DARKWAR BOMBTYPES 4.8.2024


One to three players destroy enemies coming from the upper border of the gamefield in this 2D space shooting game. The players choose a gun type, which must match to the type of the spacecraft to be destroyed.
The first player uses the mouse to fly and shoot and the key 1 to choose a gun type.
The second player uses the cursor keys and RETURN to fly and shoot and the key DELETE to choose a gun type.
The third player uses the keys s, y, x, c and a to fly and shoot and the key w to select a gun type.
You can use ESC to quit the game.
You can also use the keyboard mapper after starting Darkwar Bombtypes to define aliases for the steering keys. If you just select "apply", the keymap for US is chosen with the key z as an alias for the key y.

Darkwar Bombtypes is written in JAVA.
The version in the main folder uses a deprecated JAVA API and is compatible to JAVA 1.1.8, MSJVM (JView) and JAVA 1.8.
There are applet versions and versions, which don't use a deprecated JAVA API (they are compatible to JAVA 1.8), in the subfolders.