I thought it must have been one of rhe more complete and detailed games available on the vic 20 in the early 80s.

Map of the world, anti missile destruction, you name it, it had a whole lot if gaming features, very impressive for a vic 20 ;-).  It came as a cartridge so maybe it had a ram expansion in it hehe.

I believe the game you are talking about is called "Computer War" by Thorn EMI (who should a thing or two about war but that's a discussion for another day). The cartridge looks like this:



And the packaging make the War Games connection clear:



Screenshots:




It's a great game and if you want to give it a try you can download it here. Last but not least, if you have an interest in the VIC-20 then you should check out Denial VIC-20. It is to the VIC-20 as 128 Alive! is to the 128.

LOL well that's exactly it.  And I'm not in denial of my vic 20 no way... *secretly clicks the link above* ;-)  my problem right now is should I joine denial vic 20 or vic 20 anonymous?

Hello, my name is MystikShadows and I've been using since it first came out.  It all started back in .... (consciensously spares the gory details of lifeless life lol).  etc etc...but there's no anonymous groups anywhere around here. maybe I should start one LOL.