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Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game

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Re: Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game

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Not just Finland, Liero was big in Estonia, too! I remember I got Liero on a floppy disk from a friend early 00's and ran it on my Win98. Good ol' days. Terep2 was another great game.

It was played in Norway too. My younger brothers played it a lot.

Sweden as well, me and my friends played it frequently to distract ourselves in CS class.

Re: Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game

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I've played Noita (https://noitagame.com/) for quite a bit, and lately it clicked to me, that the core mechanics of the player and environment come from Liero. Though Noita is a single player rouge-lite, it has wands instead of guns, but environment is destructible, and explosions work the same.

It's much deeper, both in mechanics and in lore, it has actual levels with progressions, but I was curious why did I enjoy that game so much. Turns out, I spent a ton of time playing its predecessors with my friends :)

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Liero is part of the Finnish shareware game scene that lasted from early 90s to mid 00s [1]. These games are super nostalgic for me and a lot of other tech minded Finns of my age! [1] https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_suomalaisista_sharewa...

Liero dominated my high school computer lab in Sydney, Australia. Such great times. Still adore this game.

Re: Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game

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post #26

Liero is part of the Finnish shareware game scene that lasted from early 90s to mid 00s [1]. These games are super nostalgic for me and a lot of other tech minded Finns of my age! [1] https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_suomalaisista_sharewa...

Liero dominated my high school computer lab in Sydney, Australia. Such great times. Still adore this game.

We played it in Canada in programming class as well.

Re: Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game

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post #61
post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was played in Norway too. My younger brothers played it a lot.

Sweden as well, me and my friends played it frequently to distract ourselves in CS class.

What school did you go to? We played this _a lot_ at Norra Real, Stockholm XD

Re: Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game

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Fantastic game. One of my favorite multiplayer experiences, besides San Andreas, classic UT/Q3 and some Tron based lightcycle game that was basically fast 3d multiplayer snake.

GLtron maybe? We had a blast playing it with friends in the early 2000s. Splitscreen 4-player mayhem!

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post #26

Liero is part of the Finnish shareware game scene that lasted from early 90s to mid 00s [1]. These games are super nostalgic for me and a lot of other tech minded Finns of my age! [1] https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_suomalaisista_sharewa...

It was a hit in our Czech school as well. Son of a diplomat posted in Finland brought it back here.

Re: Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game

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post #64

I'm a fan of artillery games. I created Gravity Wars (based on previous art) - artillery in space where planets pull projectiles with gravity: https://github.com/whyboris/Gravity-Wars

For a minute there I thought I was going be thanking you for the Amiga version, which I have fond memories of from... well, far too long ago!

Re: Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game

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post #58
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Liero is part of the Finnish shareware game scene that lasted from early 90s to mid 00s [1]. These games are super nostalgic for me and a lot of other tech minded Finns of my age! [1] https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_suomalaisista_sharewa...

Happy to see my own game “Oikeutta Eläimille” in this list. I made it in turbo pascal in about 1 week, uploaded it to a BBS and it started to spread. Then pretty soon I saw it mentioned on TV and that totally blew my 16 year old mind. I can make something and the world will react to what I make? Cool!

This is what got me interested in this gig in the first place. I am still yet to create something the world will react to, but whatever, I am enjoying the journey anyways
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