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Welcome
Xscorch is a clone of the classic DOS game, "Scorched Earth". The basic goal is to annihilate enemy tanks using overpowered guns. :) Basically, you buy weapons, you target the enemy by adjusting the angle of your turret and firing power, and you hope to destroy their tank before they destroy yours.
Recent News
- Xscorch 0.2.1 has been released! This version has some bug fixes including the long-awaited roller hang fix. It has also been largely rewritten for (and requires) GTK >= 2.20.
- Xscorch 0.2.1-pre2 has been released. This release fixes a bug in the GTK 2 code which can cause segfaults or bus errors when entering some menus.
- Xscorch 0.2.1-pre1 has been released. The primary change in this release is to require a modern GTK (2.12 is ideal). GTK 1 is no longer supported by xscorch. Some minor GUI features may not work yet in GTK 2. This release also rolls in bug fixes since 0.2.0.
- We need music and sound effects! Trust us, you don't want to see what we would come up with on our own. If you are interested in helping out, please contact us! (our e-mails are in the README file distributed with the package).
Download the Latest Source Code
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xscorch-latest.tar.gz
(ChangeLog)
This is a link to the latest semi-stable release of xscorch. -
xscorch-0.2.1.tar.gz
(832Kb, GPG sig)
(ChangeLog)
0.2.0 -> 0.2.1 patch (716Kb, GPG sig)
This is the (mostly) stable GTK 2.x release, requiring GTK 2.20 or above.
It has stability improvements and the various bug fixes since 0.2.0. -
xscorch-0.2.1-pre2.tar.gz
(812Kb, GPG sig)
(ChangeLog)
0.2.1-pre1 -> 0.2.1-pre2 patch (4Kb, GPG sig)
Fixed menu crash bug in 0.2.1-pre1. -
xscorch-0.2.1-pre1.tar.gz
(824Kb, GPG sig)
(ChangeLog)
This release should compile and run under GTK 2.12. -
xscorch-0.2.0.tar.gz
(814Kb, GPG sig)
(ChangeLog)
0.1.16 -> 0.2.0 patch (27Kb, GPG sig)
This release has several portability fixes and a few bug fixes.
Also note the change in license terms to GPL version 2 explicitly. -
xscorch-0.1.16.tar.gz
(814Kb, GPG sig)
(ChangeLog)
Major bugfixes and some overhaul.
This release is a candidate for 0.2. -
xscorch-0.1.15.tar.gz
(508Kb, GPG sig)
(ChangeLog)
Minor bugfixes.
This release is a candidate for 0.2.
Known Ports and Packages
- Debian packages of xscorch are being maintained by Jacob; you can get them using apt-get install xscorch.
- Alexander Strange's xscorch fink port can be installed by running fink install xscorch in the terminal.
- Will Andrews is currently maintaining a FreeBSD port of xscorch; pkg_add -r xscorch should get the latest version for you.
- A port of xscorch is available for Gentoo linux, courtesy of Matthew Walker. Gentoo users can simply run emerge xscorch to install the package.
- Marcin Garski's Fedora RPMs are available from Fedora Extras; just run yum install xscorch to install them.
Mailing List
- There is a mailing list for xscorch. To send e-mail to the list, address it to xscorch (a) xscorch.org.
- To subscribe, send a message to xscorch-request (a) xscorch.org with "subscribe" in the message body.
- An archive starting in January of 2004 is available online.
Related Projects
- The original Scorched Earth for MS-DOS.
- A Java, networked version, Scorched Earth 2000.