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Scorched Earth: The Mother of All Games

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Re: Scorched Earth: The Mother of All Games

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Post by Markoff »

While I liked playing it with my cousin I fail to see how is game from 1991 "the mother of all games" when I enjoyed playing plenty other games already in 80s. Also as for the games from 1991 I enjoyed Crystal Caves much more playing it in father's work.

Btw. I find Worms much more enjoyable/funnier, though it's pretty much same concept.

edit: same year was also released Lemmings, which blows graphics/UI of this out of water, SE feels like 80's, Lemmings at least 5-10 years younger, while both were released same year

Re: Scorched Earth: The Mother of All Games

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Post by Markoff »

mst wrote: post #7

OMG OMG OMG squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee If you haven't played this, throw them a dollar, play it, then once you realise what utter brilliance it is send them more money to taste. The only thing whose dueling ridiculosity is on a similar level of amazing is the early Worms games.

Yeah, first Worms games were much more fun than SE, from what I remember even the SE UI was mess compared to Worms/Lemmings UI/graphics.

Re: Scorched Earth: The Mother of All Games

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Post by Sin2x »

Markoff wrote: post #21

While I liked playing it with my cousin I fail to see how is game from 1991 "the mother of all games" when I enjoyed playing plenty other games already in 80s. Also as for the games from 1991 I enjoyed Crystal Caves much more playing it in father's work. Btw. I find Worms much more enjoyable/funnier, though it's pretty much same concept. edit: same year was also released Lemmings, which blows graphics/UI of this out…

It's like in "The Mother of All Bombs"

Re: Scorched Earth: The Mother of All Games

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Post by Markoff »

8f2ab37a-ed6c wrote: post #12
qbasic_forever wrote: post #9

I love the aesthetic of VGA DOS games like this.

Yes! I wonder what it is. The color palette? The limited audio palette? The spartan UX?

I would say lot of DOS programs and games were just using cold temperature colors, so it has specific 80/90s cold feel, I think later they started to get warmer and warmer.

Re: Scorched Earth: The Mother of All Games

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Post by anigbrowl »

int_19h wrote: post #20

There was a similar game for DOS at around the same time called "Tank Wars", except that one was written for VGA 320x200x256 graphics. I wonder how many people remember it. https://dosgames.com/game/tank-wars/

I do! Loved it. My favorite tactic was dropping a dirt bomb and watching my enemies nuke themselves.

Re: Scorched Earth: The Mother of All Games

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Post by Markoff »

Sin2x wrote: post #27
Markoff wrote: post #21

While I liked playing it with my cousin I fail to see how is game from 1991 "the mother of all games" when I enjoyed playing plenty other games already in 80s. Also as for the games from 1991 I enjoyed Crystal Caves much more playing it in father's work. Btw. I find Worms much more enjoyable/funnier, though it's pretty much same concept. edit: same year was also released Lemmings, which blows graphics/UI of this out…

It's like in "The Mother of All Bombs"

yeah, but I guess those were first of the kind or biggest at time of release, don't think this has anything that unique to deserve this nickname

for instance they released same year also Lemmings which has much better UI and feels much more revolutionary and many years younger than SE

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