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((Short description|1991 video game))
((refimprove|date=August 2021))
((Infobox video game
| title = Scorched Earth
| image = Scorched Earth logo.png
| image_size = 250px
| developer = Wendell Hicken
| publisher =

| released = 1991
| genre = [[Artillery game]]<ref name=mobygames>((cite web | title = MobyGames Summary for Scorched Earth | publisher =[[MobyGames]] | url =http://www.mobygames.com/game/scorched-earth | accessdate =December 31, 2007 ))</ref>
| modes = [[Single player]], [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]] ([[Hotseat (multiplayer mode)|Hotseat]])
| platforms = [[MS-DOS]]
))
'''''Scorched Earth''''' is a [[shareware]] [[artillery game|artillery video game]]. It was released for [[MS-DOS]] in 1991, originally written by Wendell Hicken using [[Borland C++]] and [[Turbo Assembler]].<ref>"[http://whicken.com/scorch/faq.html#Tools Tools section]" of the ''Scorched Earth'' FAQ</ref> Players control [[tank]]s to do [[Turn-based strategy|turn-based]] battle in two-dimensional terrain, adjusting the angle and power of each tank turret before each shot.

==Gameplay==
''Scorched Earth'' is one of many games in the genre of "turn-based [[Artillery game|artillery]] games". Such games are among the earliest computer games, with versions existing for mainframes with only teletype output. ''Scorched Earth'', with a plethora of weapon types and power-ups, is considered the modern archetype of its format.

The game has a wide variety of customization options from gravity, wind, money, meteorite showers, and a similarly large pool of different [[payload]]s, allowing for a large amount of entirely different situations.

The AI players can display text messages before firing, such as "I shall smash your ugly tank!" and before dying, such as "Join the army, see the world they said".
[[File:Scorched Earth gameplay.png|thumb|Gameplay in ''Scorched Earth'']]

The weapons range from small missile rounds to [[MIRV]] warheads to high-yield nuclear weapons. All weapons can be upgraded with [[Tracer ammunition|tracers]] which allow the player to more accurately adjust the [[trajectory]] on their next turn. In addition to conventional warheads, there is also ordnance such as [[napalm]], wildly bouncing bombs, and earth weapons - allowing the player to dump dirt on other tanks or to remove ground from beneath them. A tank which is covered with dirt has to shoot itself free and may get damaged in the process; one which falls from too high a level may be destroyed. A variety of utilities, such as deflector shields, recharge batteries, and tank [[parachute]]s, make it much harder to score a kill with a single hit even with the more bizarre and advanced weapons, adding another dimension to the game's tactics.

Projectiles can be manipulated in their flight-path by [[wind]], shields and guidance systems, and sometimes have partially random effects. Walls may have a bouncing effect, [[wraparound (video games)|wrap-around]], or no effect, as may the ceiling. As the player advances in the game, they can afford more and more powerful weapons, as can their opponents.

The game can be played against up to nine other human players and/or computer-controlled ones. A broad range of differently skilled player types is available. If the player-controlled tanks are destroyed before the others, the AI-controlled players continue to battle each other, turning Scorched Earth into a [[zero-player game]].

==History==
[[File:Scorched1.0B.jpg|thumb|Earliest known version of ''Scorched Earth'' (1.0b), with the developer's screen name "Sprig".]]
[[File:Scorched Earth title screen.png|thumb|right|The final version of ''Scorched Earth'', 1.5]]
The earliest version is 1.0b. Public versions include 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.5, which was released in [[1995 in video gaming|1995]].

Although 1.0B looks graphically similar to the later versions, in-game, its menus are completely different. It is not as [[feature-rich]] and contains some different AI class names, such as "Rifleman" and "Twanger" (which may have been changed, as they are also AI class names in the slightly earlier artillery game, ''Tank Wars'').

Starting with 1.0 in 1991, the game became [[shareware]] and is graphically what became ''Scorched Earth''.

In version 1.1, more weapons were added, such as Napalm, Smoke Tracers, and Liquid Dirt as well as Joystick support and two new death animations among other things. Also in 1.1, a modem icon was added with the intention of including some form of net play in a following version, however, this feature was never implemented.

Nearly one year later, in 1992, version 1.2 was released which includes a new death animation and Synchronous firing mode. The final version of 1.50 was released in 1995. In 1.5, the registration feature was removed and instead, only a shareware version was released freely while the registered version could be obtained through a mail order only. Purchasing the registered version allowed the player to use the triple-turreted tank as well as removing the shareware reminders. New to this version were lasers, SuperMags, and some scenery.

==Reception==
''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' in 1993 called ''Scorched Earth'' "the most configurable artillery game I have come across ... the most playable and addictive", with "quite good" [[Super VGA|SVGA]] graphics. The magazine concluded that the game was "a bargain for its modest" $10 price.<ref name="miller199309">((cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=110 | title=Applying A Little Strategy | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=September 1993 | accessdate=July 30, 2014 | author=Miller, Chuck | pages=76))</ref>

In 2008, Mark J. P. Wolf said in his book ''The Video Game Explosion'' that this is "probably one of the best loved PC shareware games", as a popular early multiplayer "[[Hotseat (multiplayer mode)|hot seat]]" game.<ref>((Cite book|last=Wolf|first=Mark J. P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiM0ntMybNwC&dq=%22scorched+earth%22+1991+%22video+game%22&pg=PA153|title=The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to Playstation and Beyond|date=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-33868-7|pages=153|language=en))</ref>

==Legacy==
In a 2005 interview, Wendell Hicken said that he talked to several publishers about developing a new official sequel.<ref name=":0">((Cite web|last=Fisher|first=Ken|date=March 31, 2005|title=An interview with the creator of Scorched Earth, Wendell T. Hicken|url=https://arstechnica.com/features/2005/03/scorched/|access-date=August 26, 2021|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us))</ref> Numerous [[artillery game]]s that were inspired by ''Scorched Earth'' include ''Atomic Tanks'', ''Charred Dirt'', ''Nasty Armoured Tanks of War'', ''xscorch'', ''Blast Doors'', and ''[[Scorched 3D]]''.<ref>((cite web | url=http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/02/12/scorched3d.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821122037/http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/02/12/scorched3d.html | archive-date=August 21, 2006 | title=Inside Scorched 3D | website=Linux Dev Center | first=Howard | last=Wen | date=February 12, 2004 | access-date=March 6, 2022))</ref>

== References ==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
* ((Official website|http://whicken.com/scorch))

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