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[–] TroublesomeTalker@feddit.uk 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Scorched Earth? Or is this the one before that?

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s Scorched Earth! Looks comically simple now but boy was that a blast.

[–] TroublesomeTalker@feddit.uk 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Man my poor pc got absolutely hammered by the giant dirt bombs and the deaths head / mirv

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I never actually played this at home. They had it on our school computers and it was a mainstay of the day.

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[–] Liempong_pagong@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

Scorched earth!

[–] binboupan@lemmy.kagura.eu 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I still play Scorched Earth with my friends while having a few beers

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[–] seiryth@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Scorched earthhhhh

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pssh, I'm not that old.

...I'm actually this old.

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[–] wagesof@links.wageoffsite.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Me too. I want to buy a vintage Packaged Bell 100ish MHZ computer one day for the shear nostalgia.

[–] SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Me, me, me! Waves hands furiously.

I used to love Scorched Earth. Now if I want that fix I play Shell Shock.

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[–] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I remember it well. The ultimate shot was called Deaths head and it destroyed half the poligon. Later versions has way more options for shooting including lasers.

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[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

If no one guesses right this will be a massive shot to my ego, which is already on life support

[–] Frodo@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I remember it very well! Played it far too much!

[–] Controllerhead@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Scorched Earth: The Mother of All Games. Die Commie Pigs!!!

[–] Niccalo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

TSAR BOMBA!

[–] SevYote@pawb.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All the computers in the Electronics lab had it installed on them; we wasted so much time playing. That was such a complete screw-off class, haha.

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[–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

Scorched Earth. Talk about a flashback. Tank Wars was another fun one.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Great game. I remember playing a lot of the successor "Scorched 3D" as well

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I think by that point I was lost to Doom

[–] randomString@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] randomString@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bingo is a totally different game

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago
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[–] AbsentApe@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If you ever feel the urge to play again, there is a phone game called Pocket Tanks. Does a great job recreating the game.

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[–] OZFive@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Loved loved Scorched Earth. The game is still fun even with it's dated graphics.

[–] scumm_boy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

I played this a LOT on the IBM PS2 computers at my highschool! We made all sorts of custom death responses. My proudest moment was only having enough money to buy a Mag Deflector before the round and then having it bounce a would-be direct MIRV strike onto a friend's tank beside me.

[–] Profilename1@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

No, but I'm pretty sure I played a flash port of it.

[–] easydnesto@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah yes.. back when the turbo button made games run faster 🫠

[–] bufordt@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The turbo button actually slowed things down, it was just labeled in reverse. The whole purpose was to allow older games that were tied to clock speed to be playable on faster CPUs.

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[–] CassowaryTom@vlemmy.net 4 points 2 years ago

My little brother and I played the hell out of it. Especially when we figured out you could change the last words that your tank says right before it blows up. We thought that was hillarious.

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[–] theroz@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Loved that game. There was a flash version, too, but I can't recall the name. I used to play both at the same time as Motherload. What a great soundtrack lol

[–] ikiru@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Where's the skiing game at?

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] everett@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Oh no! This is what I get for scrolling all the way to the bottom of the thread…

[–] AbsentApe@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago
[–] steve@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

I played so much of this game back in the day.

[–] Antik@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Scorch2000 and worms world party were staples of my childhood.

[–] ZappySnap@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

I remember playing this with my friend in the early 90s. Was such a fun little game.

[–] at_an_angle@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Never really played that. Was more into the text adventures like Zork.

[–] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I enjoyed The Wizard of Frobozz.

[–] at_an_angle@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

Hello sailor.

[–] Roggie@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think I must have a setting wrong, I’m using Mlem but I can only see the title of the post. Is there a gif or othe media attached to this?

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[–] fleabomber@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Awesome, never knew about that one. Looks like it was a blast.

https://youtu.be/B8SLHKPxw4Q

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hell yeah!! That speaker intro, flying off into the sunset... Great times.

Did you ever come across triplane turmoil? Much newer but similar spirit

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