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Although, this does cause the more skilled players to more easily keep their advantage.

I like how the game rewards the best players with more money so they can improve their arsenal.

In addition to having the typical artillery features like power/angle shooting, wind, and destructive landscapes, the game introduced several features that were previously unseen in the genre, and new features were added with each additional release.

I can beat the game playing against the weakest AI. I do not own this game, but I have played it a lot. I played the game many times alone in my parent's basement and really enjoyed it. Numerous artillery games that were inspired by Scorched Earth include Atomic Tanks, Nasty Armoured Tanks of War, xscorch, and Scorched 3D.In the early 1990s, my mother got me a copy of Tank Wars version 2.5 at a shareware swap.

In a 2005 interview, Wendell Hicken said that he talked to several publishers about developing a new official sequel.

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Wolf said in his book The Video Game Explosion that this is 'probably one of the best loved PC shareware games', as a popular early multiplayer ' hot seat' game. The magazine concluded that the game was 'a bargain for its modest' $10 price. the most playable and addictive', with 'quite good' SVGA graphics. New to this version were lasers, SuperMags, and some scenery.Ĭomputer Gaming World in 1993 called Scorched Earth 'the most configurable artillery game I have come across. Purchasing the registered version allowed the player to use the triple-turreted tank as well as removing the shareware reminders.

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In 1.5, the registration feature was removed and instead, only a shareware version was released freely while the registered version could be obtained through a mail order only. The final version of 1.50 was released in 1995. Nearly one year later, in 1992, version 1.2 was released which includes a new death animation and Synchronous firing mode. Also in 1.1, a modem icon was added with the intention of including some form of net play in a following version, however, this feature was never implemented. In version 1.1, more weapons were added, such as Napalm, Smoke Tracers, and Liquid Dirt as well as Joystick support and two new death animations among other things. Starting with 1.0 in 1991, the game became shareware and is graphically what became Scorched Earth. It is not as feature-rich and contains some different AI class names, such as 'Rifleman' and 'Twanger' (which may have been changed, as they are also AI class names in the slightly earlier artillery game, Tank Wars). Public versions include 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.5, which was released in 1995.Īlthough 1.0B looks graphically similar to the later versions, in-game, its menus are completely different. If the player-controlled tanks are destroyed before the others, the AI-controlled players continue to battle each other, turning Scorched Earth into a zero-player game. A broad range of differently skilled player types is available. The game can be played against up to nine other human players and/or computer-controlled ones. As the player advances in the game, they can afford more and more powerful weapons, as can their opponents. Walls may have a bouncing effect, wrap-around, or no effect, as may the ceiling. Projectiles can be manipulated in their flight-path by wind, shields and guidance systems, and sometimes have partially random effects. A variety of utilities, such as deflector shields, recharge batteries, and tank parachutes, make it much harder to score a kill with a single hit even with the more bizarre and advanced weapons, adding another dimension to the game's tactics.

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A tank which is covered with dirt has to shoot itself free and may get damaged in the process one which falls from too high a level may be destroyed.

In addition to conventional warheads, there is also ordnance such as napalm, wildly bouncing bombs, and earth weapons - allowing the player to dump dirt on other tanks or to remove ground from beneath them. All weapons can be upgraded with tracers which allow the player to more accurately adjust the trajectory on their next turn. The weapons range from small missile rounds to MIRV warheads to high-yield nuclear weapons.