Greetings. Noticed alot of people refering to Warcraft 1 as the first RTS ever. With all due respect, WC1 came out in 1994. Now, I am not sure of what the first RTS was, but the first Populous game, by Bullfrog, came out in 1989. Herzog Zwei came out in 1990 by Technosoft for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. And Dune, the first 3D RTS came out in 1992 on floppy disks, then 1993 on CD's.
With all due respect, Warcraft one, being released in 1994, is incapable of honorably holding the position of oldest RTS.
Warcraft is the first WC RTS
Warcraft is the Blizzard's first RTS
And it may or may not have some world record thingy like first RTS to sell X amount of copies. But I can't say for sure.
Point is I doubt anyone here has said WC was the first RTS ever.
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You people always confuzzle me with your WC1, WC2, and WC3's. Wing Commander is the greatest space flight sim of all time. Why must you always refer to it as an RTS.
Pfft! Wing Commander has a huge fanbase. And their community site is way more active and involved than this one. It's just that space flight sims haven't been popular for some time, but this is always the strong possibility of Wing Commander releasing a full on new title in the near future. In the meantime, they released it in the form of an arcade shooter on Xbox Live Arcade.
Yes... most "starters" are unknown. Such as the first FPS, first RPG, first RTS, etc., they are usually something that people don't play much.
*Coughs.* With most thats true but Populous had multiple sequels... And it was made by Bulldog...one of the greatest game making companies of all time.
*Coughs.* With most thats true but Populous had multiple sequels... And it was made by Bulldog...one of the greatest game making companies of all time.
I played some version of Populous, and, frankly, it was a very strange game, more along the lines of non-pure strategy games like Majesty, Dungeon Keeper, and Sacrifice; secondly, I found it a bit retarded. But I didn't play it all that much, I don't even remember what version it was. It was pretty new, tho, 2000 or something.
If your talking about the 2000 version your probably thinking of "Populous: The Begining." (I think...) There was a shaman with all your guys and she makes a reincarntion spot right?
There definitely was a shaman... and I remember there were all these tiny planets. O:
Yup! That was Populous: The Begining! That's one of (IMHO) the best games ever, simply because your braves (builder guys) would run into the building and hammer then run out and chop a tree down and carry the wood from the tree and return to hammering the building using the wood. Plus they would upgrade there own houses as they made more people. Freaking awsome game!
Yup! That was Populous: The Begining! That's one of (IMHO) the best games ever, simply because your braves (builder guys) would run into the building and hammer then run out and chop a tree down and carry the wood from the tree and return to hammering the building using the wood. Plus they would upgrade there own houses as they made more people. Freaking awsome game!
Well, I wasn't able to get into it. My temporary step-dad played it.
With all due respect, Warcraft one, being released in 1994, is incapable of honorably holding the position of oldest RTS.
My deepest appologies.
Thanks I guess...?
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Warcraft is the first WC RTS
Warcraft is the Blizzard's first RTS
And it may or may not have some world record thingy like first RTS to sell X amount of copies. But I can't say for sure.
Point is I doubt anyone here has said WC was the first RTS ever.
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WarCraft is more popular than Wing Commander, no matter what the fanbase size is, in fact, fanbases are very different from majority.
*Coughs.* With most thats true but Populous had multiple sequels... And it was made by Bulldog...one of the greatest game making companies of all time.
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If your talking about the 2000 version your probably thinking of "Populous: The Begining." (I think...) There was a shaman with all your guys and she makes a reincarntion spot right?