Forgot about this, nearly got it a little while ago. Gone for it at 89p, reviews look promising too, doesn't seem like any issues on later Windows. WIN. I used to love these type of games! Pewpewpewpew.
Game description
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 fuelled 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.
Story / Background
In the distant future, the galaxy is ruled by a central body of humans and artificial intelligences called the Core (a contraction of "Consciousness Repository"). The Core's technological and economic triumphs have allowed humanity to colonize most of the Milky Way and enjoy peace and prosperity. However, the balance is broken by a technological breakthrough that allows the consciousness of a human being to be reliably transferred into a machine, thereby theoretically granting infinite life, in a process called "patterning." Following a mandate imposed on humanity by the Core requiring everyone to undergo patterning as a public health measure, a rebel band is formed out of colonies from the edges of the galaxy (hence their name, the Arm), whose members refused to leave their natural bodies to join the Core's machines. A war lasting 4,000 years followed, with the Arm mass-producing clones as pilots for its vehicles and the Core duplicating consciousness-embedded microchips to pilot its own machines.
Top comments
Maevoric
30 Jan 1715#1
Total annihilation = automatic heat
thecoolguy
30 Jan 173#2
absolutely love this game, first ever PC game I had. Windows 98 I believe :sunglasses:
All comments (46)
Maevoric
30 Jan 1715#1
Total annihilation = automatic heat
thecoolguy
30 Jan 173#2
absolutely love this game, first ever PC game I had. Windows 98 I believe :sunglasses:
DealPerv2016 to thecoolguy
31 Jan 17#27
SAME!!!
admars
30 Jan 17#3
me to, one of the first games I bought for my first PC, was excellent then, and when I played it a few years ago, I still really enjoyed it.
JonBetts2004
30 Jan 17#4
Takes me back. Heat added.
DannGo
30 Jan 17#5
Classic
benji3000
30 Jan 17#6
good luck getting it to run on windows 10..
kentris to benji3000
30 Jan 17#7
Mines running fine, on both my main PC and my Win10 T100Chi.
thecoolguy to benji3000
30 Jan 17#15
works fine
Kayote
30 Jan 171#8
It was awesome & the soundtrack was majestic!
Xiaoda to Kayote
31 Jan 17#31
I will always upvote this game.
And at this price I urge you to give this game a go if you enjoy real time strategy.
You probably know this already but in case you didn't know it, if you put the game disc into a CD player, it recognises it as an audio format CD and you can enjoy the whole Total Annihiliation sountrack!
Opening post
Game description
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 fuelled 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.
Story / Background
In the distant future, the galaxy is ruled by a central body of humans and artificial intelligences called the Core (a contraction of "Consciousness Repository"). The Core's technological and economic triumphs have allowed humanity to colonize most of the Milky Way and enjoy peace and prosperity. However, the balance is broken by a technological breakthrough that allows the consciousness of a human being to be reliably transferred into a machine, thereby theoretically granting infinite life, in a process called "patterning." Following a mandate imposed on humanity by the Core requiring everyone to undergo patterning as a public health measure, a rebel band is formed out of colonies from the edges of the galaxy (hence their name, the Arm), whose members refused to leave their natural bodies to join the Core's machines. A war lasting 4,000 years followed, with the Arm mass-producing clones as pilots for its vehicles and the Core duplicating consciousness-embedded microchips to pilot its own machines.
Top comments
All comments (46)
And at this price I urge you to give this game a go if you enjoy real time strategy.
You probably know this already but in case you didn't know it, if you put the game disc into a CD player, it recognises it as an audio format CD and you can enjoy the whole Total Annihiliation sountrack!