Underplayed Gems

Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition (1988)

Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition cover

Platforms: Win 3.x, Mac, Amiga, Atari ST, Apple IIgs
Where to get it: My Abandonware

How it feels

This game feels like directing a tense, text-heavy simulation of global political brinkmanship from a command room in the late 1980s.

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Screenshots

Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition screenshot 1

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