Theatre Europe
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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This game covers the first 30 days of what was then feared to be the next war in Europe. You can choose to be the supreme commander of the NATO or the Warsaw Pact. In your control are air and ground units. These are backed up by your ability to make strategic nuclear/chemical attacks.

As the Warsaw Pact commander your task is to break the lines of the NATO alliance, which you see is a powerful invasion force, poised on your border. Your first task is to take over West Germany.

As NATO commander your task is to stop the Russian invasion. Hold the lines on West Germany's border. You will achieve this by preventing the occupation of West Germany.

Your computer opponent can play in three different ways. Nuclear weapons can be disabled for a Beginner game, while the thought processes can be either rational or unpredictable.

Gameplay is turn-based and primarily strategic, but some scenes can be played out in optional action sequences.

Trivia

The manual includes a section which combines moralism, disclaiming and fear:

"Whilst the producers of Theatre Europe have taken every care in researching this program to ensure the accuracy of details, we must stress that the events depicted in this conflict simulation are entirely fictitious. They must never be allowed to happen; the danger is that they might!"

Theatre Europe was voted Strategy Game of the Year by several different magazines - Computer & Video Games (multi-format), Zzap (C64), Crash (Spectrum) and Amtix (Amstrad)

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Description from the packaging  (US version) :

A war simulation strategy game.
The Battlefield is Europe and you are in control.
Theatre Europe simulates the first 30 days of warfare between the NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Whether it is the final conflict depends on you.

This ultimate strategy war game puts you in the position of Commander-in-Chief of either the NATO or Warsaw Pact armies. As Warsaw Pact leader, your goal is the take-over of West Germany; as NATO Commander, you must stop the Russians from further invasions.

At your command is a vast array of conventional forces and weapons. Take part in each battle as a fighter pilot, tank commander, helicopter pilot, or ground soldier. Discover your enemy's strengths and weaknesses to plan your battle strategy. A chemical or nuclear strike is always an alternative, but beware of the consequences: This is the nuclear age and the survival of Europe is in your hands!

Features:
War simulation-strategy game.
Three levels of difficulty.
Map screens and battle action simulation.


http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/theatre-europe
