Diplomacy (1984 video game)

Diplomacy is a 1984 video game based on a classical board game Diplomacy. It falls in the category of a turn-based, strategy, war game. It was programed by Tony Smith, with Alexander Martin and Nicole Baikaloff doing the graphics.

Publication

Avalon Hill released a computer game version of Diplomacy in 1984 for the IBM PC.

Reception

Family Computing praised how the computer does the bookkeeping for the player, in an advantage over the board game.
PC Magazine found the game easier and more fun to play than the board game and that the game moves faster.
Robert Alonso for Electronic Games considered it an improvement over the board game, and commented that its "excellence and potential longevity is sure to please any strategy game lover."
In 1990 Computer Gaming World gave the game four out of five stars, stating that despite the weak computer opponents the presence of the board game's mechanics was sufficient for a favorable recommendation. In 1993 the magazine gave it three stars.