Kevin Bunch (ubersaurus) @atariarchive.org 路 Jul 5 Players input the parameters of the match on a teletype, and the plotter draws the landscape and the cannons. You then take turns firing at each other and the plotter draws out each shot, color coded for each player. Score a hit, and it even draws an explosion!
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I wonder if this is why tracer rounds were a thing in Scorched Earth, or if that was just coincidence (given that relatively few people would have ever been able to play potshot). this is so cool!
The orbital version is extremely fascinating to see as well, as it follows the actual physics of trying to hit another object in orbit; effectively you need to fire the opposite direction! To my knowledge no artillery game has ever tried to recreate this one as no one knew about it for decades.
when I saw this post yesterday I wanted to say it sounded like Tanks and looking at this I guess that is kinda what it is
I know it's a long shot but is the BASIC code for either version of the game, or even snippets of that code, available anywhere?