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What was this game called, and is it still available somehow?

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Jawadali:

I had a similar game for my old 386 PC. It was called Tank Wars. I've never played Scorched Earth, but it seems like exactly the same concept, so Tank Wars may have been somewhat of a clone.

The hills were green and the tanks were different colors (Red, Green, Blue, etc.). As for the weapons, you had to buy them before the match, and then before you had a chance to shoot, you selected which one you wanted to use (Chain Reaction, 20 kiloton nuke, 5 megaton nuke, etc.).

Here it is (although my version had black menus):

http://www.students.dsu.edu/shearerp/tank_wars.htm

There is even a download link. Boy was that game fun :).

Circo:

Artillery Dual on the Atari 2600, the only decent game xonox ever made.  ;D

MYX:

Yeah, I remember it being called artillery. There were some levels that had lighter gravity, some with reflective borders.
You could buy nukes and all sorts of stuff. Great fun. Was better with 2 players. I had an ok version of it on my palm a few years ago. But it never was as good as the DOS version.


Scary, It is the real life game that the North Koreans are playing right now. Sorry for the off shoot. But it is in it's simplest form true to life.  :P

hypernova:

None of the actual scorched earth versions were right.

The one I remember on the Mac was alot cleaner looking.  The hills were smoother, the cannon base was smaller and rounder, and the arm wasn't as thick, and alot easier to see what the angle looked like.  Basically, it incorporated more pixels/inch.  That Tank Wars seems to resemble it a bit more.  And I'm certain there wasn't an option to have movable tanks.  Their positions were fixed, unless someone took out the ground beneath you.

Jawadali:


--- Quote from: hypernova on July 05, 2006, 05:46:10 pm ---None of the actual scorched earth versions were right.

The one I remember on the Mac was alot cleaner looking.  The hills were smoother, the cannon base was smaller and rounder, and the arm wasn't as thick, and alot easier to see what the angle looked like.  Basically, it incorporated more pixels/inch.  That Tank Wars seems to resemble it a bit more.  And I'm certain there wasn't an option to have movable tanks.  Their positions were fixed, unless someone took out the ground beneath you.

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That sounds exactly like Tank Wars (no moving tanks, but if someone took out hte land under you, you fell and took some damage). However, I was recollecting the PC/DOS version, so the Mac version may have varied slightly.

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