Tech notes, bookmarks, and misc. notes

Saturday, March 09, 2002

Some links on Scorched Earch (an artillery, strategy based, classic DOS game from the early 1990s):

Current download location: http://www.classicgaming.com/scorch/(official)
Google (Open Directory) listing
Original download location: http://tower.itis.com/scorch (from the 1.5 README; no longer functional)
Author: Wendell Hicken
Reviews:

MobyGames
GoodDays
Games Domain review of version 1.5
Classic Trash

Clones (3d, multiplayer, Java, etc.)

Burnt Planet
Scorched Island 3D: 3 dimension clone for Linux / Windows
Scorched Earth 3D (Tank Wars 3D)
Review: Scorched Earth 2000 is Applet version of the game. See also their links page for a list of similar projects. It appears to have been out for at least two years.
xscorch (X11)
KOTH (X11)
Linux Scorched Terrareth (Looks as though development has stopped)
Related Games (general artillery games):

Tank Wars (also here) / Bob
Howitzer
GravWars
Worms/Worms2
Warheads SE takes place on several planets, each with its own unique gravity.
PocketTanks (Win32, 2001)
Willy the Beer Varmit's War
Gorilla for QBasic. See also a general QBasic site
Zee Artillery
Tykkipeli Artillery Duel/Scorched Earth-type game for Linux

Artillery Duel: PalmOS clone
Artillery: Artillery is a clone of the old Amiga game Scorched Earth for the Psion Revo and 5mx handheld computers.

Search keywords: 2d, artillery, game, classic, DOS, tank, tanks and then the names of related games

posted by j 3/09/2002 05:57:00 PM