With the arsenal you bought, you would then move on out to the playing field, a rocky surface that gave very little leeway for forward movement. Scorched Earth offered up literally hundreds of weapons that you could buy in ludicrous quantities with the money given to you at the game's outset. Pocket Tanks more easily relates to a more recent but just as crude strategy title called Scorched Earth, one of the very earliest PC one-man destructo-machine man-o-war games. The newest member of this vein of strategy games wherein you must set the strength and velocity of your weapon launch in order to score a direct hit on your opponent is Pocket Tanks (Blitwise, 2001).

If you thought instantly of Worms when you read those two words, push the Back button in your browser now, because you're at the sign that says ''You Must Be This Old-Skool To Ride This Ride.'' This game's very oldest pappy was programmed in a strange archaic computer language called QBASIC (I can see all you young whippersnappers scratchin' yer heads in confusion) and focused solely on the epic struggle of two gorillas on top of a bland cityscape who had only one weapon with which to duel: explosive bananas. Yes, back when Cosby was everyone's paradigm of humor and people took you totally seriously when you did things like say ''Gag me with a spoon'' or bust out with the Safety Dance. You may not realize it, but this game has been around in some form or another since (you won't believe this) (you just won't) (I swear it on my life) the 80s. This game's very oldest pappy was programmed in a strange archaic computer language called QBASIC (I can see all you young whippersnappers scratchin' yer heads i.' 'You may not realize it, but this game has been around in some form or another since (you won't believe this) (you just won't) (I swear it on my life) the 80s.

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