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How about Global Thermonuclear War?

[url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/defcon]DEFCON, a game of strategy and Global Thermonuclear War, is available for the next 7 days for only $4.99.

Shall we play a game? In the middle of the Cold War era, the world as we know it was one press of a button away from total ruin. Now you get to press that button. What is the primary goal? To win the game. In DEFCON you compete as 1 of 6 superpowers caught up in the ultimate military conflict. It’s the beginning of the end of the world. "Defcon." That indicates our current defense condition. It should read "Defcon 5," which means peace. Position your bases, naval fleets, including battleships and aircraft carriers, air bases, radar dishes, and, of course, nuclear silos. The clock of doom is ticking and slowly counts down from Defcon 5 to Defcon 1. Scramble the bombers, get the subs in launch mode. We are at Defcon 1.

DEFCON is really simple to learn but the immense strategic depth and endless possibilities (but only one final outcome;)) make it extremely interesting and entertaining. Arranging defences, making and breaking alliances, mobilizing your forces, and finally unleashing the final strike is incredibly fun yet unbearably tense, especially in the Office Mode--easy to play with coworkers (including co-op!) and equipped with a Panic Button to keep it safe from prying eyes.

If you loved War Games, you will definitely play DEFCON and condemn billions of innocent civilians in the process, for only $9.99.

Visit the Summer Indie Drop promo page to get DEFCON, Uplink, Gemini Rue, and Multiwinia for 50% off until Thursday, July 19 at 06:59 PM EDT.
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Daimones: Is this version multiplayer/internet only? I'm a bit confused. Any help would be much appreciated.
New build is available and you can play the game offline with bots.

However, if you want to play online with friends you need to enter your unique authentication code ('My serial number' from the game page on your shelf).

So, the game is playable both offline and online.
You do NOT need to download any bots, guys. They come with the game. Think of this like playing Unreal Tournament with bots. :D

Again to clarify: no bots need to be downloaded for DEFCON.

Enjoy the game, guys! :D
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drewpants: (...)
Reasonably, we can't expect developers and publishers to modify their server back-end to either remove our magic default product key from authentication, or disable multiplayer authentication altogether. For one thing, modifying the back-end would be quite a hassle. Also, in reality, having that one key white-listed will just mean that all pirated versions would start using it within days. Maintaining a server infrastructure isn't that expensive, but, arguably, I can see publishers and devs not wanting traffic to increase exponentially once pirated copies start using those servers.

Unique keys are required for some of our releases, but only for multiplayer. If you want to play single player in a hospital, on a plane, in the middle of nowhere where there's no Internet access, or in outer space, nothing will stop you. We do everything we can to make our games as DRM-free as possible, but there are some obstacles, especially with old games, that can't be bypassed. And when it comes to games with a multiplayer element, our solution is as DRM-free as you can get in the real world. It's either that or scrap multiplayer altogether as if it never existed. We can do that, but... Why? :)

Just to clarify, this is my own view on the subject, so don't take it too official or anything, no matter how reasonable and valid it appears. ;)
Post edited July 13, 2012 by Firek