History VideoGame / ShadowPresident

* ColdWar: The primary scenario in the game starts near the close of the titular war. Russia is still referred to as the Soviet Union, however, and are just as armed to the teeth with nukes as you are. Even if you fired every missile at your disposal at them, they would still be able to send back a crippling retaliatory strike. In fact, in any armed conflict you engage in throughout the world, the Soviet Union will almost certainly be assisting your enemy.

*** Even the UI disapproves of such an action, especially if you drop several hundred or thousand nukes on the country: after selecting to commence preparations for the strike, the UI just says "[[{{Understatement Bad idea]]."

** Invading UsefulNotes/TheFalklandIslands [[TheFalklandsWar (British Territory)]] and succeeding in conquering it may cause England to execute a [[NukeEm Nuclear Strike]] on the island in desperation.

** Invading TheFalklandIslands [[TheFalklandsWar (British Territory)]] and succeeding in conquering it may cause England to execute a [[NukeEm Nuclear Strike]] on the island in desperation.

[[caption-width-right:262:The "simulation" of presidential world power. (Without the checks and balances to worry about).]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: [[NukeEm Nuclear strikes]] are probably not the best way to end wars or solve problems, and there is a good chance that you will get nuked too.

->''I hope you know what you're doing...''

->''[[I hope you know what you're doing...]]''

** Attacking a nation who lacks nuclear strike capability using your own [[NukeEm nuclear strike(s)]] will cause pretty much the highest amount of condemnation from world nations. Even worse, you set a possible precedent for the liberal (read: reckless) use of nuclear weapons.

** Nuke the sweet bejezus out of a small country with [[WhatTheHellPlayer no nuclear strike capability]].

''Shadow President'' is a "Geopolitical Simulation" game, released in 1994, designed by Robert Antonick. The game's scenario is based loosely around the early 1990's and the Cold War. Also, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait is another scenario included in the game that runs parallel to the main Cold War scenario. The game is somewhat like a [[TextAdventure grapical text adventure.]]

* ArtificialStupidity: The Soviet Union seems to have a "hair trigger" in certain game instances, nuking a country for seemingly implausible reasons. For example, allowing Iraq to conquer Saudi Arabia has a chance of causing this reaction from the USSR; the USSR executes a nuclear strike against Saudi Arabia, likely starting a continental thermonuclear war between itself and Europe.

* ArtificialStupidity: What might the Soviet Union decide to do if Iraq decides to conquer Saudi Arabia? NukeEm, even if that means irradiating the precious oil supply in the region. It is even more funny when another nation retaliates with their own nuke(s) and gets nuked back by the Soviet Union. Maybe they are very afraid of Iraq actually becoming a superpower? This does not happen every game however.

* CurbStopBattle: There are at least two ways to pull this off:

To make a long story short, some of your options/objectives are to maintain the budget of the United States, deal with diplomatic crisis's, send foreign aid optimally, and fight wars as necessary. Of course, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you don't have to be benevolent if you don't feel like it]] and can try your hand at expansionism, such as attempting a take-over of the Americas, or drop some [[ForTheEvulz nukes]] on a few countries, but beware of your approval rating dropping too far or you likely will be [[YouKeepUsingThatWord Impeached]] or even assassinated.

* ArtificialStupidity: What does the Soviet Union decide to do if Iraq decides to conquer Saudi Arabia? NukeEm, even if that means irradiating the precious oil supply in the region. It is even more funny when another nation retaliates with their own nuke(s) and gets nuked back by the Soviet Union. Maybe they are very afraid of Iraq actually becoming a superpower?