MobyRank MobyScore
Macintosh
...
4.1
Nintendo 64
74
3.5
SEGA Saturn
...
3.9

Description

Command & Conquer developed ideas from Westwood's previous Dune 2, forming a real time strategy game which has influenced many. The control system of selecting units with the mouse and then directing them is similar to future titles such as Total Annihilation.

The game focuses on a war between two organizations, The Brotherhood of Nod and the Global Defense Initiative. You can take control of either side for more than 15 missions. Both have different units and structures, including artillery, tanks and light infantry.

In most missions you have to build a base first to build new units and structures. Most important are the special harvesters, which collect Tiberium and deliver it to a refinery, where it's converted into money - money which is needed to create additional units.

The game also features FMV mission briefings and victory cutscenes.

Alternate Titles

  • "終極動員令" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
  • "Command & Conquer: Tiberium Dawn" -- Working title
  • "Command & Conquer Teil 1: Der Tiberiumkonflikt" -- German title
  • "C&C" -- Informal title

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User Reviews

A fast paced, brilliantly designed game that has stood the test of time DOS Maw (827)
The yardstick by which all RTS are measured. DOS The Mahaduta (8)
A Definitive Title of the Real-Time Strategy Genre DOS Antti Salminen (66)
Full of flaws- yet addictive and fun. DOS El-ad Amir (111)
An addictive game. DOS robotriot Bronze Star Contributing Member (6380)
This game made "Real-Time Strategy" a household term. DOS Raphael (1175)
I like this game. A lot. This is the anti-Warcraft. DOS Thohan (19)
The definitive strategy game PlayStation Grant McLellan (554)
I HATE this game! DOS PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3026)
Genuinely dislikable. DOS Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4466)

The Press Says

GameSpot Windows 3.x May 01, 1996 9.3 out of 10 93
GameSpot SEGA Saturn Jan 16, 1997 9.2 out of 10 92
PC Player (Germany) DOS Jul, 1995 91 out of 100 91
The Video Game Critic Nintendo 64 Dec 15, 2001 A- 91
All Game Guide SEGA Saturn 1998 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) SEGA Saturn Feb, 1997 8.9 out of 10 89
GameSpot PlayStation Mar 27, 1997 8.2 out of 10 82
Just Games Retro DOS Aug 11, 2007 81 out of 100 81
High Score DOS Nov, 1995 4 out of 5 80
Gaming Age Nintendo 64 Aug 04, 1999 C 50

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Trivia

A special "Commemorative Edition" pack for MS-DOS. Contains: the full Dune II game on CD-ROM and manual, boxcover artwork poster and "The Music of Command & Conquer" a 22-track soundtrack (audio) CD with selected music from C&C and Covert Operations add-on. Not available in Canada, America, Mexico and Japan.


This entry was contributed by Charly2.0 (13784), Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9905), Kabushi (52023), robotriot Bronze Star Contributing Member (6380) and MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (36840)
 

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