Command & Conquer in Top 10 Retro PC Games List

[Sonic 295]

Earlier this month, Register Hardware named the original Command & Conquer in their Top Ten Retro PC Games feature. Command & Conquer took the 4th overall spot ahead of other classics games like Diablo, Starcraft and Half-Life. Here's what they said about Command & Conquer.

 

Command and Conquer took real-time strategy to another level and a wider demographic. The Global Defense Initiative and the Brotherhood of Nod are locked in a battle over a mysterious resource Tiberium, and it’s going to take all your tactical skills to conquer your opponent’s base. Its on-line multiplayer capability upped the mass slaughter and turned the genre from impenetrable, to captivating. Epic sound effects and music complimented with live action clips make this Command and Conquer stand out in its genre. Its impact can be measured by the long running franchise.

Check out the full top ten right here.

[PurpleGaga27 40]

Half-Life is no longer #1 but Secret of Monkey Island?

 

C&C better than Starcraft I? Total madness! But of course it was Dune II that set the beginning standard of RTS gaming.

[Gben 20]

All the way at the bottom of the list is a possible explanation for this unusual list...

 

Duke Nukem 3D

 

Some may wonder why 3D Realm's 1996 incarnation of Duke Nukem doesn't rank on my list of retro PC games. It was among the first to offer multiplayer on-line gaming and features a good level of interactivity. However, for a girl gamer, Duke Nukem's supposed tongue-in-cheek humour, never held much appeal. I can handle hooker killing in games like Grand Theft Auto, because it actually makes a weird kind of sense, but the misogyny in Duke Nukem was always just too over-the-top for my liking. Still, we've all had our favourite PC games and this selection of retro titles lists those I've found most entertaining and have left a lasting impression over the years. ®

[Sonic 295]

Half-Life is no longer #1 but Secret of Monkey Island?

 

C&C better than Starcraft I? Total madness! But of course it was Dune II that set the beginning standard of RTS gaming.

Lists list like this one, and all reviews, are just one persons opinion. If Register Hardware think the original C&C is better than Starcaft than that their opinion. Its not an official list or something.

 

Arguably C&C is the reason RTS became so popular in the first place. Westwood stared it with Dune 2, redefined it with C&C. If none that happened Starcaft and many other RTS games would have never been done.

[hey_manasdf 0]

Sorry to say this, but it looks like they are ordered by release date...

[Guest Stevie_K]

Sorry to say this, but it looks like they are ordered by release date...

 

I agree. But you can of course keep arguing guys

[Nyerguds 101]

well that just shows that old games are the best?

[Guest Stevie_K]

well that just shows that old games are the best?

 

QFT

[Inferno 22]

well that just shows that old games are the best?

As far as RTSes are concerned, this is very true.