Scorched Earth (video Game) - Scorched Earth in The Present

Scorched Earth in The Present

There have also been numerous clones made (and are still being made) such as Atomic Tanks, Nasty Armoured Tanks of War, xscorch (Open Source clone), Scorched 3D, which attempt to modernize the gameplay and graphics, and others such as Charred Dirt that take a different approach by using a unique graphical style. In 1999 a clone written in Java was released called Scorched Earth 2000 which ran from a web browser and supported online multiplayer games. There are also several variants, such as WarheadsSE in which the players fire missiles between planets, with the trajectories curving as missiles pass through gravitational fields.

It was hinted in December 2005, by the original developer, that more news on the official version would surface soon. He mentioned this again in February 2006 in his blog. This is suspected of being related to a suggested "Scorched Earth project" that the developer has mentioned in his blog in March 2006.

The Scorched 3D remake is faithful to the original, including the same economics, physics, weapons, and environments as the original. It includes full network support, a headless server daemon and a server browser from within the game. Its official site offers a CD containing all versions of the registered game (except for 1.0b). The CD also includes a .MTN builder to create your own Scorched terrains and an HTML version of the version 1.5 manual. The website also has special scholastic site licenses for the game.