Game Details
The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Released on: DOS, Mac
Developer: Chris Crawford
Publisher: Mindscape, Inc.
Themes: Educational
Game Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
| Platform | Release Date |
|---|---|
| DOS | December 31, 1990 |
| Mac | December 31, 1990 |
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About:
Following Balance of Power, designer Chris Crawford stuck to the big-picture approach but shifted the focus from power politics to macroeconomics. In a grassroots simulation of industrial production and allocation, players balance a country’s military and social spending to survive in an environment of fictitious nations competing for land and resources. Key element in the turn-based The Global Dilemma is a basic tree of industries such as coal mines, lumber mills or gunpowder factories. The entire production chain culminates in only two results: an increase in either military strength or population. Guns or butter.
Story:
No storyline available