Scorched Earth 2000 is a
java-based,
open source version of the classic "
Mother of All Games",
Scorched Earth. It was not created (or perhaps even
authorized) by original Scorch author
Wendell Hicken; it is put out by
Kaos Software.
In a time when the classic version seems to have become
abandonware, and when most of us have left the trusty
DOS platform that supported Scorched Earth so well,
Scorched Earth 2000 is, so far, the closest thing that approaches a successful,
cross-platform and
multi-player implementation.
It is missing a few key weapons and defenses -- the
sandhogs and the
deflector shields are surely sad omissions -- and the
physics of the game are not
100% identical. However, when you need your daily or weekly
hot napalm fix, Scorched Earth 2000 certainly
does the trick.
Scorched Earth 2000 can be found at
http://www.scorch2000.com/.
The project itself (and source code) can be found at
http://sf.net/projects/scorch