Comment by alterom

Nah, Ken Morse's Tank Wars really was the mother of all artillery games.

Tank Wars came out in 1990, Tanks came out in 1991.

There were artillery games before Tank Wars, of course. But none, to my knowledge, had AI players and insane weapon purchases, which is what made the game really fun, and which Scorched Earth inherited.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_game#Artillery_games...