everybody dies...
the game play mechanics are very simple, the graphics are very simple and the sound is eerie. on a morale side of view this game is instant death for flower power hippies or pacifists.
BUT IT IS AWESOME!!!
i never played a game this rudimentary and deep like defcon. style gets defined by this game... i mean... what does a general see when he orders the global thermonuclear first strike? i bet he would look at a greenish earth-alike screen with symbols for missile silos and ships just exactly like you do when playing defcon.
the first time i played against human players i was totally hyped to nuke my foes into stone age and furthermore to loose less people than them. it is a long time ago i felt something like that in a computer game.
very nice