Crossbows
Tools entity
308
games
51platforms
Alternate names: X-bows, Arbalests
WII 2007-11-19
LIN 2012-12
FLA 2010-01
WIN 2007-08-21
PS3 2009-07-02
C64 1984
ST 1990
WIN 1998-12-21
LIN 2006
SMS 1990
WIN 2018-12-04
PSP 2010-11-11
Note, this is NOT for the siege weapons that share the same shape (ballistae).
Crossbows were infamous when they were invented since they made full plate armor absolutely useless, the bolt could easily penetrate the protective metal and fatally wound the person supposedly protected from all harm. This allowed a completely untrained peasant to trivially kill a knight who had years of experience behind them despite their heavy armor. However, modern body armor can block crossbow bolts due to their need to block bullets (though conversely modern armor tends to be quite useless against blunt weapons like hammers).
Crossbows were infamous when they were invented since they made full plate armor absolutely useless, the bolt could easily penetrate the protective metal and fatally wound the person supposedly protected from all harm. This allowed a completely untrained peasant to trivially kill a knight who had years of experience behind them despite their heavy armor. However, modern body armor can block crossbow bolts due to their need to block bullets (though conversely modern armor tends to be quite useless against blunt weapons like hammers).
Related: (weapons)
* Bows
Related:
* Projectile physics
* Projectile recovery
* Archery (as the sport)
Similar:
* Speargun
Related: (pre-modern projectile weapons)
* Thrown weapons
* Slings
* Bows
Related:
* Projectile physics
* Projectile recovery
* Archery (as the sport)
Similar:
* Speargun
Related: (pre-modern projectile weapons)
* Thrown weapons
* Slings
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Games by year
The first Crossbows video game was released in 1980.
Bethesda Softworks, SSI and Ubisoft published most of these games.
Platforms
Windows | 101 | ||
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Linux | 65 | ||
Mac OS X | 15 | ||
MS-DOS | 13 | ||
X360 | 13 | ||
PS3 | 12 | ||
PS2 | 6 | ||
Apple II E | 6 | ||
C64 | 5 | ||
Mac OS Classic | 5 | ||
NES | 5 | ||
NEC PC9801 | 3 | ||
Xbox | 3 | ||
Amiga | 3 | ||
Atari 400/800 | 3 | ||
Atari ST | 3 | ||
Amstrad CPC | 3 | ||
Wii | 3 | ||
Internet Only | 3 | ||
NEC PC8801 | 2 | ||
MICRO 7 - FM7 | 2 | ||
GameCube | 2 | ||
PS4 | 2 | ||
PSP | 2 | ||
OS/2 | 2 | ||
Mega Drive | 1 | ||
Atari 7800 | 1 | ||
ZX Spectrum | 1 | ||
Flash | 1 | ||
Sharp X1 | 1 |