====== Earth Scorchers ======

**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 - **//Artillery//**.
  * 1979 - **//Shoot//**. For the [[wp>Compucolor]]. Date might be wrong.
  * 1983 - **//Artillery Duel//**.
  * 1987 - **//ballerburg//**. Now {{tagpage>open-source}} and ported to lots of {{tagpage>operating-system|OS}}es.
  * 1990 - **//Bang! Bang!//**
  * 1990 - **//QShips//**. [[BASIC]] game that came with [[gmt>Microsoft Game Shop]].
  * 1991 - **//Gorillas//**.
  * 1991 - **//[[Scorched Earth]]//**.
  * 1993 - **//Scorched Tanks//**.
  * 1994 - **//Worms//**.
  * 1995 - **//Destruct//**. A game within //[[Tyrian]]//, accessed by typing 'destruct' on the main menu.
  * 1996 - **//Cannonball//**. A game within //カービィのおもちゃ箱//((Kirby's Toy Box)).
  * 1996 - **//Death Tank//** - A bonus game within the [[sega_saturn|Saturn]] port of //Powerslave//.
  * 1997 - **//Death Tank Zwei//** - A bonus game within the [[sega_saturn|Saturn]] port of //Duke Nukem 3D//.
  * 2000 - **//castles//**.
  * 2000 - **//XScorch//**
  * 2000 - **//Hogs of War//** - 3-D
  * 2001 - **//Scorched 3D//**.
  * 2001 - **//Pocket Tanks//**.
  * 2002--11 - **//Warmux//**
  * 2003 - **//Ballerburg: Castle Chaos//**
  * 2003--10 - **//ATanks//**
  * 2004 - **//Sentinels//**.
  * 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>form genre multiplayer recommendations videogames}}