Cold War Dare
This is a strategy game about presidential decision-making in the context of the Bush 41 presidency in those epochal years of 1989 and 1990. As Poland legalizes Solidarity, as the Berlin Wall falls, as people in every country take to the streets seeking greater freedom and human rights, the world is changing under your feet. As President, you must analyze changing situations, weigh risks, and make decisions, all while trying to keep your alliances healthy, your relationships with foreign leaders strong, and the drive towards freedom and democracy always moving forward. And in the end, you can compare your successes and failures with those of President Bush 41.
“Cold War Dare” is an educational outreach product by the George Bush Presidential Library.
Credits:Directed and produced by Dr. Shirley Hammond, Director of Education, George Bush Presidential Library and Museum © 2016, George Bush Presidential Library Foundation
Game design and development by eduweb.
Thanks to: Dr. Jeffrey A. Engel, ConsultantMary Finch, Audiovisual ArchivistChristopher Pembelton and Zachary Roberts, Archivists
Category : Educational
Reviews (28)
The Game is very challenging at times but it's main issue is the bugs that still exist within. As an example I had gotten close towards the middle of the game and it froze I tried seeing if could fix it but to no avail. I think an update to fix all the minor issues such as the lag and other bugs would make this much more enjoyable.
Despite being old,it's a very fun game tho it did became a bit challenging for me to get a perfect run (i.e having all the nation's be blue).But despite that it's a very fun game,especially with the cutscenes and memos from your deputy there
A good experience. However, the game sometimes bugs during a phase. For example: The only country which is possible to draw an event is Bulgaria, then i drew the event but can no longer progress since the game thinks im not finished yet.
It's a great game however I only gave it 4 stars is because it's really short why couldn't we play as presidents from different eras and choose which country if you do that I will give 5 stars.also can you start when it starts stop when it stops and add an auto-save feature if you do that.
I would love to see either this company or a different one make a full fledged game based off of this, the gameplay could stay exactly the same and I'd play, all I'd love to see is at least more countries.
I personally find the cold war interesting, and I think this does a good job of providing an interesting alternative history comparison to real life.
this game is very educational. We can see Gorbachev and Bush against each other and its very realistic. I can tell this to my teacher so my class will see this game. Thank you for doing this game
Fix your game dude. It keeps on freezing and the only way to fix it is to restart it fix it dude.
Western propagandist game. I hope this game was not made by CIA during the cold war and now it's being used as a propagating machine on play store because they could do nothing else as they were completely ineffective against their Soviet Counterparts (KGB).
The graphics are great. This is a very good game for teaching the end of the Cold war.
Great game, but I'd like it if you could maybe have more options such as supporting armed rebels and things like that.
This game is a good game but it very difficult to earn the USSR Trust and I have finished the game please can you make it more Challenging
Quite fun game and like it but it is a bit quick. Also it did freeze sometimes.
I love this please make more like it! also please expand the presidency to one more year please thanks its a great game other than that.
I wanted to play as the leader of the Soviet Union. I wanted to change what happened. Make it completely opposite and watch what would have happened.
I love it but can you make a choise between America and The soviet ? P.S: maybe more better graphics.
This game is such a stupid game you can't even do anything on the easiest setting without losing I recommend that you don't get it.
It's Ok but, Only Problem is when I Alnost Made europe Democratic The Game suddenly Stops.. Plz Do something about the Glitch...
Sulastri I agree I had the same problem one country left to use bam softlock plz respond creators and please fix otherwise it's an overall fantastic game
Good game, but wasnt there more to the cold war than europe!
It's a fun game but it's a one time thing not much replay ability
It is a game made with high inspiration but i wished it worked on my phone.
The game is fun but it gets boring I can't win it's almost impossible the win
Very interesting but I also found it to be very short
This game is pretty good but need to fix some problems.
A recent issue: when all the communist countries are successfully reformed in round 7, the game will freeze and it will be impossible to progress to the decision phase.
No challenge at all to easy
I would rate it a 5, but it has bugs still present, like the game suddenly hanging on the "Take Action" phase and the chips not showing when it happens. Also, attempting to democratize the Soviet Union is almost impossible to do (I pulled it off several times, but it came at the cost of some Eastern European nations not being fully freed). I don't mean to be an Anti Soviet, but it would make a cool alternative history. It's pretty cool to get a "perfect ending" with all states being blue.