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Loved playing Worms as a kid, not so much Liero. But before Worms, it was really Scorched Earth[0] that got me introduced to the genre. And with which I must ha
by rixrax 3y ago
Loved playing Worms as a kid, not so much Liero. But before Worms, it was really Scorched Earth[0] that got me introduced to the genre. And with which I must have spent untold hours.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_Earth_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_Earth_(video_game)
- ohfoydoyd 3y agoall the neighborhood kids used to crowd into my neighbor jeff's dad's office for scorched earth. a half dozen preteens around a 486 having a blast... gorilla.bas was a nice stand in for when we were at school
- aidos 3y agoI loved Scorched Earth! Don’t know anyone else who ever played it.
- imperialdrive 3y agoPlayed A-LOT of it :)
- antoniuschan99 3y agome too! Together with Ski free and star control
- rkagerer 3y agoAh, Star Control II still ranks as an all-time favorite.
- thesuperbigfrog 3y agoStar Control II lives on as "The Ur-Quan Masters": "The project started in August 2002, when Toys For Bob released the partially ported sources of Star Control 2 3DO version to the fan community. Our goal is to port this wonderful game to current personal computers and operating systems. It is and will remain 100% free of charge, and anyone can contribute to the project and thus help make it even better. For more information, look at our info page." https://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php https://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php Works on most modern operating systems and even has community add-ons and remixes.
- c2h5oh 3y agoIt's still easily in my top5 most played games of all time
- bemmu 3y agoI can instantly recall the strange beeper sound effects of some of the powerful weapons that would blast multicolored noise everywhere.
- devilbunny 3y agoPlayed a lot of Scorched Earth, both single- and multi-player.
- gagagaga7 3y agoLoved scorched earth as a kid!
- madaxe_again 3y agoWe had seriously limited options at my boarding school until we figured out how to root the machines and get quake and GTA running with serial cables… gorilla.bas all the way. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_(video_game) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_(video_game)
- imjonse 3y agoScorched Earth was a nice upgrade from GORILLA.BAS :)
- yardstick 3y agoThe best part of GORILLAS.BAS was how easy it was to explore, and crucially, mod. Some of my first programming experiences were tweaking it to change how the throws work, damage, etc. Super basic stuff but a wonderful gateway into the world of development. It’s a shame there’s nothing as dead simple as that these days. Minecraft I guess is closest? But imo not comparable due to the closed nature and complexity.
- bondarchuk 3y agoThere was a flash game called Tanks that looks a lot like Scorched Earth, AI was bugged in that it would purchase better weapons but never actually use them, tons of fun to play against others though.