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WildZeppelin
09-01-2005, 11:56 PM
Does anyone remember an old game called Tank Wars? It came out right around the late 80s early 90s. You could have up to 10 human or computer players, and the very simple environment was randomly generated. It was only green terrain in a more or less hilly 2D pattern. There were settings where you could have rebounding walls, and incredible windspeeds. The idea was to lob shells or by other means kill the other tanks and be the last survivor. I remember everything about this game if it isn't enough to go on as to how I can find it. My browser searches only yielded a headache with no results.

Koen
10-01-2005, 12:01 AM
You don't mean Scorch??? :blink:

WildZeppelin
10-01-2005, 12:15 AM
Nope. The computer generated opponents had names like, Mr. Stupid, Rifleman, Windless Wit, Lobberman... You could get inertial dampers to keep you from dying if someone used a worm-shell (these would eat the ground out from under the tanks and make them fall, only there was no specific direction that where the shell fell was where the ground would go away) And there were different size nukes. When the tanks blew, sometimes they'd go quietly, and sometimes they'd blow up as big as the biggest nukes. Your method of attack was simple. You'd have to set your angle and power, and lob your shells at your enemy like canons. Else you had weapons like lasers, where the power meant distance and effectiveness. In rebound mode, you could bounce your shots off walls and get them that way.

Eagle of Fire
10-01-2005, 03:42 AM
Definitly Scorched Lands, altough there been so many versions of that game that I can't count them.

WildZeppelin
10-01-2005, 04:01 AM
I found scorched earth on a few sites, and it's not the one. I could post the one that I found that I'm sure it is, but I haven't done anything like that here yet, and I'm not too sure of the rules behind it. It's well worth trying if you feel like getting addicted to the best game of 1992 (which is when I think it came out).

cleidophoros
10-01-2005, 11:04 AM
i know the game. and where to download it. will send you the link.

Bottle of Jack
10-01-2005, 11:29 AM
I know it by Scorch also. It names computer tanks with the same names you described.

Data
10-01-2005, 11:38 AM
tank wars is a nice game. especially the boss mode. I probably have it some where. Might be an adition the website