====== 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** - **//[[Scorched Earth]]//**.
  * **1991** - **//Gorillas//**.
  * **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 online]]).
  * **2015** - **//Shellshock Live//**.
  * **2018** - **//[[https://www.twitch.tv/meanplayer|Meanplayer]]//** - Twitch plays //Scorched Earth//.
  * **2019** - **//Josie's Tank//** ([[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1149830/Josies_Tank/|get]]).
  * **2020** - **//Gorched//** - [[terminal_emulator|Terminal]]-based ([[github>zladovan/gorched|get]]).

====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.

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