particular. Modifications Users can modify texture, sound, localization, etc. files that are found in the game's program files. The source code is available for purchase, but its distributed version is modified to be incompatible with official binaries. The purchase link used to be available on Introversion's official store, however the website has been redesigned in September 2016 and the link now can only be found in archived copy. A mod forum is available on the official forums, and a user-made list (open domain) was listed on the official website before it was redesigned. Reception DEFCON received "favourable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. 1UP.com said, "This just may be the finest piece of 'budgetware' ever produced, with every bit as much to offer strategywise as RTS games three times its cost," praising the "elementary" interface and calling the strategic depth "enormous." 1UP also praised the visuals, calling it "one of the best-looking PC games all year." Edge said DEFCON was "worth it for the presentation alone." Eurogamer commented that it was "the least ambitious of Introversion's games in terms of design," and "its limitations are ones of the game's basic scope," while praising DEFCON "as pure and direct a game as its inspiration." The editors of Computer Games Magazine presented DEFCON with their 2006 "Best Budget Game" award. It was a runner-up for their list of the year's top 10 computer games. It also won PC Gamer USs 2006 "Best Indie Game" award. A study by the Concordia University asked participants about nuclear war, including how likely they thought one could happen or if they could survive one, and divided them into two groups: one that played DEFCON and the other that read articles about nuclear weapons. After asking the questions again, the study concluded that those who played DEFCON were less likely to believe that they would survive a nuclear war, but also less likely to believe one could happen. Game community As of August 2021, the biggest DEFCON online gaming community is maintained on the instant messaging platform Discord. See also WarGames (video game) Balance of Power (video game) NUKEMAP References External links Product home page "Everybody Dies in DEFCON", (The Escapist review/interview) Interview with Chris Delay, programmer of DEFCON 2006 video games Anti-war video games Cold War video games Linux games MacOS games Real-time strategy video games Windows games Indie video games Introversion Software games