Defcon 5 (1987 video game)

Defcon 5 is computer wargame created by Paul Norman and published by Cosmi. It was released for the Commodore 64, in 1987 then converted to the Amiga and MS-DOS.

Gameplay Defcon 5 is a game which is set during the Cold War era.

Reception The Palm Beach Post said that Defcon 5 for DOS seemed realistic but was "absurdly difficult". Ahoy!'s AmigaUser stated that "Defcon 5 strikes a pleasing balance between strategy and action". ACE thought the game was "one of the less impressive offerings in the current Cosmi range"; despite the "sharp digitised graphics", the magazine said that Defcon 5 would "fall short in the playability stakes".

In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared Defcon 5 the 2nd-worst computer game ever released.

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