World War III: Black Gold

World War III: Black Gold Reality Pump  JoWood released  October 18 2001  Real-time strategy  Single player, Multiplayer  Windows  CD-ROM

Requirements Keyboard and mouse World War III: Black Gold is a computer game by Reality Pump and JoWood Productions. You can play as Iraq, Russia, or the United States. You start out with a basic unit and buy shafts to pump oil which automatically turns into money which can be used to fund your war. You then build a landing zone and airport to get more advanced units and a supply depot to give your units ammunition. Then you mass up and war. There are many features like air strikes, bomber strikes, underground tunnels][, and many interesting [[campaigns.
 * Windows 95 or higher
 * Pentium II or higher
 * 64 RAM
 * Mouse
 * 3D Graphic Accelerator
 * 4x CD ROM Drive
 * Direct X 8.0
 * 800 MB hard drive

The political crisis has been growing for months. A wave of demonstrations has broken out around the world. The pieces of information released through the mass media hardly reveal half of the seriousness of the situation. And it’s all because of...

In a secret session of the Central Geological Commission it is revealed that worldwide oil stocks have plummeted to dangerously low levels. If consumption remains at current levels, oil reserves will run out within 10-15 years. This proves too short for even the most highly industrialized countries to switch their economies over to alternative energy sources. Lack of oil leads to a total crash of the world economy, transportation systems, and international banking system and, finally, ushers in a period of anarchy and chaos.

In October 2001, the drafted a resolution calling for the takeover of all world oil reserves and placed their control firmly in UN hands. The stated goal was to bring mankind out of the oil crisis with a minimum of pain.

The countries' response was to call for a Jihad or holy war and quickly began building up their arms supplies.

The UN then passed another resolution calling for the forcible capture of all oil reserves, starting with those in the Middle East. In November 2001 the first fleet hit the shores of the.

Nations
There are three playable nations, including USA, Russia, and Iraq. USA is a leading economic and military power. However, in the game, the enemy units are a formidable match. The Russians have cheaper units which aren't as good, but easier to mass. The Iraqis are weak, but have developed camouflage nets which require the usage of radar to detect.