by Colin Smith
Around 1984 the tension between nuclear superpowers must have been really palpable, and we can see the signs of that in popular culture, in movies
like Testament, The Day After, Threads and even in the small world of Spectrum adventuring: in fact in 1984 we have two almost identical games on the same topic, I Will Survive! and the one considered in this review: Ground Zero. The situation: a nuclear explosion is imminent, and so you must find or create a shelter in order to survive, while people and military are going berserk. I like the topic and - I probably mentioned this previously - the lack of fairies, elves, dwarves, orcs and wizards, and the game is playable, so this is a good one to me.
With a fatal flaw, unluckily: there's a hidden/invisible cupboard somewhere, no "examine" or "search" can make it appear, and not knowing this makes it impossible to find an object needed to finish the game. Nonetheless 3/5.
