Scorched Earth is a strategy developed by Wendell Hicken, released 31 December 1991 on DOS.
What Scorched Earth is
Scorched Earth is a strategy game developed by Wendell Hicken and released in 1991. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Blast your enemies from the face of the Earth together with Earth itself. Buy bigger weapons to crush more enemies. Get more money for crushing more enemies. And finaly buy a much more bigger weapons to crush even more enemies. Scorched Earth is an early classic shareware artillery game that featured hot-seat multiplayer for up to 10 players, and was the spiritual predecessor to games like the Worms series.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are warfare. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 10 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Scorched Earth launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2 and Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.
Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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