Editing WarGames (section)

== Related media ==
===Novelization===
A novelization of the film was written by [[David Bischoff]].

=== Sequel ===
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In November 2006, pre-production began on a sequel, titled ''WarGames: The Dead Code''. It was directed by Stuart Gillard, and starred [[Matt Lanter]] as a hacker named Will Farmer facing off with a government supercomputer called RIPLEY.<ref>{{cite web |title=WarGames 2 Casting |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/09/war-games-2-casting |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725210139/http://movies.ign.com/articles/744/744962p1.html |archive-date=July 25, 2012 |access-date=November 9, 2006 |work=Stax |publisher=IGN}}</ref> MGM released the sequel directly to DVD on July 29, 2008, along with the 25th Anniversary Edition DVD of ''WarGames''. To promote the sequel, the original film returned to selected theaters as a one-night-only 25th-anniversary event on July 24, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 24, 2008 |title=WarGames 25th Anniversary |url=https://www.fathomevents.com/sci-fiandhorror/event/war_games_25th.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103235619/http://www.fathomevents.com/about/ |archive-date=November 3, 2010 |access-date=December 22, 2010 |publisher=NCM Fathom}}</ref>

=== Video games ===
A video game, ''[[WarGames (video game)|WarGames]]'', was released for the [[ColecoVision]] in 1983 and ported to the [[Atari 8-bit computers]] and [[Commodore 64]] in 1984. It played similarly to the NORAD side of the "Global Thermonuclear War" game, where the United States had to be defended from a Soviet strike by placing bases and weapons at strategic points. ''[[WarGames: Defcon 1]]'', a real-time strategy game only loosely related to the film, was released for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] and PC in 1998.

A game inspired by the film, called "Computer War" from [[Thorn EMI]], in which the player must track and shoot down [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s, as well as crack a computer code, was released for the Atari 8-bit, [[TI-99/4A]], and [[VIC-20]] in 1984. The same year, Australian developer Gameworx released ''Thermonuclear Wargames'', an illustrated text adventure in which the player must stop a NORDAD computer called M.A.S.T.A. from initiating World War III.

The film also inspired the [[Introversion Software|Introversion]] game [[DEFCON (video game)|''DEFCON'']] (2006).<ref>{{cite web |author=Delay, Chris |title=Detonating Introversion's Defcon |url=https://www.introversion.co.uk//exposure/interview_gamedev_2.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630234814/http://www.introversion.co.uk/defcon/exposure/interview_gamedev_2.jpg |archive-date=June 30, 2010 |access-date=June 2, 2009 |publisher=Game Developer Magazine}}</ref>

[[Be-Rad Entertainment]] released a [[tile-matching video game]], "WarGames: WOPR", for [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] devices in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=WarGames: WOPR for iOS |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wargames-wopr/id528382306 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620003934/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wargames-wopr/id528382306 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 20, 2012 |website=[[iTunes]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WarGames: WOPR for Android |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.berad.wargames}}</ref>

=== Interactive series ===
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An [[interactive media]] reboot of ''WarGames'' was announced by MGM in 2015, with [[Interlude (interactive video)|Interlude]] serving as its co-production company. The project was described as an "audience-driven story experience", with anticipated launch in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=October 13, 2015 |title=MGM Rebooting 'WarGames' as Interactive Video Experience (Exclusive) |newspaper=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/wargames-interactive-video-mgm-interlude-1201616666/}}</ref> In March 2016, [[Sam Barlow (game designer)|Sam Barlow]] announced he had joined Interlude and would be serving as a creative lead in the series, on the basis of his work from his video game, "[[Her Story (video game)|Her Story]]", which required the player to piece together a mystery based on a series of video clips.<ref>{{cite web |last=Martens |first=Todd |date=March 15, 2016 |title='Her Story' creator to tackle interactive reboot of 'WarGames' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-her-story-creator-tackle-interactive-reboot-of-war-games-20160315-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Interlude rebranded itself as Eko in December 2016, and the six-episode series was released in March 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=December 6, 2017 |title='WarGames' Interactive Series from Sam Barlow Sets Early 2018 Release Date |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/wargames-interactive-sam-barlow-eko-mgm-release-date-1202631934/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=February 9, 2018 |title=WarGames gets rebooted as an interactive hacking TV show |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/9/16992840/wargames-interactive-tv-show-sam-barlow}}</ref>