Liero
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Liero is a video game for MS-DOS, first released by Finnish programmer Joosa Riekkinen in 1998. The game has been described as a real-time version of Worms (a turn-based artillery game). Liero is Finnish for 'earthworm'. Inspired itself by the earlier game MoleZ, Liero provided inspiration for the later games Soldat and Noita.
Game details · IGDB
Liero is a simple game. Pick your five weapons, and unleash your inner fury. The game is always played one versus one on a map of your choice, and yes, you have to play with someone who is right next to you. To shoot is of course easy enough to figure out, but if you want to step up your game, you need to figure out things like how to swing yourself to safety with the ninja rope, to use timed weapons for area denial, to hunt without being hunted, to ambush, hit and run, and control that darn guided missile.
- Released
- 1998
- Genres
- Shooter
- Platforms
- DOS
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Developer
- Joosa Riekkinen
Key facts
- Software.title
- Liero
- Software.author
- Joosa Riekkinen
- Software.screenshot
- LieroGameplay.png
- Software.caption
- Screenshot of Liero. The player is using the ninja rope to hang from a clump of dirt while shooting at the enemy with rockets.
- Software.developer
- Erik Lindroos and community
- Software.latest_release_version
- 1.33
- Software.latest preview version
- 1.36
- Software.genre
- Single-player/multiplayer action game
- Software.platform
- Crossplatform (originally MS-DOS)
- Software.license
- WTFPL
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free software
- Country of origin
- Finland
- Collection
- The Finnish Museum of Games
- Platform
- DOS
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Official website
- www.liero.be
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1998-00-00
- input device
- computer keyboard
- language of work or name
- English language
- copyright license
- WTFPL
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Development history
- Original ''Liero'' by Joosa Riekkinen
- Community developments
- Merge
- Clones, remakes and derivatives
- {{anchor|OpenLieroX}}''Liero Xtreme''
- ''NiL''
- ''OpenLieroX''
- ''WebLiero''
- Modification
- Reception and usage
- References
- External links
Liero is a video game for MS-DOS, first released by Finnish programmer Joosa Riekkinen in 1998. The game has been described as a real-time version of Worms (a turn-based artillery game). Liero is Finnish for 'earthworm'. Inspired itself by the earlier game MoleZ, Liero provided inspiration for the later games Soldat and Noita.
==Gameplay== In Liero, two worms fight each other to death for score (or frags) using a choice of five weapons from a total of 40 in a two-dimensional map. Most of the terrain, except for indestructible rocks, may be dug or destroyed by explosions. In addition to the weaponry, each player has a ninja rope which can be used to move faster through the map. This grappling hook-like device substitutes for jetpacks and can even latch onto the enemy worm to drag them closer to their foe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liero” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.