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Strategy / tactics

Central Intelligence

by Ocean Software·published by Ziggurat Interactive, Ocean Software

1994E29
PCDOSWindows

Reader score

6.0/ 10

5 votes

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About

A strategic game of espionage and undercover operations with a lot of political undertones. You play a CIA chief sent to the island of Sao Madrigal, which is currently under a dictatorship. This dictatorship is supported by the Chinese government and it seriously jeopardizes the U.S.A.'s interests on the region, thus it is your mission to organize the recuperation of democracy, by any means necessary.

You have at your disposal a series of CIA agents divided in three branches: Political, Propaganda and Military. But the object of the game is not to organize a military uprising, but instead to support and organize the island's many opposing factions (like angry students, guerrillas, political parties,etc.) against the dictatorship (with or without their knowledge of your interventions) via propaganda, bribes, subterfuge, assassinations, blackmails, etc.

The main interface consists of a top-down satelite image of the island from where you can zoom in on any building, and from where you dispatch your agents and access the relevant information on each and every building on the island (provided you spy them).

The game runs against a real-time clock as you have a time limit to depose the dictator, but you can select the speed at which the game counts the hours and days, as well as the overall difficulty of the game, by selecting among a set of options that regulate the population's overall loyalty towards El Dictador.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Included in

Ocean Classics Volume 1

Languages

1 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English—

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

Download

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium 4

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 7

Min. RAM Required

256 MB

Min. Video Memory Required

256 MB

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Also known as

dosbox.exe — Windows Executable

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Facts

Released

1994

Platforms

PCDOSWindows

Age ratings

ESRBE

Standing

Top 68% by 24hr peak players

Tags

Top-downSpy / espionage