Artillery gaming!
Whilst enjoying my cuppa this morning (in my 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 using basic maths to calculate speed & direction.
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!
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!
Yes, I'm going to destroy her. Muwhahaha!!
* I use MonoPack to enable ST High Res on my colour monitor.* So, you didn't believe me about my Atari ST mug, uh?
I totally remember this game. Takes me back...
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear it. Hope you explore the website for more hidden GEMs :)
DeleteThis brilliant game is available as an iPad app, in English!
ReplyDeleteBeat ya to it ;-)
Deletehttps://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