Credit this for getting me interested in programming when I discovered I could edit the bas file in a text editor and add a multiplier to the explosion radius to make atomic gorillas
Random factoid: artillery games can trace their lineage all the way back to ENIAC in 1945 which was tasked with calculating artillery firing tables for the US army. Then there is a large gap in knowledge: we know people played versions of these games on mainframes before they eventually made their way to the first 8-bit computers but all that early lore is pretty much lost to time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artillery_video_games#List
bobimg
We thought this was so neat back in the day. Then we discovered Scorched Earth and thats the last time I played Gorillas.
BusterWinkmeyer
Core memory unlocked. Sooo much time wasted and much fun.
ImMrDC
One of the first games i ever played - I knew how to boot this from a floppy at 5 years old. This and Hocus Pocus.
beigepurple
I remember this :o
Shaddak
45/60 ftw
peterbozeman
I was a Tank Wars man, myself.
aShogunNamedMarcus
Tank Wars walked so that Scorched Earth could run :)
aShogunNamedMarcus
Credit this for getting me interested in programming when I discovered I could edit the bas file in a text editor and add a multiplier to the explosion radius to make atomic gorillas
aShogunNamedMarcus
woah and you can even get at the code in the archive.org version:
AcidZebra
Random factoid: artillery games can trace their lineage all the way back to ENIAC in 1945 which was tasked with calculating artillery firing tables for the US army. Then there is a large gap in knowledge: we know people played versions of these games on mainframes before they eventually made their way to the first 8-bit computers but all that early lore is pretty much lost to time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artillery_video_games#List
BaronHansVonPumpkin
That's awesome, thank you!