Crossbows
Tools entity
311
games
51platforms
Alternate names: X-bows, Arbalests
X360 2011-08-23
WIN 2015-12-05
DOS 1995-10
NES 1990-07
WIN 2014-05
C64 1986
DOS 1985-09-16
WIN 2010
WIN 2015-12-18
WWW 2004
X360 2014-08-12
WIN 2011-10-12
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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The first Crossbows video game was released in 1980.
Bethesda Softworks, SSI, Ubisoft and Square Enix published most of these games.