Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game

Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by rixrax on Thursday December 28, 2023 @02:25PM (#38797425)

Loved playing Worms as a kid, not so much Liero. But before Worms, it was really Scorched Earth[0] that got me introduced to the genre. And with which I must have spent untold hours.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_Earth_(video_game)

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by imjonse on Thursday December 28, 2023 @02:44PM (#38797688)

Scorched Earth was a nice upgrade from GORILLA.BAS :)

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by yardstick on Thursday December 28, 2023 @03:34PM (#38798266)

The best part of GORILLAS.BAS was how easy it was to explore, and crucially, mod. Some of my first programming experiences were tweaking it to change how the throws work, damage, etc. Super basic stuff but a wonderful gateway into the world of development.

It’s a shame there’s nothing as dead simple as that these days. Minecraft I guess is closest? But imo not comparable due to the closed nature and complexity.

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by bondarchuk on Thursday December 28, 2023 @03:07PM (#38797979)

There was a flash game called Tanks that looks a lot like Scorched Earth, AI was bugged in that it would purchase better weapons but never actually use them, tons of fun to play against others though.

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by aidos on Thursday December 28, 2023 @02:29PM (#38797482)

I loved Scorched Earth! Don’t know anyone else who ever played it.

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by c2h5oh on Thursday December 28, 2023 @04:11PM (#38798674)

It's still easily in my top5 most played games of all time

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by imperialdrive on Thursday December 28, 2023 @02:37PM (#38797589)

Played A-LOT of it :)

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by antoniuschan99 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @03:16PM (#38798068)

me too! Together with Ski free and star control

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by rkagerer on Thursday December 28, 2023 @03:21PM (#38798124)

Ah, Star Control II still ranks as an all-time favorite.

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by thesuperbigfrog on Thursday December 28, 2023 @05:04PM (#38799298)

Star Control II lives on as "The Ur-Quan Masters":

"The project started in August 2002, when Toys For Bob released the partially ported sources of Star Control 2 3DO version to the fan community. Our goal is to port this wonderful game to current personal computers and operating systems. It is and will remain 100% free of charge, and anyone can contribute to the project and thus help make it even better. For more information, look at our info page."

https://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

Works on most modern operating systems and even has community add-ons and remixes.

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by bemmu on Thursday December 28, 2023 @05:28PM (#38799528)

I can instantly recall the strange beeper sound effects of some of the powerful weapons that would blast multicolored noise everywhere.

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by devilbunny on Saturday December 30, 2023 @01:17PM (#38817362)

Played a lot of Scorched Earth, both single- and multi-player.

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by ohfoydoyd on Thursday December 28, 2023 @02:28PM (#38797464)

all the neighborhood kids used to crowd into my neighbor jeff's dad's office for scorched earth. a half dozen preteens around a 486 having a blast... gorilla.bas was a nice stand in for when we were at school

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by gagagaga7 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @02:34PM (#38797558)

Loved scorched earth as a kid!

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Re:Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game by madaxe_again on Thursday December 28, 2023 @02:42PM (#38797661)

We had seriously limited options at my boarding school until we figured out how to root the machines and get quake and GTA running with serial cables… gorilla.bas all the way.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_(video_game)

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