Crossbows
Tools entity
283
games
44platforms
Alternate names: X-bows, Arbalests
Bethesda Softworks, SSI and Ubisoft has published most of these games
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
Parent groups
Archaic weapons, Ranged weaponsPlatforms
| Windows |  | 91 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | | 64 | |
| Mac OS X | | 14 | |
| X360 | | 13 | |
| PS3 | | 12 | |
| MS-DOS | | 11 | |
| NES | | 7 | |
| PS2 | | 6 | |
| C64 | | 5 | |
| Mac OS Classic | | 5 | |
| Apple II E | | 4 | |
| NEC PC9801 | | 3 | |
| Xbox | | 3 | |
| Amiga | | 3 | |
| Atari ST | | 3 | |
| Amstrad CPC | | 3 | |
| Wii | | 3 | |
| OS/2 | | 2 | |
| NEC PC8801 | | 2 | |
| MICRO 7 - FM7 | | 2 | |
| Atari 400/800 | | 2 | |
| PSP | | 2 | |
| Internet Only | | 2 | |
| N64 | | 1 | |
| Mega Drive | | 1 | |
| Atari 7800 | | 1 | |
| ZX Spectrum | | 1 | |
| Flash | | 1 | |
| Sharp X1 | | 1 | |
| X68000 | | 1 |