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 ====== Earth Scorchers ======
-**Earth Scorchers**---AKA: Artillery Games, AKA: Assault By Battery---are //[[form:videogame:Scorched Earth]]// like games, IE: generally turn-based games where players must aim a cannon of some sort, taking account of wind, and the strength and angle of the shot.
+**Earth Scorchers**---AKA: Artillery Games, AKA: Assault By Battery---are //[[Scorched Earth]]//-like games, IE: generally turn-based games where players must aim a cannon of some sort, taking account of wind, and the strength and angle of the shot.
 ===== Examples =====
-  * **1976** - **//[[form:videogame:artillery]]//**.
-  * **1983** - **//[[form:videogame:artillery_duel]]//**.
+  * 1976 - **//Artillery//**.
-  * **1987** - **//[[form:videogame:ballerburg]]//**. Now open source and ported to lots of OSes.
+  * 1979 - **//Shoot//**. For the [[wp>Compucolor]]. Date might be wrong.
-  * **1990** - **//[[form:videogame:bang_bang|Bang! Bang!]]//**
+  * 1983 - **//Artillery Duel//**.
-  * **1991** - **//[[form:videogame:scorched_earth]]//**.
+  * 1987 - **//ballerburg//**. Now {{tagpage>open-source}} and ported to lots of {{tagpage>operating-system|OS}}es.
-  * **1991** - **//[[form:videogame:gorillas]]//**.
+  * 1990 - **//Bang! Bang!//**
-  * **1993** - **//[[form:videogame:scorched_tanks]]//**.
+  * 1990 - **//QShips//**. [[BASIC]] game that came with [[gmt>Microsoft Game Shop]].
-  * **1994** - **//[[form:videogame:worms_series#Worms]]//**.
+  * 1991 - **//Gorillas//**.
-  * **1995** - **//Destruct//**. A game within //[[game:Tyrian]]//, accessed by typing 'destruct' on the main menu.
+  * 1991 - **//[[Scorched Earth]]//**.
-  * **1996** - **//Cannonball//**. A game within //[[form:videogame:kirby_series#Kirby's Toy Box|カービィのおもちゃ箱]]((Kirby's Toy Box))//.
+  * 1993 - **//Scorched Tanks//**.
-  * **1996** - **//Death Tank//** - A bonus game within the [[tool:hardware:Saturn]] port of //[[form:videogame:powerslave]]//.
+  * 1994 - **//Worms//**.
-  * **1997** - **//Death Tank Zwei//** - A bonus game within the [[tool:hardware:Saturn]] port of //[[form:videogame:duke_nukem_3d]]//.
+  * 1995 - **//Destruct//**. A game within //[[Tyrian]]//, accessed by typing 'destruct' on the main menu.
-  * **2000** - **//[[form:videogame:castles]]//**.
+  * 1996 - **//Cannonball//**. A game within //カービィのおもちゃ箱//((Kirby's Toy Box)).
-  * **2001** - **//[[form:videogame:scorched_3d]]//**.
+  * 1996 - **//Death Tank//** - A bonus game within the [[sega_saturn|Saturn]] port of //Powerslave//.
-  * **2001** - **//[[form:videogame:pocket_tanks]]//**.
+  * 1997 - **//Death Tank Zwei//** - A bonus game within the [[sega_saturn|Saturn]] port of //Duke Nukem 3D//.
-  * **2002--11** - **//[[form:videogame:warmux]]//**
+  * 2000 - **//castles//**.
-  * **2003** - **//[[form:videogame:ballerburg_-_castle_chaos]]//**
+  * 2000 - **//XScorch//**
-  * **2003--10** - **//[[form:videogame:atanks]]//**
+  * 2000 - **//Hogs of War//** - 3-D
-  * **2004** - **//[[form:videogame:sentinels]]//**.
+  * 2001 - **//Scorched 3D//**.
-  * **2008** - **//[[form:videogame:tanks_battle]]//**.
+  * 2001 - **//Pocket Tanks//**.
-  * **2014** - **//[[form:videogame:gorillas#Gorilla 2100]]//** ([[http://www.kongregate.com/games/leparlon/gorilla-2100|Play online]]).
+  * 2002--11 - **//Warmux//**
-  * **2015** - **//[[form:videogame:shellshock_live]]//**.
+  * 2003 - **//Ballerburg: Castle Chaos//**
-  * **2018** - **//[[https://www.twitch.tv/meanplayer|Meanplayer]]//** - Twitch plays //Scorched Earth//.
+  * 2003--10 - **//ATanks//**
-  * **2019** - **//[[form:videogame:josies_tank|Josie's Tank]]//** ([[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1149830/Josies_Tank/|get]]).
+  * 2004 - **//Sentinels//**.
-  * **2020** - **//[[form:videogame:gorched|Gorched]]//** - [[tool:software:terminal_emulator|Terminal]]-based ([[github>zladovan/gorched|get]]).
+  * 2008 - **//Tanks Battle//**.
+  * 2009? - **//Atomic Tanks//** [[https://atanks.sourceforge.io/|get]].
+  * 2014 - **//Gorilla 2100//** [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/leparlon/gorilla-2100|Play]].
+  * 2015 - **//Shellshock Live//**.
+  * 2018 - **//[[https://www.twitch.tv/meanplayer|Meanplayer]]//** - Twitch plays //Scorched Earth//.
+  * 2019 - **//Josie's Tank//** [[steam>1149830|get]].
+  * 2020 - **//Gorched//** [[github>zladovan/gorched|get]] - [[terminal_emulator|Terminal]]-based.
+  * 2024 - **//Gorillas//** [[itch>|get]] - Port of //Gorillas// to the Playdate.
 ====See Also====
   * [[wp>Chronology of Artillery video games]].
 =====See Also=====
   * [[wp>Artillery game]].
+  * //[[Pastel Muses]]// - //[[Puzzle Bobble]]//-inspired game, but played horizontally, where your cannons shots can vary in power and are effected by gravity.
-{{tag>recommendations multiplayer genres videogames}}
+{{tag>form genre multiplayer recommendations videogames}}