Tank talk?
This was one of my favorite video games as a kid.
Did you ever play games like Tank Wars or Scorched Earth?
They were simple 2D battlefields where you'd select power, angle, and weapon, and try to blow up the other tanks.
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When I was in high school I took a Computer Science class. Once I got through the first day and looked at the syllabus, I knew it was a joke. Basically you start with a simple concept like a loop, learn it, and then spend the next three weeks "practicing" before moving on to the next concept.
So I knew working at that pace would drive me batty. So I looked at the "final project" requirements, and it was just that you had to write a program that incorporated all of the various programming elements you spent the semester "practicing". The kind of program that you or I could write in about 30 minutes would satisfy the requirements.
I said screw that, and immediately started working on writing a version of this game for the Apple IIgs. I can't recall whether it was in BASIC or in Pascal, but it incorporated terrain, three different weapon sizes, wind, etc.
I wish I had actual photos or video of the final product, but alas that was before digital photography was much of a thing, and long before we all carried cellphone cameras...
