''President'' is a 1987 game released by
Kevin Toms
Kevin Toms (born 22, April 1957 in Paignton) is a British video game designer who founded Addictive Games and created the original ''Football Manager'', a simulation game released in the early 1980s. It included a portrait of his bearded face on ...
for the
Amstrad CPC,
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in the Guinness ...
and
ZX Spectrum.
Gameplay
Following on from Toms' ''Football Manager'' and ''Software Star'' games, ''President'' is a game where the player takes control of a small country, and decides whether to be a dictator, or a hero. The player has to balance the wants and needs of their virtual citizens, while also balancing the books and trying to build up an army and search for oil.
Reception
''Your Sinclair'' gave the game a positive review, awarding it 7/10. Similarly, ''Sinclair User'' gave the game 4/5.
However, ''Crash'' were less favourable, only awarding it 29%.
See also
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President Elect
An ''officer-elect'' is a person who has been elected to a position but has not yet been installed. Notably, a president who has been elected but not yet installed would be referred to as a ''president-elect'' (e.g. president-elect of the Unit ...
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References
External links
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Interview where Kevin talks about President
1987 video games
Addictive Games games
Amstrad CPC games
Commodore 64 games
Government simulation video games
Single-player video games
Strategic Simulations games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
ZX Spectrum games
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