Critical Mass

December 31, 1983 Sirius Software, Bob Blauschild Sirius Software, StarCraft
Adventure
PC-9800 Series PC-8800 Series C64 Apple][ FM-7
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A graphical text-adventure game designed by Bob Blauschild in which the player has to save the world's five largest cities from being destroyed with thermal nuclear weapons.
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Release Date December 31, 1983
Developer Sirius Software, Bob Blauschild
Publisher Sirius Software, StarCraft
Game Modes Single player
Perspective First person, Text
Themes Thriller