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1	[[quoteright:258:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GenderWars258_756.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:258:''[[TagLine The ultimate arcade strategy.]]''\
3	''[[TagLine The final battle of the sexes.]]'']]
4	''Gender Wars'' is an isometric strategy game developed by The 8th Day and released in 1996.
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6	After eons of fighting between the genders, men and women have broken into separate factions, each using genetic engineering to create new followers, and waging terrible war upon each other.
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8	Upon selecting the side you wish to play (depicted as either clueless blondes who can't drive, or beer-swigging lazy oafs), you select a team of 4 for your missions, arm them up with guns and other assorted weaponry, and wreak havoc on the 'enemy' in this isometric ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}''-like game.
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10	Progress through the levels to the final conflict, collecting tanks and other assorted 'powerups' along the way, and watching the humourous cutscenes as you go.
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12	!!''Gender Wars'' provides examples of:
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14	* BottomlessMagazines: The warriors under your command will never run out of bullets.
15	* DoesNotLikeMen: The women's side will naturally hate men with a passion.
16	* DoubleStandard: In a game about men versus women, this trope is going to come up. Most of the humor is that ''everyone'' is a [[AllStereotypeCast negative stereotype]].
17	* EverythingFades: Dead bodies fade out after a few seconds, while the pool of blood follows them a second later.
18	* HeManWomanHater: The men's side will naturally hate women with a passion.
19	* HollywoodHacking: Some missions are about infecting the communication network computers with spyware, through sending your troops to manually insert encrypted cards containing said spyware, while fighting through a bunch of guards and technicians, with a bonus objective being to loot a decoding card from a senior technician's body. One would expect the enemy to just create an all-new communications network in response instead of continuing to use something so obviously compromised, but it apparently works.
20	* {{Irony}}: The ending. [[spoiler: Regardless who wins, eventually a rebellion consisting of both genders overthrows them within a year]].
21	* MadeOfExplodium: Even things like the solar panel arrays will still go boom after being riddled with bullets by a squad of your troops for a few seconds.
22	* ShoutOut: The armors worn by the men and the women are similar to that one from ''Franchise/MegaMan''.
23	* WeakTurretGun: The turret structures here go down after one hit from the explosive weapons.

Context VideoGame / GenderWars