Haha I used to play TA with my dad. He really was into all the modding shizzle, I was 12 back then, I think. Man, this game was so amazing. First RTS I ever played.

It got awfully laagy on the old CPU, tho... :>

Adila

United States874 Posts

March 14 2012 03:07 GMT

#43

I loved playing "dodge the missiles" with the Scout planes flying over enemy bases before Flak was added.

The physics was well ahead of it's time.

goiflin

Canada1218 Posts

March 14 2012 03:11 GMT

#44

I love playing TA with my friends, but we're all scrubs so we only play metal maps for maximum extractors!

I always loved building naval units though. I really sucked at controlling the units, so navy was easier for me to deal with I guess... that and nuke silos. Heh.

LonelyIslands

Canada590 Posts

March 14 2012 05:17 GMT

#45

I loved this game, my favourite was the boats/water warfare.

Klogon

MURICA15980 Posts

March 14 2012 05:46 GMT

#46

Yeah this was the game that got me into RTS. I used to play endless hours of it with my brother using our crappy computer that could hardly run the big maps haha. Soooo good. The music is unmatched. So many fond childhood memories =D

Golgotha

Korea (South)8418 Posts

March 14 2012 05:58 GMT

#47

is this easy to get setup and play on lan? some of these old games are a real pain to get working on lan/MP. is it just like BW?

mythics

United States75 Posts

March 14 2012 06:06 GMT

#48

Loved this game. Played on boneyards with my dad and we were the first ones to go gunships. I think the best part was the time it took guns to track and travel time of the weapons. Flea >> commander :D

goiflin

Canada1218 Posts

March 14 2012 06:07 GMT

#49

On March 14 2012 14:58 Golgotha wrote:
is this easy to get setup and play on lan? some of these old games are a real pain to get working on lan/MP. is it just like BW?

GameRanger is an easy solution to make it work on LAN or tunneling to other people, but the game itself takes a bit of work to get running. I don't remember the URL, but there's a site that'll give you a walkthrough of how to set it up.

ColtCommando

United States51 Posts

March 14 2012 06:18 GMT

#50

The mothership as a hero unit pales in comparison to the glorious Krogoth.

Befree

695 Posts

March 14 2012 06:28 GMT

#51

I remember playing this game at my neighbor's when I was like 9 or so. I thought it was pretty cool, but I didn't know it had such a following.

I was also introduced to StarCraft at that same time though. So maybe that overshadowed the TA experience a bit for me :p.

Zariel

Australia1285 Posts

March 14 2012 06:53 GMT

#52

Krogoth.... I remember getting like 50 adv aircraft construction works to pool on that shit.

I loved playing on core metal worlds lol, it was like playing fastest map possible.

I think I was like 8 when i played TA vanilla on my good old Pentium 3 600MHz with like 128mb ram and a 8MB video card (it was the bomb back then my dad ran a computer store).

We installed it in the computer labs at high school, played LAN during lunch with mates was the shit back then.

BookTwo

1985 Posts

March 14 2012 07:05 GMT

#53

On March 14 2012 06:43 Hug-A-Hydralisk wrote:

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The big bertha

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hahahahahahahahahaha!!! Love that Bertha sound, so manly. BOOOMMMMMM!

In fact, every sound in that game was manly. Easily on par w/ bw sounds and the game music the best in ANY video game I have EVER played.

Arunu

Netherlands111 Posts

March 14 2012 10:04 GMT

#54

loved this game ,

was one the first games that really got me hooked on RTS.
My dad introduced me to it when i was young.

arioch

England403 Posts

March 14 2012 10:11 GMT

#55

One of the first games I played a lot online on jolt... Will always be remembered as one of my favourites of all time..

bgx

Poland6595 Posts

March 14 2012 10:18 GMT

#56

Technically it was a wonder, to this day i cant imagine how the hell it worked without accelaration, full 3d and physics and the resoultions up to the point no one had the monitors to display it :D

Probably one of few most technically innovating games in industry the quake1 of rts you may say. Funnily proper 3d was not implemented for years after this game in other rtses .Starcraft came year after this, red alert 2 and rest was all 2d the next first fully 3d rts was war3 i belive. There was also some mecha rts a'la Mechwarrior RTS but i forgot the name.

Doraemon

Australia14949 Posts

March 14 2012 10:26 GMT

#57

loved this freaken game! enjoyed those moments where the big bertha just owned everything.

writer22816

United States5775 Posts

March 14 2012 10:58 GMT

#58

Played this back when I was casual. I just loved playing on the all-metal maps, massing lots of static D against comps and watching the carnage.

I also fucking loved the intro video. Who's with me?

What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination. Both sides now crippled beyond repair, the remnants of their armies continue to battle on ravaged planets, their hatred fueled by over four thousand years of total war. This is a fight to the death. For each side, the only acceptable outcome is the complete elimination of the other.

Disengaged

United States6994 Posts

March 14 2012 11:06 GMT

#59

I fucking loved this game. I would spend hours upon hours playing it without a care in the world

I still have all the CD's

Zavior

Finland753 Posts

March 14 2012 11:07 GMT

#60

If ta:spring isn't your cup of tea, try supcom: forged alliance. The official servers went down, but the community had already pretty much migrated to FAForever, http://www.faforever.com/