You need a JAVA Browser to use this applet!
You may use the Linux Mint 9 Live-DVD with the contained Firefox.
If you can't make the applet run and really want to play, you can use the AppletViewer from the Oracle JDK and start it with the .htm file as argument. The applet should be stored at an offline location, if you use the AppletViewer.
An application version for command-line launch also exists and is more compatible.


Astro Solutions Darkwar Bombtypes Applet
2.8.2024

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.

This game is thread-safe. The applet is compatible to JAVA 1.1.8, MSJVM and JAVA 1.8 and uses a deprecated JAVA API.