======Earth Scorchers====== **Earth Scorchers**---AKA: Artillery Games, AKA: Assault By Battery---are //[[game: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 - //[[game:Artillery]]//. * 1983 - //[[game:Artillery Duel]]//. * 1987 - //[[game:Ballerburg]]//. Now open source and ported to lots of OSes. * 1990 - //[[game:bang_bang|Bang! Bang!]]// * 1991 - //[[game:Scorched Earth]]//. * 1991 - //[[game:Gorillas]]//. * 1994 - //[[game:worms_series#Worms]]//. * 1995 - //[[game:tyrian#Destruct]]//. A game within //[[game:Tyrian]]//, accessed by typing 'destruct' on the main menu. * 1997 - //[[game:3-d_cannon|3-D Cannon]]//. * 2000 - //[[game:Castles]]//. * 2001 - //[[game:Scorched 3D]]//. * 2003 - //[[game:Ballerburg - Castle Chaos]]// * 2004 - //[[game:Sentinels]]//. * 2008 - //[[Tanks Battle]]//. * 2014 - //[[game:gorillas#Gorilla 2100]]// ([[http://www.kongregate.com/games/leparlon/gorilla-2100|Play online]]). * 2015 - //[[game:ShellShock Live]]//. ====See Also==== * [[wp>Chronology of Artillery video games]]. =====See Also===== * [[wp>Artillery game]].