Date   : Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:23:53 +0100
From   : "Samwise" <samwise@...>
Subject: Re: Yet Another Where Is This Game From?

> Was is definetly called 'Artillery Duel'?? Looks way more basic than
> other versions:
> http://www.mobygames.com/game/artillery-duel/screenshots , more like a
> magazine type-in.

Yes, it's definitely "Artillery Duel" because it has that in double-height
lettering on the brief mode 7 title screen before it jumps straight into the
game.

You're right it is very basic - the program is about 88 lines of BASIC and
therefore takes quite a while to draw the landscapes at the start of each
duel.

I doubt it's an official commercial release related to the mobygames entry
you've linked - I agree that it's likely to be a magazine type-in ... or,
possibly, part of a collection of low-tech educational games.  It might even
have been a teletext or prestel game, I suppose.

It's so frustrating that the school's econet admins seem to have
deliberately deleted the identifying line 10!

I was just hoping that the screenshot might be enough to jog someone's
memory ...

Sam.