Old DOS game - Scorched Earth

[Lonhro]

I remember playing it waaaay back in the early 90's. I have found a downloadable version but unfortunately when the .exe file starts, the res on my computer shifts to something worse than 800x600 (which is fine) but the display is just a crapload of vertical lines and moving colours.

Has anyone got either a) an idea of how to fix this or b) a version that actually works? Have been dying to play this game again for ages now.

[nsdjoe]

Try finding a program called DosBox. I think I've used it before to play old DOS games, possibly including SE.

Amazing game btw.

[Paul B.]

Oh man I loved that game.

[Slow Play Ray]

wow i think that's the first time i saw "DOS" and initially had no idea what it meant. times, they are a-changin...

[SamIAm]

You should check-out this web page that lets me search for other web pages. It's awesome.

I found Scorched Earth 2000. It's java based, so it plays in your browser, but it has full online multiplayer support (with AI enemies if you want). At 8:30AM EST, there are 5 players online, so it seems to have a decent user-base, even if the last time the code was updated was 2004.
-Sam

[CrazyEyez]

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You should check-out this web page that lets me search for other web pages. It's awesome.

I found Scorched Earth 2000. It's java based, so it plays in your browser, but it has full online multiplayer support (with AI enemies if you want). At 8:30AM EST, there are 5 players online, so it seems to have a decent user-base, even if the last time the code was updated was 2004.
-Sam

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It's not letting me connect. I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] this game.

[Lonhro]

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It's not letting me connect. I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] this game.

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I also don't know how to connect with other players. Thanks for finding this version, although I am aware of Google, this wasn't what I was after - but close enough.

[CrazyEyez]

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It's not letting me connect. I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] this game.

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I also don't know how to connect with other players. Thanks for finding this version, although I am aware of Google, this wasn't what I was after - but close enough.

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Can you play it at all? Just against cpu? I try to register a user name but it says "can't connect to server."

[cbloom]

Why don't you just play "Worms" which is like the same but 100x better?

[SleeperHE]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosbox

I recommend downloading the D-fend frontend as well...