WarGames: Defcon 1

WarGames: Defcon 1
European cover box
DeveloperInteractive Studios
PublisherMGM Interactive
DirectorsJohn Whigham
Richard Hackett
ProducersRobb Alvey
Jim Banting
Robert Rader
Sean Wilson
DesignersLeigh Griffiths
Satty Mann
ProgrammersIan Bird
Andrew Oliver
John Whigham
Richard Hackett
ArtistStephen Thomson
WritersJohn Badham
John Tarnoff
ComposersTommy Tallarico
Fabian Del Priore
PlatformsPlayStation, Windows
Release
  • EU: June 1998 (PS)
  • NA: 29 July 1998
  • EU: 21 August 1998 (PC)
GenresTactical shooter, Real-time strategy
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

WarGames: Defcon 1 (known simply as WarGames on PC) is a video game for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows developed by Interactive Studios and co-published by MGM Interactive and Electronic Arts (in North America, MGM Interactive solely published the game). Although both versions possess the same missions and content, the PlayStation version is a tactical vehicle-shooting game while the PC version is a real-time strategy game (similar to Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds). The game is loosely based on the movie WarGames; the story was scripted by John Badham, director of the original film.