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  Total Annihilation - TAUniverse Wiki
Total Annihilation was unparalleled for its time, and even today it is widely considered one of the finest games in the RTS genre.
Total Annihilation is distinguished from its contemporaries such as Starcraft by its three-dimensional rendering technology, true Newtonian physics, rapid battles, high-powered weapons, a staggering array of different (and customizable) units, and rapid and versatile unit construction.
Total Annihilation was unique amongst most strategy games in that data files containing game information can be simply placed within the game directory and their contents would be incorporated into the game.
wiki.tauniverse.com /wiki/Total_Annihilation   (2269 words)

  
 Total Annihilation Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
For PC Rating: Average Total Annihilation is a real-time strategy game that I bought with great anticipation, hoping that it would be even more fun than the all-mighty Command & Conquer: Red Alert.
Graphically, Total Annihilation looks good, but really not that much better than most other real-time strategy games, and nowhere near as good as had been hyped.
Total Annhilation has over 150 units to play with, but many of them are so alike another unit that the actual number of unique units is less than half the advertised amount.
www.mastergamer.com /total.html   (436 words)

  
 Macworld: Review: Total Annihilation Gold Edition
Although Total Annihilation remains a terrific game, the innovations it introduces are not nearly as impressive now as they might have been two years ago.
As with StarCraft and both Myths, Total Annihilation imposes a line-of-sight restriction: if an object lies behind an obstruction such as a mountain or forest, you can't see it until it's within the sight line of one of your units.
Total War In Total Annihilation you fight on land, at sea, and in the air.
www.macworld.com /2000/02/reviews/totalannihilation/index.php?pf=1   (438 words)

  
 GameSpy.com - Hall Of Fame: Total Annihilation
In fact, in early drafts of Total Annihilation, the game's backdrop was the eternal struggle between two races, the Squares and the Rounds.
What really separated Total Annihilation from the pack, however, were the downloadable units and maps.
Total Annihilation had a staying power unlike any other, because each week meant the game itself was now a little different than before.
archive.gamespy.com /halloffame/january01/totala/index2.shtm   (662 words)

  
 Total Annihilation for PC Review - PC Total Annihilation Review
At first glance, Total Annihilation, with its much ballyhooed 3D terrain and more than ten dozen units, appears to be nothing more than another in a long line of real-time games with a few minor innovations.
Total Annihilation is a game about balance, from the tightly interwoven resource management scheme to the very diverse units.
But in the face of all that is right about Total Annihilation, these minor details are fairly easily overlooked.
www.gamespot.com /pc/strategy/totalannihilation/review.html   (1058 words)

  
 Total Annihilation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Total Annihilation (TA) is a futuristic real-time strategy (RTS) videogame, created in 1997 by Chris Taylor and Cavedog Entertainment.
Nuclear weapons are also very affordable, powerful and quick to construct with multiple weapons being able to be stockpiled for devastating strikes, a dynamic rarely seen in most other games where only one missile may be built at once, limiting their impact.
TA at RTSC: An introduction to Total Annihilation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Total_Annihilation   (2923 words)

  
 Total Annihilation: Kingdoms Review
Total Annihilation, the first title released by then unknown developer Cavedog, hit the streets in fall 1997 with almost no fanfare.
Total Annihilation was to real time strategy games what Mario 64 was to platform games.
In a testament to Total Annihilation's lasting popularity, there are groups developing maps and units for the game to this very day.
www.firingsquad.com /games/takingdoms   (537 words)

  
 RTSC Total Annihilation Links
Planet Annihilation was the biggest TA site out there, but in late 2005 support for it ceased and it became a mausoleum instead.
Total Annihilation Map Evaluation Centre: a monster resource site with over a thousand maps, most of which have been reviewed, rated, sorted and commented on.
Total Annihilation Evaluation Centre: Solid but old TA site but with no new updates since 2002.
www.rakrent.com /rtsc/html/ta5.htm   (1899 words)

  
 Total Annihilation (pc: 1997): Reviews
As a game of resource management and tactical combat, Total Annihilation is not fundamentally different from anything that has come before, but it is nonetheless an evolutionary leap for the genre of real-time strategy.
Total Annihilation lacks one critical element that would have put it on my all-time list, and that involves immersion.
Total Annihilation is sent from the heavens by angels who like to destroy things with robots.
www.metacritic.com /games/platforms/pc/totalannihilation   (1067 words)

  
 Total Annihilation
The quality of Total Annihilation is so great Chris Taylor's talents far surpass that of game designers who have to go through about 5 games, before they FINALLY get it right.
Multiplayer in Total Annihilation is an addicting experience and just one of those good games where you find yourself one early mornin' in December at 3:22 AM where your too involved in kickin' people's butts (or if your me, getting your butt kicked) to be tired.
Total Annihilation has one of the best soundtracks in the history of computer gaming.
www.sjmag.com /total.htm   (515 words)

  
 Total Annihilation review for the PC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Total Annihilation is the first new strategy game to suck me in and keep me playing 'till the wee hours of the morn.
Total Annihilation also has new units, maps and missions that haven't even been invented yet.
And while the number of units that Total Annihilation can simultaneously handle is impressive, I did encounter occasional slowdown when particularly large battles were waging.
www.gamerevolution.com /review/pc/total_annihilation   (859 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Total Annihilation: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
My friend first introduced total annihilation to me and I didn't think much of it but I soon realized how wrong I was.
Total Annihilation is the next generation in real-time strategy gaming.  Its technological and graphic advancements, including true 3D terrain and...
The Total Annihilation Dude Expectations of a game are always high, especially one that is being designed by someone of...
www.amazon.com /Atari-04-12523-Total-Annihilation/dp/B00001XDTY   (1388 words)

  
 Top Secret Magazine Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation is a great game, with TONS of units for each side.
Total Annihilation is unique because EVERY unit in the game is true 3d.
Total Annihilation has TERRIBLE lag due to all of the 3d units.
www.ladydragon.com /a-totala.html   (411 words)

  
 Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation: This is without a doubt the best game I have ever played and I have played alot and reviewed many games for dutch magazines too and still I keep myself getting back to Total Annihilation.
When you buy Total Annihilation due atleast get Core Contingency because that is one worthy add-on to get also.
Personally I still believe Total Annihilation has one of the most impressive starting movie I have seen.
www.jgamereview.com /total_annihilation.htm   (635 words)

  
 How to Cheat at Total Annihilation - eHow.com
Total Annihilation allows you to decide the outcome of a 4,000-year-old war in a faraway galaxy.
Total Annihilation is a strategy game, and cheating is akin to moving your pieces anywhere you want in chess.
Total Annihilation tip - When Core, use Goliaths, which are advanced heavy assault vehicles.
www.ehow.com /how_8002_cheat-total-annihilation.html   (331 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Total Annihilation for Windows at Epinions.com
Total Annihilation is still my favorite computer game of all time for the PC.
Total Annihilation is what is now referred to as a Real Time Strategy (RTS) game.
The AI in Total Annihilation was good, but definitely is lacking.
www.epinions.com /content_196107734660   (3680 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Total Annihilation Gold: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Total Annihilation Kingdoms: The Iron Plague by Atari
While Total Annihilation may not have the back-story and sophisticated solo campaign play of its competitors, the game blows them away in nearly every other category.
Total Annihilation was one of the first Real Time Strategy (RTS) games to use a true 3D environment.
www.amazon.com /Atari-04-17460-Total-Annihilation-Gold/dp/B00001W0J6   (1662 words)

  
 Total Annihilation: Kingdoms for PC video game review and cheats
If you've played Total Annihilation you'll feel right at home -- the game controls are almost identical.
Total Annihilation had the option, but it's missing in Kingdoms.
Kingdoms was built using the same engine as Total Annihilation and as such looks very similar, but they’ve increased the detail a great deal.
www.gamezilla.com /reviews/t/takingdoms.asp   (770 words)

  
 Macworld: News: Total Annihilation supports GameRanger, at long last
Since MacSoft published Total Annihilation Gold more than a year ago, online play has been a thorn in the side of many Mac gamers.
Total Annihilation Gold is the Macintosh conversion of the popular real time strategy game originally created for the PC by Cavedog Entertainment.
Changes in the new version of Total Annihilation are extensive, but the most significant change is the inclusion of support for GameRanger.
www.macworld.com /news/2001/02/09/total   (721 words)

  
 Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation features its very own award-winning score, recorded with a full symphony orchestra.
The Total Annihilation development team was composed of some of the industry's best game designers, programmers and artists.
You can download new units from the Total Annihilation Web site that can actually be used in multiplayer games and single-player Skirmish mode (what a concept!).
www.fileuniverse.com /Total_Annihilation_Mirror/totala/faq.html   (592 words)

  
 Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency for PC video game review and cheats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
This add-on changes the strategies that you use in Total Annihilation quite a bit with all the new units.
They’ve made quite a few minor improvements to the controls, but most of those were available in the downloadable patches for the original Total Annihilation.
Not a whole lot to say, but “This pack ROCKS!” I personally wasn’t really impressed with Total Annihilation when I first saw it, but my attitude changed entirely after I installed this expansion pack and saw all the new units and some of the 50 new multiplayer maps.
www.gamezilla.com /reviews/t/tacc.asp   (362 words)

  
 Buy Total Annihilation with The Core Contingency & Battle Tactics at BigDaddySoftware.com
Varying degrees of difficulty give new Total Annihilation players a chance to learn the ropes while offering advanced players a new challenge.
The units, the maps, the worlds and many of the elements that made Total Annihilation such a rush are here.
Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics' smaller, quicker battles are perfectly suited to satisfying that nagging Total Annihilation urge without requiring several-hour-long slugfests.
www.bigdaddysoftware.com /toanwicocoba.html   (833 words)

  
 Review: Total Annihilation: Kingdoms
I played a fair bit of Total Annihilation, the robots-and-tanks precursor of Total Annihilation: Kingdoms.
But the down side of the vector approach is that TA and, especially, Kingdoms, are big fat resource hogs.
Total Annihilation, according to the side of the box, will run on a P-133 with 32Mb of RAM.
www.dansdata.com /tak.htm   (7271 words)

  
 Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation is, in my opinion, the greatest real time strategy game ever made.
TA has more unit types than any other RTS game out there and if that's not enough for you, many more can be downloaded, both official Cavedog units and fan-made unit packs and mods.
If you would like to try Total Annihilation out for yourself, you can download the demo or some of my favourite mods by clicking on the links below.
www.alt-tab.net /games/total-annihilation   (89 words)

  
 Total Annihilation (PC) - PC Game Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Total Annihilation is a strategy game developed and published by Cavedog Entertainment.
Firstly TA (Total Anhilation) has true 3D with view and range of shots increased the higher up you do.
Total Annihilation (PC) : Total class in a glass!
www.dooyoo.co.uk /pc-game/total-annihilation   (283 words)

  
 Total Annihilation for PC - Total Annihilation PC Game - Total Annihilation Computer Game
In a galaxy with two opposing armies already close to defeat, the last remaining remnants of a society once ruled by peace moves beyond destruction and into Total Annihilation at your command.
Total Annihilation Gundam Annihilation v0.82 Beta Mod (w/out TA mutator)
Total Annihilation Gundam Annihilation The Pool is Open Map
www.gamespot.com /pc/strategy/totalannihilation/index.html   (476 words)

  
 The Recordist - Total Annihilation
SEATTLE - Sept. 23, 1997 - Total Annihilation™, the new CD-ROM game from Cavedog Entertainment™; previewed at E3, is being heralded by industry experts as the ultimate real-time strategy game.
Blasting into stores Sept. 27, Total Annihilation creates a new world of gut-wrenching combat over land, sea and air.
"Total Annihilation is exactly what real-time strategy gamers have been starving for," said Ron Gilbert, creative director and founder of Cavedog Entertainment.
www.therecordist.com /pages/game_audio_ta.html   (499 words)

  
 IGN Boards - Total Annihilation 2
"Total Annihilation II" isn't something GPG is working on.
Last I heard, it was a Korean developer working on it, but that was a couple of years ago.
so Supreme Commander is probably a replacement for TA2 and the company Chris Taylor used to work for has the rights to the Total Annihilation name or something.
boards.ign.com /total_annihilation/b7500/94218158/p1   (281 words)

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