#wargames 1983

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

Have you seen WarGames (1983)?

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Voting ended onOct 5, 2025

[futilegames]

WarGames (1983) dir. John Badham

General, do you really believe that the enemy would attack without provocation, using so many missiles, bombers, and subs so that we would have no choice but to totally annihilate them? [One minute and thirty seconds to impact.] General, you are listening to a machine. Do the world a favor and don't act like one.

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Because I didn't see it anywhere on here, I present the complete list of nuclear war scenarios Joshua runs through in WarGames (1983) before concluding "the only winning move is not to play". The list comes from an alternatehistory.com thread and preserves all the film's typos.

U.S. FIRST STRIKE

USSR FIRST STRIKE

NATO / WARSAW PACT

FAR EAST STRATEGY

US USSR ESCALATION

MIDDLE EAST WAR

USSR CHINA ATTACK

INDIA PAKISTAN WAR

MEDITERRANEAN WAR

HONGKONG VARIANT

SEATO DECAPITATING

CUBAN PROVOCATION

ATLANTIC HEAVY

CUBAN PARAMILITARY

NICARAGUAN PREEMPTIVE

PACIFIC TERRITORIAL

BURMESE THEATERWIDE

TURKISH DECOY

ARGENTINA ESCALATION

ICELAND MAXIMUM

ARABIAN THEATERWIDE

U.S. SUBVERSION

AUSTRALIAN MANEUVER

SUDAN SURPRISE

NATO TERRITORIAL

ZAIRE ALLIANCE

ICELAND INCIDENT

ENGLISH ESCALATION

MIDDLE EAST HEAVY

MEXICAN TAKEOVER

CHAD ALERT

SAUDI MANEUVER

AFRICAN TERRITORIAL

ETHIOPIAN ESCALATION

TURKISH HEAVY

NATO INCURSION

U.S. DEFENSE

CAMBODIAN HEAVY

PACT MEDIUM

ARCTIC MINIMAL

MEXICAN DOMESTIC

TAIWAN THEATERWIDE

PACIFIC MANEUVER

PORTUGAL REVOLUTION

ALBANIAN DECOY

PALESTINIAN LOCAL

MOROCCAN MINIMAL

BAVARIAN DIVERSITY

CZECH OPTION

FRENCH ALLIANCE

ARABIAN CLANDESTINE

GABON REBELLION

NORTHERN MAXIMUM

DANISH PARAMILITARY

SEATO TAKEOVER

HAWAIIAN ESCALATION

IRANIAN MANEUVER

NATO CONTAINMENT

SWISS INCIDENT

CUBAN MINIMAL

CHAD ALERT

ICELAND ESCALATION

VIETNAMESE RETALIATIO

SYRIAN PROVOCATION

LIBYAN LOCAL

GABON TAKEOVER

ROMANIAN WAR

MIDDLE EAST OFFENSIVE

DENMARK MASSIVE

CHILE CONFRONTATION

S.AFRICAN SUBVERSION

USSR ALERT

NICARAGUAN THRUST

GREENLAND DOMESTIC

ICELAND HEAVY

KENYA OPTION

PACIFIC DEFENSE

UGANDA MAXIMUM

THAI SUBVERSION

ROMANIAN STRIKE

PAKISTAN SOVEREIGNTY

AFGHAN MISDIRECTION

ETHIOPIAN LOCAL

ITALIAN TAKEOVER

VIETNAMESE INCIDENT

ENGLISH PREEMPTIVE

DENMARK ALTERNATE

THAI CONFRONTATION

TAIWAN SURPRISE

BRAZILIAN STRIKE

VENEZUELA SUDDEN

MAYLASIAN ALERT

ISREAL DISCRETIONARY

LIBYAN ACTION

PALISTINIAN TACTICAL

NATO ALTERNATE

CYPRESS MANEUVER

EGYPT MISDIRECTION

BANGLADESH THRUST

KENYA DEFENSE

BANGLADESH CONTAINMENT

VIETNAMESE STRIKE

ALBANIAN CONTAINMENT

GABON SURPRISE

IRAQ SOVEREIGNTY

VIETNAMESE SUDDEN

LEBANON INTERDICTION

TAIWAN DOMESTIC

ALGERIAN SOVEREIGNTY

ARABIAN STRIKE

ATLANTIC SUDDEN

MONGOLIAN THRUST

POLISH DECOY

ALASKAN DISCRETIONARY

CANADIAN THRUST

ARABIAN LIGHT

S.AFRICAN DOMESTIC

TUNISIAN INCIDENT

MALAYSIAN MANEUVER

JAMAICA DECOY

MALAYSIAN MINIMAL

RUSSIAN SOVEREIGNTY

CHAD OPTION

BANGLADESH WAR

BURMESE CONTAINMENT

ASIAN THEATERWIDE

BULGARIAN CLANDESTINE

GREENLAND INCURSION

EGYPT SURGICAL

CZECH HEAVY

TAIWAN CONFRONTATION

GREENLAND MAXIMUM

UGANDA OFFENSIVE

CASPIAN DEFENSE

[chaos-the-creator]

Beep Boop Meow

my page of evil robots/ai...i need them all carnally.

[crtlover]

the many different flavors of sexy

[waackery]

Wargames 2 is kind of the worst movie but they should date for the lols

[paig-does-it]

finished up an old sketch i had lying around. how do we like it fellas

[advancedessence]

WarGames (1983)