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=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===


However, the game does have some [[trivia]] to it, as it is first and only [[video game]] released in America to mention the [[AIDS]] epidemic. If you play in the game during the early part of the twenty-first century, the computer will mention that a cure to virus has been found.
However, the game does have some [[trivia]] to it, as it is first and only [[video game]] released in America to mention the [[AIDS]] epidemic. If you play in the game during the early part of the twenty-first century, the computer will mention that a cure to the virus has been found.
[[Category:1994 computer and video games]]
[[Category:1994 computer and video games]]

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Screenshot from Third World War

The Third World War is the name of a Sega CD turn-based strategy game where you play against the computer as a nation of your choice in the present day or in the future. The game was similar to a computer game version of Risk. Each nation had its own strengths and weaknesses and you were given a limited number of terms to develop your nation's society, technology and military power before it was the computer's turn.

You had the option to play the game in different historical points in history, i.e. during the Cold War or in the future. The object of the game was to defeat the computer without starting world war three. The game failed to generate much commercial success due to its limited graphics, and difficulity the player often had in developing a military presence that could compete with the computer.

Trivia

However, the game does have some trivia to it, as it is first and only video game released in America to mention the AIDS epidemic. If you play in the game during the early part of the twenty-first century, the computer will mention that a cure to the virus has been found.