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with...
Time to beat
1 hMain
3.5 h Main + Sides
6.5 h Completionist
1.5 h All Styles
Description
"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god." - Jean Rostand Thoughts of a Biologist

You play the role of a military commander hidden deep within an underground bunker. Your mission - to successfully exterminate your enemy's civilian population whilst disabling their ability to attack your own. Start by launching your battleships, submarines, and bombers in order to decimate your opponent's defences. Scramble together your alliances, but remember only one can stand victorious. Prepare your pre-emptive strike before one of your supposed allies get the same idea. Choose the perfect moment for betrayal, obliterating your opponents with an apocalyptic thermonuclear barrage, but get it wrong and their devastating counter attack will bring you to your knees!

DEFCON is a hell of a ride for a strategy games fan. What can be more thrilling that a world-wide, thermonuclear conflict that wipes out all of humanity from the face of the Earth? You start slowly, deploying your forces on international waters, sneaking under the radar. Then, as the DEFCON level changes, players are allowed to use aggressive tactics and even start a conventional war. The conflict is slowly but unavoidably heating up as the game progresses and when it reaches a critical level then the ultimate weapons of mass destruction are unleashed. Let the countdown to extinction begin!

  • With a large number of game modes for multiplayer, DefCon offers many hours of non-repetitive gameplay.
  • Stylized graphics inspired by movies such as Wargames and Dr. Strangelove invoke a very engrossing atmosphere.
  • Easy to learn, hard to master mechanics that you can use to execute countless strategies.

Note: This game may require additional serial key for multiplayer mode. In case it is not automatically generated in your GOG.com library (open it via website → select the game → More → Serial Keys), please reach out to our Support team.

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Minimum system requirements:

Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.

Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
1 hMain
3.5 h Main + Sides
6.5 h Completionist
1.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.11+)
Release date:
{{'2006-09-29T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
68 MB

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Posted on: July 17, 2012

henbayward

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Another great Mathew Broderick game!

If you had told me a few years ago that the world would be going ga-ga over games that let you step into the shoes of Matthew Broderick, arguably America's finest actor, I'd have said you were crazy! Now, after living out most of my Broderick-related fantasies, I honestly can't imagine where the gaming world would be without them! Some, however, are wondering if this genre's becoming over-saturated; this year alone saw the release of no less than twelve(!) rhythm games based on "The Music Man." Well, when it comes to Matthew Broderick Simulators (MBSs), I say the more the merrier, and I'm happy to report that we have another winner on our hands! "DEFCON" sheds the broader, career-spanning scope of titles like "Sid Meier's Broderick!" and follows instead in the tighter, more focused footsteps of the wildly popular "Call of Bueller" franchise, this time giving players a "WarGames"-era Matthew Broderick experience. And what an experience it is! In "DEFCON," you play as Matthew Broderick as David, a young man who thinks he's playing a video game, but realizes he may have accidentally triggered WWIII! Oh, Noes! Place your silos, protect your cities, and break into a Broderick-esque sweat as the timer ticks closer to DEFCON 5! Want to play Global Thermonuclear War? Indeed!


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Posted on: November 23, 2012

decipherfreak

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Games: 173 Reviews: 1

Cannot play in Windows 8

Lag makes it unplayable. Tried running in Windows 7/XP compatibility mode as well.


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Posted on: December 17, 2020

NicholasH

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Games: 86 Reviews: 8

GoG now censoring to please CCP

GoG agreed to publish Taiwanese game Devotion, but cancelled it after CCP crybullies were upset that something in the game called Chinese dictator Xi Jinping 'moronic Winnie-the-Pooh'. To play a humble part in redressing the balance, here are some more things the CCP would rather not offend their delicate ears and glass hearts: The CCP is the illegitimate authority in China having betrayed and murdered their own countrymen in World War 2. CCP will be forever grateful for Imperial Japanese war against Republic of China for making the betrayal easier. After decades of failed socialist/communist policies that created and exacerbated famines and turned families against themselves, they shifted to a more profitable fascistic regime that grew by corporate espionage and by running a fake economy. Today the CCP is engaged in running concentration camps for ethno/religious minorities, in which both men and women are raped, and a state-approved organ harvesting programme is cannibalising the 'cleaner' bodies of Falun Gong (it's analogous to Tai Chi or Yoga) practitioners, and anyone else they can get their hands on. Fortunately, the CCP is running out of US Dollars to spend on bribery and neo-colonial projects in Africa and elsewhere. They're running short of food and clean water, so they're trying to steal food from Myanmar by taking shipments of rice without paying. The CCP is a criminal organisation whose great achievement has been to turn China into a criminal country. Now put that in your pipe and smoke it.


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Posted on: December 20, 2012

OnkelWormsley

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Games: 11 Reviews: 1

Buy it

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