Arena Earth

created and published by sysTim in 1990, running on Atari ST

type: shooter
genre: Science Fiction
perspective: 1st person
player options: single player, cable/nullmodem

other: Shareware
languages: eng

Personal reviews (2)

I loved this game too, Tim. One of the best shareware games ever released at the time - far better than many commercial games available for the ST. I'm surprised there haven't been any commercial takeoffs on this title in the past 20 or so years.

(sunspot) - # 2007-06-17 13:46:39

This was the FIRST real-time multi player game I ever played. Before DOOM, before Falcon, there was Arena Earth. It used the 'cell' based pseudo 3D system familiar from games like Dungeon Master, Viper, etc. Basically, you and a buddy on the other end of a modem ran around a jungle setting traps and duking it out.
It was hilariously fun. Great game!

Bren - # 2006

Game Author comment

Glad to hear people enjoyed my game! I had lost the source code many years ago, but found the game online recently again. Brings back lots of memories!

Tim Basham - # 2006 - game Author comment