
Due to limitations in QBasic, Ryland moved the series over to Turbo Pascal where further incarnations of the game were created, including: Extreme Warfare 2, Extreme Warfare 2000, Extreme Warfare 2001, Extreme Warfare 2002, Extreme Warfare 5000, Extreme Warfare 6000, Extreme Warfare 7500, and Extreme Warfare 9000.Įach version of the game was an upgrade of the previous and continually built on the ideas of booking matches and running the business side of a professional wrestling promotion. This game was a simple simulator, where one could decide what matches were to take place and who was going to win them but also involved some simple financial elements, such as the wages of wrestlers.

The first Extreme Warfare on the PC (now called Extreme Warfare 1) was programmed in 1995 in QBasic. Due to complexity and set up time it was decided a computer format would be more suitable. Games in the series Classic Extreme Warfare Īdam Ryland originally developed Extreme Warfare as a collectible card game with a wrestling theme.
