the 1985 commodore 64 game theatre europe was a strategy game with a contemporary setting, being a depiction of the tensions and possible war between nato and the warsaw pact nations.
there was a nuclear option in the game, though it would be considered an immediate loss to use it. using it, though, was an interesting process: a phone number would appear on screen, and a thirty second timer. you had to call the number in real life, which would play a recorded message saying “if you really want to go through with this, the password is midnight sun”, with background noise of people screaming in agony and babies crying. then you’d have to get back to the computer and input the code before the timer ran out
