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In the German gaming magazine PC Player (issue 01/1998) Total Annihilation received a special award for the "Most Stunning Music in 1997".
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The full, original game was bundled with the year 3 - 20th edition (1999) of CD Expert, a Brazilian computer magazine.
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Total Annihilation was ranked # 34 in the 50 Best Games of All Time list published by PC Gamer Magazine in its April 2005 issue.
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Total Annihilation was based on an idea for an game project leader Chris Taylor first thought of at the age of 14.
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Total Annihilation has a massive base of users who customize and modify the game. Among these is a group called Swedish Yankspankers. This group is currently working on an engine that will play multiplayer Total Annihilation in full 3D. They can be reached at http://taspring.clan-sy.com/.
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Total Annihilation was a huge success for Cavedog.

Seattle, WA, October 30, 1997 -- Total Annihilation, Cavedog Entertainment's groundbreaking 3-D real-time strategy game, was simultaneously launched in three languages and 14 countries on September 27, blasting more than 250,000 games into retail stores during its first month of release.
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Ron Gilbert, the guy who made up the legendary Monkey Island series, was one of the programmers on Total Annihilation.
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Total Annihilation was named "Greatest Game Of All Time" by PC Games shortly after the game came out.
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While in development, before the name Total Annihilation was chosen, the game was referred to as Really Cool War Game. This name was reused for an April Fool's Day joke in 1999, when Cavedog Entertainment supposedly had to rename all their trademarks, including the game's name, due to "a legal snafu with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office".
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