The Third World War

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The Third World War
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Micronet (JP), Extreme Entertainment Group (US)
Developer:
Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart
Genre: Simulation

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
JP
¥7,8007,800 T-22034
Sega Mega-CD
US
T-22025

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The Third World War (ザ・サード ワールド ウォー) is a Sega Mega-CD strategy game.

Bignet/Micronet planned a Sega Mega Drive version of Third World War for release in December 1992. It was later shown at Winter CES 1992[1].

Magazine articles

Main article: The Third World War/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Game Players (US) #0705: "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (1994-0x-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
74 №32, p166
78 №22
85 №20, p70/71[3]
72 №20, p38/39
81 №10, p34/35/36
83 №29, p52/53
55 №54, p56
73 №32, p46
Sega Mega-CD
75
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
50
[4]
Consoles + (FR)
74
[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
58
[6]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[7]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
74
[8]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[9]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
60
[10]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-U
80
[11]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC
55
[12]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
62
[13]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
72
[14]
Mega Power (UK) NTSC-U
81
[15]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
83
[16]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
85
[3]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
55
[17]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
73
[18]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
69
[19]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
72
[20]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
60
[21]
Sega Mega-CD
68
Based on
19 reviews

The Third World War

Mega-CD, US
ThirdWorldWar MCD US Box Back.jpgThirdWorldWar MCD US Box Front.jpg
Cover
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Disc
Thirdworldwar mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, JP
ThirdWorldWar MCD JP Box Back.jpgThirdWorldWar MCD JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
TheThirdWorldWar MCD JP Spinecard.JPG
Spinecard
TheThirdWorldWar MCD JP Disc.jpg
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega-CD
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
461,114,304 CD (JP) T-22034

References