[rickcarlino]

I did not realize Pocket Tanks was a derivative work.

[alterom]

So is Scorched Earth, it's preceded (at least) by "Tank Wars" (aka BOMB.EXE) by Kenny Morse from 1990:

https://archive.org/details/TankWars_274

[mock-possum]

BOMB.EXE was my first.

[compiler-guy]

Tank games like this have a long heritage. Scorch is probably the pinnacle, but I played primitive versions of this all the way back on an Apple ][.

[iamnothere]

GORILLA.BAS is arguably part of the lineage too, somewhere in there.

[cestith]

Discussion of the genre’s legacy is not complete without Artillery Duel for the Atari VCS 2600.

https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-artillery-due...

[Sharlin]

Worms is as well. It’s an entire genre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_game

[prmoustache]

I like Hedgewars which is an open source game similar to Worms but with hedgehogs. It is available as package in most Linux distros but also on Windows, Mac and FreeBSD. I believe it is available on Steam as well.

[LocalH]

Scorched Tanks on Amiga was the real derivative work, Pocket Tanks was that author's more modern update

[nodrog3000]

Haha, same