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Total Annihilation and Expansion Available on Impulse

by Brian Leahy, Mar 03, 2010 2:30pm PST

Related Topics – Total Annihilation, Impulse, Stardock, PC

Stardock has re-released Cavedog and Chris Taylor's classic real-time strategy game Total Annihilation on its Impulse digital distribution platform for $9.99. The download includes the game's first expansion, "Core Contingency".

Exclusive to Impulse, this marks the first time Total Annihilation is available via digital download. Supreme Commander 2--the latest from Taylor's Gas Powered Games--is exclusive to Steam. Its previous release, Demigod, was exclusive to Impulse.

"Being huge strategy fans at Stardock, we're excited to be able to bring this awesome PC gaming experience exclusively to fans of Impulse," said Stardock's CEO and President Brad Wardell in a press release. "Total Annihilation is personally one of my all-time favorite games, and it makes a fantastic addition to the Impulse catalogue."

Now if only Stardock had brought back Boneyards!

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I still prefer the first M.A.X. game. Music was incredible. Sound effects. Awesome gameplay sorta like chess and the graphics for the units and structures was pretty cool.

Too bad the second one didn't live up to the ads...the ad's made it look really damn good.

Mar 03, 2010 3:58pm PST

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- Are you referring to the music of "M.A.X." or "TA"? I'm a little slow. : blakhawkjohn
- yeah MAX was fun. more of a thinking/strategy game vs true realtime : daggot

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Dark Reign is better! *runs away*

Mar 03, 2010 10:17pm PST

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Dark Reign is better! *runs away* : nutcrackr
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- oh that was fun. I think it's still the only game that allowed you to not only set patrol points, but po... : daggot

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I understand there is a music folder included with this release, but does it work *with* the game or is it just an extra? Do i still have to burn a CD to hear the music while playing the game? Does it work dynamically like the original game?

Also, does it work online?

Mar 06, 2010 10:47am PST

I understand there is a music folder included with this release, but does it work *with* the game or is i... : Opus131

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I wonder if I can install my copy of Battle Tactics with the downloaded version?

Mar 03, 2010 9:50pm PST

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I wonder if I can install my copy of Battle Tactics with the downloaded version? : kq2076
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- You should be able to, as BT was just a few maps. The data files would still be read. : BornAcorn

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i accidentally stepped on disk 1 for TA a few months ago thanks to a rube-goldberg-esque sequence of events involving a cat, a power cord, a bookshelf, and a turned ankle, ending in me picking shards of cd out of my heel :( been hoping to see it show up on GOG, but this'll do just as well...

Mar 03, 2010 3:30pm PST

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i accidentally stepped on disk 1 for TA a few months ago thanks to a rube-goldberg-esque sequence of even... : radio_babylon
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- owned : Liquid

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TA is a game that really scales well to modern computers. I worry that the original soundtrack won't be included though. It has the best game soundtrack of any game I know.

Mar 03, 2010 2:46pm PST

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TA is a game that really scales well to modern computers. I worry that the original soundtrack won't be i... : Pandilex
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- But this isn't called Command & Conquer! : Turin Turambar
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  Also, it seems to include the music in a mp3 folder. : Turin Turambar
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    Hot. Buying. TA music was superb, best Jeremy Soule ever did. : node
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      ironically because he didnt do it. he uses synth for his music, this was played by a live orchestra and n... : retarded talking dinosaur
      
      Who cares? He wrote it and its incredible. : ecclesio
  - I ripped the soundtrack straight from the cd maybe 7 years ago...still listen to it, but primarily track ... : Epsilon Sector
- Agreed. Incredible soundtrack. : Clone42

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Not to cut into sales for this awesome game, but check this out if you want to play multiplayer:

http://springrts.com/wiki/Games

You can play TA multiplayer with an upgraded (sweet) engine. Obviously, if you want to play the SP campaign, you'll want to snag the original, but honestly the Spring engine is quite excellent and playing TA spring really captures the feel of the original.

I'm a big fan of the series and I'm very disappointed with SupCom2, so I'd like to see people get interested in the original and spring versions again. Maybe it will show them how much they screwed the series up.

Mar 03, 2010 9:57pm PST

Not to cut into sales for this awesome game, but check this out if you want to play multiplayer: http:... : Rape.Farm

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That's really kind of hot.

Total Annihilation is pretty much one of my favorite RTS' ever, right up there with Herzog Zwei. The resource model, the physics, the scalable graphics, the massive user-moddability of it and oh god the soundtrack.

<3!

Mar 03, 2010 3:05pm PST

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- Herzog Zwei was friggin awesome. : Rape.Farm

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I WANT STEAM SUPPORT!

Mar 03, 2010 3:19pm PST

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I WANT STEAM SUPPORT! : sanewave
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To this day one of if not my very favorite RTS games. Bring on the brawlers!

Mar 03, 2010 3:38pm PST

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To this day one of if not my very favorite RTS games. Bring on the brawlers! : Garnett Lee
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Sweeeeeeet! You haven't been able to find actual discs in years.

Mar 03, 2010 3:32pm PST

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Sweeeeeeet! You haven't been able to find actual discs in years. : Arcanum
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  - ^^^same here : blakhawkjohn

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Oh the music, THE MUSIC!

Mar 03, 2010 4:07pm PST

Oh the music, THE MUSIC! : MeestaNob

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Man i LOVED this game, best score ever.

Mar 03, 2010 3:37pm PST

Man i LOVED this game, best score ever. : Milleh

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yaaay!

Mar 03, 2010 3:01pm PST

yaaay! : Veegeezee

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HOLY SHIT! YES!

Mar 03, 2010 2:38pm PST

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HOLY SHIT! YES! : GrimmyD
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- This is where it's at: http://www.moddb.com/mods/total-annihilation-escalation TA: ESC : EnJoY120

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