Control is given to a NORAD supercomputer known as WOPR (War Operation Plan Response, pronounced "whopper"), or Joshua, programmed to continuously run war simulations and learn over time.

Is there any documentation of the specs (processor speed, memory, etc...) for the WOPR super computer in the 1983 film War Games? I was watching the movie tonight and I was curious as to how "Joshua" compared to modern computers.

May 21, 2016 · In the film, all of the United States nuclear launch capabilities is given to a computer called “Joshua” or WOPR, which stands for War Operation Plan Response. It is programmed to consistently run military simulations to concoct the best plan of an attack if nuclear retaliation is needed.

Joshua (formal designation: WOPR for War Operation Plan Response) is the main antagonist of the 1983 political sci-fi thriller film WarGames. It is a super-computer system gifted with artificial intelligence, which was created and developed by the scientist Dr. Stephen Falken, who named it Joshua after his son who had died at an early age.

Nov 6, 2024 · In 1983's 'WarGames,' a teenage hacker accidentally connects to a military supercomputer that mistakes his gaming for Soviet aggression, nearly triggering World War III. But what was this apocalyptic AI's name?

WarGames is a 1983 American science fiction thriller teen movie starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy and directed by John Badham. The movie follows a computer hacker named David Lightman (Broderick) who breaks into a NORAD war games simulation computer that he thinks is really the computer for a computer game company.

Jan 30, 2025 · The name of the computer in the movie "WarGames" is Joshua. Joshua is an Artificial Intelligence program designed to predict possible outcomes of nuclear war scenarios.

Wargames Movie Simulator by Andy Glenn, originally written in BASIC, and later re-written/converted to C. Both the BASIC and C versions are included in this project. It simulates the IMSAI 8080, WOPR and other Computer Systems from the Wargames Movie, 1983, featuring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy.

Wargames WOPR Computer Simulation. WOPR is a War Operation Plan Response super computer. Anyone familiar with the 1983 WarGames Movie knows this. In the movie: While attempting to hack into a computer game company. David Lightman unknowingly hacks into a system which doesn't identify itself.

Aug 26, 2023 · I've been asked to help reverse engineer the WOPR computer prop from the movie War Games. I started with a ton of screen caps, and roughed out the dimensions. The hard work is now in getting all the details in and creating a set of drawings the client can use to build a replica out of MDF.