Scorched3D 37 - A 3D remake of the popular 2D artillery game Scorched Earth.

[Gordon Darling]

Scorched3D 37 - A 3D remake of the popular 2D artillery game Scorched Earth.

About:
Scorched3D is a cross-platform 3D remake of the popular 2D artillery game
Scorched Earth. Scorched3D can be played against the computer, other
players, and remotely across the Internet or LAN.

Changes:
This release adds landscapes which are very different between rounds, trees
and waves, a free market economy, a new game GUI, compatibility fixes for
Radeon graphics cards, onboard sound cards, and Intel graphics cards, and
many more fixes and features.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/scorched3d/

Homepage: http://www.scorched3d.co.uk
Tar/GZ:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/scorched3d/42498/url_tgz/Scorched3D-37-src.tar.gz
Zip:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/scorched3d/42498/url_zip/Scorched3D-37-src.zip
RPM package:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/scorched3d/42498/url_rpm/Scorched3D-37-i386.rpm
BSD Ports URL:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/scorched3d/42498/url_bsdport/scorched3d-devel

Regards
Gordon

 

[Incredulous]

Scorched3D 37 - A 3D remake of the popular 2D artillery game Scorched Earth.

About:
Scorched3D is a cross-platform 3D remake of the popular 2D artillery game
Scorched Earth. Scorched3D can be played against the computer, other
players, and remotely across the Internet or LAN.

Is that really ~31 megabytes?!

Sheesh...

 

[Gordon Darling]

Is that really ~31 megabytes?!

Sheesh...

Haven't tried it myself but probably right. The landscapes would take up
most of it. Friend of mine just bought a Windows game (can't remember the
name) that came on THREE DVDs.

Regards
Gordon

 

[John Corliss]

Is that really ~31 megabytes?!
Sheesh...

The zip download is 18.6 mb. Installed (unzipped) it requires either
49.3 mb or 63.5 mb depending on how you define mb. The game is kinda
frustrating because the computer "bots" are so slow. Also, every shot
has to either be almost straight up and down, or parallel to the
horizon. It's very hard to be as precise with your aim as you want to
be. Acquiring a proper view angle is somewhat confusing, but works
once you get the hang of it. The graphics are pretty nice and it's a
good way to kill some time.

I mainly liked the fact that it doesn't seem to require installation.

 

[|3iff //ullins]

the computer "bots" are so slow

time to throw out your 286 and upgrade.

--
"John Corliss is a sick human being. We shouldn't hate him, we
shouldn't make fun of him, we shouldn't treat him as a pariah or a
net.idiot--above all, we shouldn't flame him. We should reach out to
him as a brother, with love and compassion, and operate on his brain."

- Gene Ward Smith