Mindfighter

Mindfighter is a text adventure game developed by British studio Abstract Concepts and published by Activision in 1988 for the Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and the ZX Spectrum computers.The premise of the game is a prophecy by Nostradamus that at the end of the 20th century there would be a major world war, beginning somewhere in the Middle East.The game was produced at a time of escalating violence in the Persian Gulf due to the Iran–Iraq War.[2] The year is 1988 and Robin, an 11-year-old boy with unusual psychic powers, has awoken from a long sleep among the ruins of his former home in Southampton, which has been devastated by a nuclear war.The package includes a 160-page book, Mindfighter by Anna Popkess, which lays out the background of the story, and provides hints for play.
Mark WilkinsonDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)ActivisionDesigner(s)Fergus McNeillPlatform(s)Amstrad CPCAmstrad PCWAtari STCommodore 64MS-DOSZX SpectrumGenre(s)Interactive fictionSingle-playertext adventureNostradamusMiddle EastPersian GulfIran–Iraq WarpsychicSouthamptonnuclear warBritainultra-rightistYour SinclairSinclair UserInteractive Fiction Database