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Command & Conquer (1995)

Looking Glass Studios, Westwood Studios

DOS · Mac · Nintendo 64 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable · Sega Saturn

3.84 from 640 ratings

248 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 78 backlogged · 6 wish listed

How long? Main story 20h · with extras 56h · 100% 31h (from 5 logged playthroughs)

Experience the game that started it all! Enter a gritty, high-tech world and take advantage of electronic intelligence and covert surveillance to determine who reigns supreme. Join either the forces of the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) or the Brotherhood of Nod as you build bases, muster forces and dominate your enemies. All for the love of power. Play as the … Read more
Experience the game that started it all! Enter a gritty, high-tech world and take advantage of electronic intelligence and covert surveillance to determine who reigns supreme. Join either the forces of the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) or the Brotherhood of Nod as you build bases, muster forces and dominate your enemies. All for the love of power. Play as the Brotherhood and obey the charismatic Kane’s every command or take control of GDI forces as they seek to save the world from Kane’s ambition. Gather Tiberium to produce tanks, infantry and more to decide the fate of the world. Read less
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Developers
Looking Glass Studios, Westwood Studios
Publishers
Electronic Arts, Inc., Novitas Publishing, Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd.
Genres
Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Themes
Science fiction, Warfare
Franchises
Command & Conquer
Series
Command & Conquer
Steam
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Release dates

  • Sep 26, 1995 (Full Release) (North_America) DOS
  • 1995 (Full Release) (Europe) DOS
  • Dec 1996 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation
  • Dec 06, 1996 (Full Release) (Europe) Sega Saturn
  • Dec 06, 1996 (Full Release) (North_America) Sega Saturn
  • Dec 21, 1996 (Full Release) (North_America) Mac
  • Mar 10, 1997 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Mar 31, 1997 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation
  • Jun 29, 1999 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 64
  • Jul 30, 1999 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 64
  • 1999 (Full Release) (Brazil) Nintendo 64

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3 stars
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2 stars
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scoopings

Review scoopings 4/5 · Feb 7, 2026

Standout Of Early RTS/Strategy Games

Preliminary: Wow the intro video is both beautiful and interesting.

And the gameplay is super solid so far. Favorite of the RTS games so far. Great music too.

Well this started out so strong but I got into the usual frustrations with the mechancis of RTS games, couldn't select my MCV from behind a power plant and wasn't in the …

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Preliminary: Wow the intro video is both beautiful and interesting.

And the gameplay is super solid so far. Favorite of the RTS games so far. Great music too.

Well this started out so strong but I got into the usual frustrations with the mechancis of RTS games, couldn't select my MCV from behind a power plant and wasn't in the mood to dig through information to figure out how to get aroudn it. Strategy games will never be my favorite genre, but this one stands out among the early ones for sure!!!

Look: 8/10 The game itself is just so-so, but the cutscenes and especially that intro FMV were amazing

Sound: 9/10 Excellent

Play: 7.5/10 Again, not a favorite genre, but this one is top-notch for its genre.

Feel: 8/10 Has that Starship Troopers/RoboCop/Total Recall irony in the beginning cutscene

Attachment: 7.5/10 If I return to early RTS, this will be it, along with that Dune one I liked.

Overall: 8/10

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Yungbeck

Review Yungbeck 4/5 · Oct 8, 2022

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Unit Ready, Construction Complete. Just the sound of someone playing Command & Conquer is awesome. Waking up to someone playing this on low volume was so soothing, believe it or not, starting the day to the sweet sounds of warfare. The gameplay is just fantastic as well as the entire presentation, depth and replayability of it. The wonderful …

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Unit Ready, Construction Complete. Just the sound of someone playing Command & Conquer is awesome. Waking up to someone playing this on low volume was so soothing, believe it or not, starting the day to the sweet sounds of warfare. The gameplay is just fantastic as well as the entire presentation, depth and replayability of it. The wonderful FMV cut scenes and different war time scenarios are presented brilliantly.

We mostly played C&C on PC with keyboard and mouse, which is what you want for this genre, but there was a pretty cool N64 version, and from what I hear a somewhat solid Playstation version. I wonder how many hours we clocked in this, on campaign mission, special operations, multiplayer (LAN and Online) and all the downloadable / modded content through the years. It's just a fantastic franchise with one of the best soundtracks and soundscapes in gaming history. Unit lost. Shoot, hold on brb.

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