''The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' is a 1991 video game based on the 1988

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novel of the same name. It was developed by

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and published by

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for

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and

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Gameplay

''The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' is a global management simulation.

Reception

Allen L. Greenberg reviewed the game for ''

Computer Gaming World ''Computer Gaming World'' (CGW) was an American Video game journalism, computer game magazine that was published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 199 ...

'', and stated that "''The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' is an unconventional game to learn. If it is possible to imagine an office overseer examining bar graphs, studying trends and rapidly making decisions on the fly, one can easily imagine the flow of game play in ''Cardinal''. Fans of Tom Clancy's novel will find that the programmers have made a genuine effort to convert the book to a game, which is by no means completely marred by the program's less than sterling presentation. ''Cardinal'' is also recommended for those who have always wanted to rule the world by the power of red tape rather than pure destruction." In a 1994 survey of wargames, ''

'' gave the title one-plus stars out of five, stating that it "utilized intensive bar graphs as a replacement for action and entertainment". In 1996, ''Computer Gaming World'' declared ''Cardinal of the Kremlin'' the 36th-worst computer game ever released.

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* 1991 video games Accolade, Inc. games Amiga games Capstone Software games Cold War video games DOS games Government simulation video games IntraCorp games Single-player video games Tom Clancy games Video games based on novels Video games developed in the United States Video games set in the Soviet Union {{Videogame-stub