Total Annihilation
We’ve retrieved many of the boxes that we put into storage before we left for the UK and amongst other things (such as a collection of 386 components that work, sans-case) I found my long-forgotten Total Annihilation CDROM. If you have it, be sure to download the 3.1 patch to address many issues and add extra functionality.
IMHO, TotalA is one of the best realtime strategy games to come out - it was ahead of it’s time with completely 3D rendered terrains and units - you could see the front and sides of tanks and other units as they rolled over hills and rocky terrain. It’s the only game I’ve played (other than Descent) that has made me jump out of my chair.
Now all I have to do is find the manual for it - I’m having trouble remembering the keypresses for unit selection etc. I’ve also found my old Age Of Empires II CDROM as well which Linda is getting into right now.
I guess you haven’t played Half-life 2, or even Doom 3? Those are seat-jumping games
But yes, TA is a brilliant game — one of the better Real-Time Strategy games ever made. I think I have a TA strategy guide and quick reference that Smileychris made around here somewhere… I could try digging it up for you if you want, Bob?
Nope, I haven’t tried HL2 or D3 - I’ll give them a good seeing to once I get a desktop PC up and running
I’ll give you a shout if I need that reference - we’ve got about 20 boxes that are yet to be unpacked and fully cataloged!