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Cannons & Castles

A simple Scorched-earth game where two castles on a randomly-generated terrain take turns shooting at each other by typing in an angle and power, adjusting for wind speed. My dad and I played this over and over. At such a young age, I probably learned a ton playing this game, not to mention early exposure to simulation gaming.

Incidentally, I can't find any information about the original game online, except that one guy has coded a version 2.0. The author says he attended Kraxberger Middle School in Gladstone, Oregon, where my dad was teaching when I first played this game. Maybe it was local, coded by someone at the school? The person in question was at the school from 1991-1993, the same time I played the game.

I've contacted the creator of the remake, and haven't heard back got a response! I shared the response in a blog post: https://www.bradleycbuchanan.com/b/cannons-and-castles/