Risk (1988 video game)

This article is about the 1988 game. For the Windows version, see Risk (1996 video game).

Risk is a turn-based strategy video game based on the board game of the same name.

Risk
Developer(s)	Gang of Five Sculptured Software Runecraft Zoë Mode
Publisher(s)	Virgin Interactive Parker Brothers Electronic Arts Ubisoft
Platform(s)	Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, BlackBerry, Commodore 64, DOS, iOS, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Sega Genesis, Windows Mobile, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Release	Commodore 64 EU: 1988 Mac OS NA: 1989 Amiga EU: 1990 Sega Genesis NA: 1994 Microsoft Windows NA: January 1997[1] PlayStation EU: December 1997 NA: May 31, 1998 Windows Mobile NA: February 28, 2009 BlackBerry NA: August 20, 2009 iOS NA: July 16, 2010 PlayStation 4 & Xbox One WW: February 3, 2015 PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 WW: April 29, 2015
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The player can select as many as five computer opponents. The player can play either the British or American version of the game, including the extra armies cards.^[2]

Reception

Computer Gaming World stated that while the computer version offered the convenience of an automated opponent for solitary players, the board game would likely be more fun for most because they would not have to crowd around the computer, which could not easily display the entire world at once.^[3]

The game was reviewed in 1990 in Dragon #156 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.^[2]