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Re: Artillery

In <1992Nov19.160031.9121@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
behrenss@hphalle6.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Soenke Behrens) writes:

>jcportwood@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu wrote:
>
>: Has any one ever heard of the game Artillery.  The last time I saw it was
>: around five years ago.  The game has two sides red/blue and you fire back and
>: forth between each other.
>
>Uhuh. I remember that, one of the first games ever written ... you had to type
>in angle and amount of powder, correct? And there was a mountain and wind
>blowing? I am positive this exists as a PD Basic version, and I am also sure
>that there is C source to this (text version) somewhere ... after all, that
>was one of the first games on Unix ;-)
>
>Soenke
The C source comes w/ ORCA/C 1.3....
I have a BASIC version, and I wish I knew what its status is.
BTW: is anyone interested in writing/having written a Scorched Earth type of
game (that is, an extended/super Artillery)? I sure would, and if I get to
my intended learning of GS graphics/assembly, I would undertake it.



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