Artillery (computer game)
Artillery game is the general name for a (mostly turn-based ) multiplayer computer game in which players have two or more artillery positions , i.e. H. Operate tanks , cannons or the like in order to hit units of other players via a ballistic trajectory and ultimately defeat them. Artillery was also the name of the first graphic implementation of the genre on the Apple II from 1980. In 1976, the magazine Creative Computing published what was probably the first representative that was still text-based . As of MS-DOS 5.0, the Artillery game was on every PCGorillas included.
The opposing sides are usually separated from each other by a hilly landscape or something similar. The projectiles therefore not only have to hit the enemy, but also overcome these obstacles by adjusting the firing angle and firepower . Sometimes the wind direction and strength must also be taken into account.
List of "Artillery" computer games
- Artillery (1976)
- Stone Sling (1981)
- Artillery Duel (1983, Xonox )
- Tank Wars (1986)
- Ballerburg (1987, 2001)
- Bang! Bang! (1990)
- Gorillas (1990)
- Scorched Earth (1991)
- Worms (since 1995)
- Front pigs (2000)
- Pocket tanks
- Scorched 3D (2001)
- Warmux , formerly Wormux (from 2002)
- Space Tanks (2003)
- Hedgewars (from 2004)
- Gunbound (2005)
- Angry Birds (since 2009)
Individual evidence
- ^ Matt Barton: A History of the Artillery Game http://www.armchairarcade.com/aamain/content.php?article.51
Web links
- Artillery Clones at MobyGames (English)