Roadwar 2000

Roadwar 2000, sometimes referred to as Roadwar 2K, is a 1986 computer game published by Strategic Simulations, Inc.. It was developed by Westwood Studios. It is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocolyptic future which greatly resembles the world portrayed in the Mad Max movie series.

Description

In 1999, a terrorist group unleashed a deadly virus on the United States, leading to its collapse. Various vigilante and survivorlist groups spring up in the aftermath and cars become the primary form of transportation and combat.

The player starts off as sort of a scavenger and attempts to build up an army capable of making crossings between cities on highways, which have become littered with hordes of mutants, cannibals and gangs who love nothing more than killing those foolish enough to cross their paths.

Winning enough battles and gathering a sizable army may bring the player's character to attention of the ailing US government, who will recruit the player to find eight missing scientists, America's only hope to finding a cure for the disease. The player must bring them back to a secret base. Along the way, the player must loot cities and scavenge for needed supplies and munitions.

The game calculates and displays detailed statistics during combat encounters which, not surprisingly, occur fairly often. While these text messages were displayed in simple text on the early versions of the game, the Amiga and Atari ST versions accompany these battles with digitized sound.

Platforms

Roadwar 2000 was originally released for the Apple II and Commodore 64 in 1986. In 1987, it was ported to the Amiga, Atari ST and DOS. The Amiga and Atari ST versions sported digital sound effects and higher-quality graphics than the previous versions.

External links

• MobyGames' entry on Roadwar 2000
• The Underdogs entry on this game