List of artillery video games

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This is a list of artillery games , sorted chronologically. Information regarding date of release, developer, platform, setting and notability is provided when available.

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Legend

Video game platforms
AMI Amiga
AMI32 Amiga CD32
APPII Apple II
ATR26 Atari 2600
BROW Browser game
C64 Commodore 64
CLV ColecoVision
CROSS Cross-platform
DC Dreamcast
DOS MS-DOS
DS Nintendo DS
GB Game Boy
GBA Game Boy Advance
GBC Game Boy Color
GCN GameCube
GEN Genesis / Mega Drive
JAG Jaguar
LIN Linux
MAC Mac
MAIN Mainframe computer
MOBI Mobile phone
N64 Nintendo 64
NGE N-Gage
ODY2 Magnavox Odyssey²
OSX macOS / OS X
PPC Pocket PC
PS1 PlayStation / PSone
PS2 PlayStation 2
PS3 PlayStation 3
PS4 PlayStation 4
PSP PlayStation Portable
SAT Sega Saturn
SNES Super NES / Super Famicom
ST Atari ST
UNIX Unix
Wii Wii
WIN Microsoft Windows
WIN3X Windows 3.x
X360 Xbox 360
XBLA Xbox Live Arcade
XBOX Xbox
XOne Xbox One
ZX ZX Spectrum
  
  

List

YearGameDeveloperPlatformNotes
1970?Artillery (a.k.a. Super Artillery) ?Tektronix 4050Graphical artillery game for Tektronix 4050 series computers.
1972 War 3 (a.k.a. Artillery 3)Mike FormanMAIN, Intel 8080, MOS Technology 6502, Zilog Z80 Original written in FOCAL Mod V (date unknown). TSS-8 BASIC IV port by M. E. Lyon Jr., 1972. HP Time-Shared BASIC port by Brian West, 1975. Microsoft BASIC port published by Creative Computing, 1979.
1976Secret baseSEGAArcade [1] A secret bunker within a mountain. You control planes (hi/lo) which can bomb the place in diagonals. The side of bombing changes when the planes passes the middle of the screen.The goal is to dig the mountain with bombs, so the underground facility of missiles detonate. loads of similarity with the future "Worms" game, but much more real time bombing.
1979 Human Cannonball Atari, Inc. ATR26
1980?ArtilleryunknownAPPIINo date or name. 2-player game. Hi-res. Triangular mountain.
1980?ArtilleryRick LongbrakeAPPIINo date. 1-player game. Lo-res. Broken version on Computers Etc., Games Vol 1. Working version found in RI Apple Group archive.
1980Artillery SimulatorB. GoodsonAPPIIGoodson version dated 10/1/80. No date or credit on earlier version that asks for bags of gunpowder instead of force.
1980?BallisticsunknownAPPIINo date or name. Adaption of early Artillery Simulator for joystick control.
1980Super ArtilleryGreg Stein, Rainy City SoftwareAPPIIMICRO, August 1980, $20 mail order.
1981 Stone Sling Philips ODY2
1982Artillery PracticeJack KenneAPPII1-player game. Inspired by Bally Artillery game in August 1982 Creative Computing by John W. Rhodes. Draws rough terrain instead of a single hill.
1983 Artillery Duel Xonox ATR26, C64, CLV, VIC20
1983 Tank Trax Amoeba Software ZX
1986 Tank Wars Cody SniderVarious
1987 Ballerburg Eckhard KruseST
1988 Gravity Wars Ed BartzAMI, DOS, MAC
1991 Gorillas Microsoft DOSExample program for QBasic. [2]
1991 Scorched Earth Wendell HickenDOS
1993 Scorched Tanks Michael WelchAMI
1994CharrMichael BoehAMIAn innovative Artillery clone (Public Domain) for up to eight players, with adjustable difficulty, various protective shields, nice sound effects and especially many varied special projectiles. Downloadable via Aminet ('CHARR100.lha') or oldgamesfinder.com
1995 Worms Team17 AMI, AMI32, DOS, GB, GEN, JAG, MAC, PS1, SAT, SNES
1995 Worms Reinforcements Team17 AMIExpansion to Worms .
1996 Death Tank Ezra DreisbachSATMini-game in PowerSlave .
1996 Death Tank Zwei Ezra DreisbachSATMini-game in Duke Nukem 3D .
1996 Worms & Reinforcements United Team17 AMIRerelease of Worms and Worms Reinforcements .
1997 MoleZ FRACTiLE DOS
1997 Worms: The Director's Cut Team17 AMIEnhanced remake of Worms .
1997 Worms 2 Team17 WINSequel to Worms .
1998 Liero Joosa RiekkinenDOS
1999 Worms Armageddon Team17 DC, GBC, N64, PS1, WIN
2000 Hogs of War Infogrames PS1, WIN
2001 Pocket Tanks Blitwise OSX, WIN
2001 Scorched 3D Gavin CampLIN, OSX, UNIX, WIN
2001 Ballerburg: Castle Siege Ascaron WIN, PS1
2001 Worms World Party Team17 DC, GBA, NGE, PPC, PS1, WINSequel to Worms Armageddon .
2003 Atomic Cannon Isotope 244 MAC, WIN
2003 Worms 3D Team17 GCN, MAC, PS2, WIN, XboxSequel to Worms 2 .
2003 Space Tanks YawThrust Software Labs WIN
2004 Snails PDAmill PPC
2004 Worms Forts: Under Siege Team17 MOBI, PS2, WIN, Xbox
2005 GunBound softnyx WIN
2005 Worms 4: Mayhem Team17 PS2, WIN, XboxSequel to Worms 3D .
2006 Gusanos Mario CarbajalCROSS Liero clone.
2006 Worms: Open Warfare Team17 DS, PSP
2007 Chick Chick Boom Extra Toxic BROW
2007 Crazy Penguin Catapult Sumea WIN, IOS
2007 Worms Team17 XBLA
2007 Worms: Open Warfare 2 Team17 DS, PSPSequel to Worms: Open Warfare .
2008 Gravity Wars Boris YakubchikBROW, LIN, WIN
2008 Worms: A Space Oddity Team17 Wii
2009 Death Tank Snowblind Studios XBLA
2009 Incoming! JV Games Wii
2009 Worms 2: Armageddon Team17 X360, PS3
2010 Worms Reloaded Team17 WIN, MACPC port of Worms 2: Armageddon
2010 Worms: Battle Islands Team17 Wii, PSP
2011 Worms Ultimate Mayhem Team17 WIN, X360, PS3re-release of Worms 4: Mayhem .
2012 Worms Revolution Team17 WIN, X360, PS3
2013 Worms 3 Team17 IOS, AND, OSX
2013 Worms Clan Wars Team17 WIN, OSX, LIN
2014 Worms Battlegrounds Team17 PS4, XONE
2015 Worms 4 Team17 IOS, AND
2015 ShellShock Live kChamp GamesWIN, MAC, LIN, XOne, PS42D online multiplayer artillery game inspired by Scorched Earth .
2016 Worms W.M.D Team17 CROSS

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