Mortar Command

Mortar Command is a 1-player arcade game for the TRS-80 CoCo.

During World War II, your paratrooper battalion is dropped behind enemy lines to capture several bridges along the Rhine River. Unfortunately, your battalion runs into a Panzer division at one bridge. After a short battle, your battalion retreats. In the confusion, you become separated from the battalion, finding yourself at the far end of the bridge. Looking back across the bridge, you see the German tanks start up to pursue your fleeing battalion. After finding an abandoned mortar hidden in the bushes, you prepare to meet the enemy.

The player controls artillery at the left of a bridge, which can only fire between 90 and 45 degrees towards an incoming tank. The tank drives towards the player, and the goal is to lob an artillery shell onto the tank. Tanks approach one at a time, and each tank approaches more quickly. The player can not move their turret or fire while a shell is in the air. If the tank reaches the end of the bridge, the player loses a life.