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The Cold War had nothing to do with snowballs!

Spycraft: The Great Game, an original cold war adventure game with puzzle and simulation elements, is now available on GOG.com for only $5.99.

So, you want to know the details? You don't have the proper clearance, but I suppose it doesn't really matter anymore. Back in the day, I would have to "silence" you, even with the little knowledge you already have. Nothing personal, of course--just the usual procedure. There's just too much at stake here, you see? No, I don't just mean national security. I'm referring to global safety. This went way beyond CIA, KGB, and their little games. Or, should I rather say: our great game. They had the bomb, we had the bomb. Then someone shot one of their most prominent politicians. Things became tense and crisis escalated. You're a reporter, you're familiar with the term "MAD", right? Yes, Mutual Assured Destruction. The assurance was supposed to prevent the war, you know. But there were some people on both sides who liked to push buttons a little bit too much. Here's the story of how we almost evaporated the mankind from the face of the Earth.

Spycraft: The Great Game is an adventure game that puts you in the shoes of a rookie CIA agent involved in a conspiracy much greater than he could ever imagine. The game creates an disturbingly believable image of the cold war thanks to the substantial input from actual ex-heads of CIA and KGB. Spycraft's original gameplay combines classic adventure, investigative fiction, and puzzles that form an authentic experience of a cold-war spy struggle. The multitude of FMV cinematics brings even more flare to this ambitious title, that no adventure fan or conspiracy hunter can afford to miss!

Become a CIA agent and prevent two nations' mutual nuclear destruction in Spycraft: The Great Game, for only $5.99 (that's almost nothing compared to the actual CIA budget!).
You're a reporter, you're familiar with the term "MAD", right? Yes, Mutual Assured Destruction.

Sidenote: in Germany MAD stands for "Militärischer Abschirmdienst (military Counterintelligence). It's the third german intelligence agency besides the BND and the BfV.
Its core functions are the collecting and analysing of informations, for the purposes of espionage / sabotage defense and extremism / terrorism defense..
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BreOl72: You're a reporter, you're familiar with the term "MAD", right? Yes, Mutual Assured Destruction.

Sidenote: in Germany MAD stands for "Militärischer Abschirmdienst (military Counterintelligence). It's the third german intelligence agency besides the BND and the BfV.
Its core functions are the collecting and analysing of informations, for the purposes of espionage / sabotage defense and extremism / terrorism defense..
I thought MAD stads for "MAD Magazine" everywhere?
Excellent release, still in my library on disk - great to see it revived!
wishlisted!
Great news. Any idea why it's not the DVD version? It had WAY better video quality but being one of the first DVD games using MPEG2 vidoes it is a real pain getting it to work :(
I don't think there was a DVD version, i've never seen one.
Post edited October 02, 2012 by Neilk40
A great addition! I played this game quite a bit back when it came out. I even still have the CDs.
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Post edited October 02, 2012 by Titanium
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Titanium: A great addition! I played this game quite a bit back when it came out. I even still have the CDs.
There was Spycraft 2?
Remember being extremely intrigued by Spycraft from the reviews, back in 96 or so..
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Titanium: A great addition! I played this game quite a bit back when it came out. I even still have the CDs.
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Tarhiel: There was Spycraft 2?
Nope, there never was a second Spycraft. This is yet another one of those games that will forever tease people into hoping for a second helping :(
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Titanium: A great addition! I played this game quite a bit back when it came out. I even still have the CDs.
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Tarhiel: There was Spycraft 2?
The last thing the game flashes you after the end credits in Spycraft 1. It was just awful to get our hopes up like that.
Post edited October 02, 2012 by Titanium
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Titanium: It was just awful to get our hopes up like that.
Still better than going *oh, shit!* and cramming an entire series worth of plot into a single game.
This has been on my list for a while. Wishlisted.
Hmm... an Activision release... no, don't get your hopes up.
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Tarhiel: There was Spycraft 2?
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JudasIscariot: Nope, there never was a second Spycraft. This is yet another one of those games that will forever tease people into hoping for a second helping :(
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Tarhiel: There was Spycraft 2?
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Titanium: The last thing the game flashes you after the end credits in Spycraft 1. It was just awful to get our hopes up like that.
Oh, thanks for clarification. You know, that´s exactly the same thing I hate about XIII - great game, terrible finale - because they left their doors opened for a sequel and never did one - and it really wasn´t necessary. That´s why I think new IP should have their first (and if good one, hopefully not only) game with concluded story - just to show they know how to write a complex and closed story.
Post edited October 02, 2012 by Tarhiel
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Titanium: The last thing the game flashes you after the end credits in Spycraft 1. It was just awful to get our hopes up like that.
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Tarhiel: Oh, thanks for clarification. You know, that´s exactly the same thing I hate about XIII - great game, terrible finale - because they left their doors opened for a sequel and never did one - and it really wasn´t necessary. That´s why I think new IP should have their first (and if good one, hopefully not only) game with concluded story - just to show they know how to write a complex and closed story.
Have you played Undying ? You would love Undying.

Also, Manhunter San Fransisco. Nice ending, there.