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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: hypernova on July 02, 2006, 11:02:17 pm
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Back years ago...probably 13 or so, we had a Macintosh. At some point along the line, we downloaded a game. It was so simplistic and extremely addictive, especially since it could potentially have 10 players. (I think...maybe 8 was the max, but I'm somewhat sure it was 10. Heck, you could have 5 players, each controlling two setups.)
Anyway, the setup was fairly simple. It was a 2D picture of a hill. I *think* you could alter the layout of the hill prior to each round by changing one or two variables. (That I'm not so sure about, but it seems familiar.)
On this hill, you could have up to 10 players (see above) that were situated at equal distances from each other and were unable to move from these spots. These players were represented by "cannons." What they resembled was a semicircle, and a small rectangle that was the "cannon." Two variables could be changed for the cannon arm itself. The angle, and distance. All players also had a "health" meter.
(The order from here on is a bit hazy, but it should be fairly accurate.) Prior to each shot, you were permitted to purchase whatever artillery you wanted. Some options were a tri-shot, a gas cloud, a large shot, and different size bombs, up to a nuclear blast. (Those are the ones that I still remember.) The game progressed as so: Each player, one by one, chose a certain ammunition, and then adjusted their angle and distance, aiming at any other player they wished. After all players had made their choices, the game played out that shot sequence. It showed each player's shot one by one. (I can't remember if the effects of the shot were immediate, or took effect after all shots were done.) The winner was the lone "cannon" standing after however many rounds it took to eliminate all other cannons.
One of the funnier aspects of the game was when your health was so low, you couldn't do anything except blow yourself up on purpose.
Seeing as how this was on the Macintosh, it's almost certain it was made for Windows first. Please, SOMEONE tell me they recognize my description. This was such a fun game to play with others.
*I wouldn't be surprised if there were different versions of this. Old, new, whatever you got, let me know them all!
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Scorched Earth. Or thats the DOS version I used to play.
http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?gameid=1984
Can download it there. Enjoy :) Very fun game.
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The Mother of All Games!
www.scorch2000.com
Nice little on-line version of it, there's almost always a few people playing.
You can also google it, you'll find a million different versions of it. Damn I love that game.
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Your definately thinking of scorched earth, lots of free versions of it around. Another fun game that is similar to that are the worms games. The newer ones are in 3d and I haven't tried them, but I used to love the older 2d versions, worms 2 and worms armageddon.
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The version on the Mac I remember was in color, and there weren't any powerups to be able to move.
Guess I got some searching to do.
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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 :).
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Artillery Dual on the Atari 2600, the only decent game xonox ever made. ;D
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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
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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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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.
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.