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High Frontier

TitleHigh Frontier
First release1987
DeveloperSoftware Studios
PublisherActivision
PlatformsCommodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Genresstrategy video game, turn-based strategy video game

Cold War era strategy involves managing the Strategic Defense Initiative to intercept Soviet missile attacks. Using an icon control system across six distinct screens, players oversee research, budgets, and personnel. You must track existing satellites and analyze vague espionage data to activate timely defenses before a final command determines the outcome.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sources
REG-Vault (c64/high-frontier) · last updated 2026-09-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0
REG-Vault (zxspectrum/high-frontier) · last updated 2026-10-05 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0
Image credits
Box art, Screenshots, Logos (9): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Activision · internal use only. REG-Vault page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos (5): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Activision · internal use only.
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Videos
High Frontier: Commodore 64
Dr Quarks Lepton · Commodore 64 version · gameplay · 7:03auto-matched
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High Frontier (Commodore 64 / Gameplay #2103)
Renaldo Lo Muto · Commodore 64 version · gameplay · 4:05auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-28 18:42 UTC
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