Sunday, November 08, 2015

Ballerburg



Artillery gaming!

Whilst enjoying my cuppa joe this morning (in my cool Atari ST mug) I stumbled upon a tweet about Ballerburg, an old turn-based artillery game by Eckhard Kruse. This is an ST classic and offers addictive and strategical gameplay to blast our enemy to smithereens and all using basic maths to calculate speed and direction.

However, Ballerburg requires the ability to read German and a monochrome hi-res monitor. But let's be honest, as ST users, we are familiar with translating on the fly plus there are programs that fudge the ST's high-resolution mode. As I type, my Atari STe is running Ballerburg and I'm (trying) to teach our 6-year-old daughter the basics... Sadly, that ain't going well and I know she will be an easy victim, so I'm going to destroy her. Muwhahaha!!

 * A download is available via Eckhard Kruse's website and also Ballerburg has a wiki page!
 * I use MonoPack to enable ST High Res on my colour monitor.
 * So, you didn't believe me about my Atari ST mug, uh?

4 comments:

  1. I totally remember this game. Takes me back...

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    1. Glad to hear it. Hope you explore the website for more hidden GEMs :)

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  2. This brilliant game is available as an iPad app, in English!

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    1. Beat ya to it ;-)
      https://ataricrypt.blogspot.com/2018/12/ballerburg.html
      In fact, I've only just replaced my phone. Must re-install this again. Thanks and Thanks x2
      :D

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