Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic)
Release date: Oct 9, 2014
Developers: MicroProse Software, Inc
Publishers: Atari, Nightdive Studios
Genres: Adventure, Simulation
Categories: Single-player, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English

Sid Meier's Covert Action - A Techno-Thriller From the Case Files of Max Remington. In the 1990's our national nightmares are haunted by wild-eyed political extremists, greedy and ruthless drug lords, and lunatic military dictators. For too long we have felt powerless to stop them. But now, award-winning game designer Sid Meier takes us around the globe with super-spy Max Remington to challenge these threats and neutralize their shadowy schemes of terrorism, smuggling and extortion. A seasoned veteran of modern, hi-tech undercover operations, Remington always obeys the two main rules of Covert Action: 1. Use your intelligence. 2. If Rule one fails, use your other weapons. Game Features: Intelligence: Recognize Faces, Break Codes, Unravel plots and sub-plots to determine how sub-plots fit together in the larger scheme, Decide which leads to follow, which to ignore Weapons: Guns, Fragmentation grenades, Stun grenades, Remote-control bombs, Tear gas World travel: 3 Continents, 50 cities Variety: Work for CIA, Mossad(Israeli), MI5 (British), Unlimited number of cases to solve Realism:Crucial decisions international agents face every day, cases based on today's headlines. 

Press reviews: “Complexity of gameplay has become synonymous with the Microprose name, something that Covert Action has bountiful supplies of. The choice of options provide a depth of play rarely seen. A choice of four skill levels, three mission areas (Middle East, Europe of the Americas), three basic crime-orientations (espionage, international crime or terrorism) and over a dozen of enemy operatives (at least half a dozen of which will be involved with each crime), Covert Action is a game that will take many hours of play to successfully complete.” 90 – ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) “Apart from a fairly simplistic look, practically everything is up to the high-class standards expected from MicroProse, and it's only after really spending some time with it that you can come to appreciate the work involved.” 88 – The One