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Tank Wars
{{Infobox VG
|title = Tank Wars
|image = [[Image:Tankwars-title.png|200px|]]
|developer = Kenneth Morse
|publisher =
|version = 3.0
|released = [[1990 in video gaming|1990]], [[1991 in video gaming|1991]], [[1992 in video gaming|1992]]
|genre = [[Artillery game]], [[Strategy game]] 
|modes = [[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]]
|platforms = [[DOS]]
|requirements = [[Video Graphics Array|VGA]] monitor
|input = [[Computer_keyboard|Keyboard]], [[Computer_mouse|Mouse]]
}}
'''''Tank Wars''''' (also known as '''''BOMB''''' because of the file  name) is an [[artillery game]] developed in [[1990 in video gaming|1990]] by Kenneth Morse, a year before ''[[Scorched Earth (computer game)|Scorched Earth]]'', and was quite popular at that time; yet, surprisingly, not many people today know that this game appeared before ''Scorched Earth''.

There is another artillery game named Tank Wars, written in [[1986 in video gaming|1986]] by Cody Snider.<ref>''[http://www.mobygames.com/game/tank-wars_ Tank Wars]'' on [[MobyGames]]</ref> Apart from the basic concept, these two games are not related.

There is also a similar game on the [[Commodore International|Commodore]] [[Amiga]] computer system called ''Scorched Tanks'', written by Michael P. Welch (who also made ''[[Pocket Tanks]]'').  The things that stand out in this game compared to ''Scorched Earth'' is that the Twanger AI when bouncing walls are turned on, the sound effect of the nukes, and the colorful backgrounds that also animate/move in newer 2.5x and later versions. Scorched Palm is the version designed for the Palm OS.⏎
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==Description==
[[Image:Tankwars-shot.jpg|thumb|right||200px|Tank Wars in-game screen shot]]

The game allows for up to ten players in any combination of human and computer players.  The number of games played in a set is chosen before the game (default is 20 games).  New terrain is randomly drawn at the start of each individual game, and the tanks fall one by one into their start positions in random order, evenly spaced horizontally on the screen.  The tanks then take turns firing at opponent tanks, order (contracted; show full)
[[Category:1990 video games]]
[[Category:Artillery video games]]
[[Category:DOS games]]

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