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Anonymous05/15/26, 16:56No.2404243
Calling all /vst/ users!
I need data!
What was the first RTS game you ever played?

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Anon05/15/26, 17:04No.2404248
Red Alert
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Anon05/15/26, 17:23No.2404260
Warcraft 2.
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Anon05/15/26, 17:26No.2404263
Dune 2000 on PSOne
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Anon05/15/26, 18:01No.2404283
AoE2
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Anon05/15/26, 18:47No.2404343
WC2
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Anon05/15/26, 18:51No.2404349
here, faggot
https://arch.b4k.dev/vst/thread/2355991/
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Anon05/15/26, 19:36No.2404391
Tiberian Sun(when I was 3)
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Anon05/15/26, 19:46No.2404407
Ogre Battle March of the Black Queen
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Anon05/15/26, 19:47No.2404408
Populous 2: The BeginningI think.
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Anon05/15/26, 19:49No.2404415
Empire earth
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Anon05/15/26, 20:42No.2404486
Dune II on the Amiga 1200.
I'm an oldfag, sue me.

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Anon05/15/26, 21:00No.2404527
Earth 2140
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Anon05/15/26, 21:11No.2404543
some game on a demo cd idk the name of
rome total war was the first one i owned
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Anon05/15/26, 22:03No.2404588
Empire Earth. Probably... might have played AoE2 prior to this on a classmate's PC. it's been a long time
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Anon05/15/26, 22:47No.2404618
Starcraft 64
Shockingly enough it was so good to my 8 year old self it started my lifelong appreciation for the genre
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Anon05/15/26, 23:06No.2404632
If Mega-Lo-Mania counts as RTS then this.
If not then probably Utopia: The Creation of Nation
Both from 1991

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Anon05/15/26, 23:13No.2404636
starcraft brood war
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Anon05/15/26, 23:28No.2404645

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Anon05/15/26, 23:34No.2404650
AoE2
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Anon05/15/26, 23:35No.2404651
Rise of Nations
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Anon05/16/26, 00:22No.2404664
command and conquer N64 edition
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Anon05/16/26, 01:07No.2404686
why the fuck did the N64 get so many RTS ports?
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Anon05/16/26, 04:04No.2404735
Tribal Rage (post apocalyptic RTS with many factions and editor)Great Win95 era
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Anon05/16/26, 04:24No.2404738
Legionaire by Avalon Hill for the Atari 8-bit.
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Anon05/16/26, 05:00No.2404746
kknd i think.
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Anon05/16/26, 05:33No.2404758
Probably Warcraft 2 or Command and Conquer
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Anon05/16/26, 05:59No.2404764
command and conquer or warcraft or populous. i'm honestly not sure, too old
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Anon05/16/26, 06:04No.2404767
Probably battle realms. I remember playing aoe1 afterwards and being very confused as to why my villagers wouldn't go into the barracks to train
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Anon05/16/26, 09:31No.2404840
Tiberian Dawn
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Anon05/16/26, 14:25No.2405000
Halo wars
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Anon05/16/26, 14:34No.2405003
Dune 2, IIRC
Although I did so at a time when shit like WC2 and CnC:RA were already around
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Anon05/16/26, 14:52No.2405011
Either Starcraft or Warcraft 2, can't say for certain.
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Anon05/16/26, 21:07No.2405280
Age of Mythology
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Anon05/17/26, 00:45No.2405476
age of empires
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Anon05/17/26, 01:57No.2405517
warcraft 2
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Anon05/17/26, 02:07No.2405523
If Gruntz counts, it was Gruntz. Otherwise, Dark Reign was the first one I remember buying.
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Anon05/17/26, 02:25No.2405538
starcraft, i saw the box in the store didnt know what it was or what a rts was
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Anon05/17/26, 13:33No.2405824
Rise of Nations
Then Empire Earth, Settlers 3, Zeus: Master of Olympus and Rise of Legends
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Anon05/19/26, 04:12No.2407328
I cant recall if it was Age of mythology or Star Wars empire at war
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Anon05/19/26, 12:17No.2407533
Rage of Mages
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Anon05/19/26, 12:21No.2407534
America: no peace beyond the line
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Anon05/19/26, 14:35No.2407632
AoE2, my classroom when i was 7 had a computer in a back and we could play Akanoid, Tomb Raider and AoE2 during breaks
We had no idea how to play, i remember kids trying to figure out on to build stuff (they thought they had to bring more wood and stone to the construction instead of having the builders work on it)
It's a nice memory

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Anon05/19/26, 14:52No.2407645
Warcraft 1/2 and warwind 1/2, then kknd 1/2 and dune. All on fucking bootlegged discettes or whatever you call em. Yes I'm ancient
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Anon05/19/26, 15:16No.2407656
Praetorian
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Anon05/20/26, 08:50No.2408376
Star Trek Armada 2
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Anon05/20/26, 09:06No.2408381
Empire Earth
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Anon05/20/26, 15:12No.2408640
King Arthur's world/Royal Conquest
Or Red Alert or AOE1 if you don't think that KAW counts.
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Anon05/20/26, 15:19No.2408647
Dungeon Keeper.
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Anon05/20/26, 15:30No.2408652
Toss up between this

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Anon05/20/26, 15:47No.2408662
Age of Empires
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Anon05/20/26, 16:21No.2408679
Red Alert on windows 95
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Anon05/20/26, 22:00No.2409041
Halo Wars
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Anon05/20/26, 22:54No.2409072
red alert
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Anon05/21/26, 07:38No.2409242
Empire Earth

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Anon05/21/26, 08:04No.2409251
Warcraft 3
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Anon05/21/26, 08:36No.2409265
Joint Task Force.

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Anon05/21/26, 09:17No.2409291
C&C for the N64
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Anon05/21/26, 09:50No.2409316
AoE
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Anon05/21/26, 10:01No.2409329
Empire Earth
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Anon05/21/26, 11:55No.2409398
either warcraft 2 or red alert, not sure
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Anon05/21/26, 12:01No.2409404
Dune 2
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Anon05/21/26, 19:47No.2409802
Knights and merchants
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Anon05/22/26, 11:37No.2410385
Lego Rock Raiders
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Anon05/22/26, 14:31No.2410486
In unknown order:
Dune 2
Warcraft 1
Syndicate
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Anon05/22/26, 15:04No.2410511
Warcraft 2 most likely
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Anon05/22/26, 15:44No.2410540
Red Alert
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Anon05/23/26, 12:23No.2411629
AoE 1
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Anon05/24/26, 02:04No.2412373
Myth: The Fallen Lords on my grandfather's mac.
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Anon05/24/26, 03:13No.2412412
Dune (1992)
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Anon05/24/26, 03:15No.2412414
If you consider Sea Battle for the Intellivision an RTS, then that.Otherwise, it would either be Warcraft 2 or C&C: Red Alert. Don't remember which was first.

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Anon05/24/26, 04:40No.2412457
either settlers 1 or dune 2 on amiga
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Anon05/24/26, 08:54No.2412561
Settlers 1. The opening animation was so fucking dope.
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Anon05/24/26, 09:03No.2412565
cnc ps1
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Anon05/25/26, 06:24No.2413299
Star Wars: Empire at War.This was also one of the first PC games I ever played, and the first one I officially owned, at the ripe old age of eight. I still vividly remember the excitement I had when I figured out I could also play as the Empire within the campaign and skirmish matches.I picked this over Total War: Empire at a Walmart. I'm real happy I ended up picking the Star War, because eight year old me would have have probably been grossly overwhelmed and disappointed trying to learn the Total War all by myself.I still play it to this day.

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Anon05/25/26, 20:45No.2413929
The first Starcraft via a pirated copy burned to an unmarked CD my uncle sent me in the mail when I was like 6.
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Anon05/25/26, 23:36No.2414024
Lego Battles. The DS mostly had tactical RPGs, but it was probably the best console for RTS.

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Anon05/26/26, 01:55No.2414075
AOE 1 or Settlers 2. I can't remember which.
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Anon05/26/26, 03:06No.2414088
so many uncs and boomers here
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Anon05/27/26, 01:24No.2414894
Dune 2000 or Command and Conquer, got both around the same time when I got a home computer
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Anon05/27/26, 15:52No.2415281
StarCraft 2 just as it came out because I was 8 at the time and my uncle showed it to me. Actually it was my second video game ever, the first being Anno 1701, also shown to me by that same uncle
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Anon05/27/26, 16:55No.2415314
AoE2
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Anon05/27/26, 18:08No.2415404
AoE1 demo

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Anon05/27/26, 18:15No.2415418
Red Alert.

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Anon05/27/26, 20:07No.2415552
Whichever c&c is on the n64. Goddamn that game was terrible in hindsight but I thought it kicked ass back then.
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Anon05/27/26, 20:31No.2415577
Age of Mythology.
I had no idea how spoiled I was at the time.
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Anon06/01/26, 16:08No.2419044
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
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Anon06/01/26, 17:16No.2419077
Dune II on Sega Genesis
the first PC one is definitely Dune2k
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Anon06/01/26, 20:07No.2419187
Cossacks: European Wars (or maybe Back to War? Can't recall)

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Anon06/02/26, 22:35No.2420268
Majesty 2 on my phone when I was like 14
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Anon06/03/26, 16:39No.2420745
Age of Empires 1
That one demo level where you start with one priest similar to holy man is seared into my brain.
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Anon06/06/26, 14:20No.2423118
Probably either warcraft 3 or the console version of the first command and conquer
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Anon06/06/26, 16:05No.2423170
Warrior of Rome 2 (Sega) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior_of_Rome_II

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Anon06/06/26, 18:36No.2423245
The very first one. A Herzog Zwei rental on a friend's Megadrive.

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Anon06/08/26, 23:45No.2425008
Necromanthus Warcraft and StarCraft flash action before I knew how to install games.
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Anon06/09/26, 05:20No.2425128
Was either Swarm Assault or Populous 1, I can't really remember which.
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Anon06/09/26, 08:20No.2425171
AoE Rise of Rome. My older cousin introduced it to me back in the late 90s. It blew his mind when I told him about the competitive AoE2 scene.
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Anon06/10/26, 07:56No.2425882
>be me
>it's year 2000, little boy still going to kindergarten
>older brother is sitting very close to his new TV screen
>ask him, he says it's his new computer
>he doesn't elaborate much; his face expresses distraction and ignorance to my requests
>see for myself what he is doing
>colorful little people, horses, buildings; everything moves and has something to say
>"If you shut your mouth, you can watch me playing."
>"You are playing? What are you playing?"
>"This is a videogame called Age of Empires 2."
>ffw couple days
>sitting beside older brother and watch him playing for hours becomes habbit
>want to watch more of the game after kindergarden
>older brother is hanging out with his friends
>sadpepe.jpg
>go into his room and try to remember what he usually does to start the game
>little shithead that can't even read yet, can't even remember the game title (first language isn't english)
>click the helmet icon with the red feathers on it
>AoE2 main menue appears, legendary theme starts playing
>fumble around until something happens
>game starts
>I'm like my older brother now
>corememoryunlocked.gif
>mother finds me shortly after
>get a slap on the bum, brother is super pissed
>"Why were you on my computer? You don't know how to use it, you can break stuff, you shouldn't even know how to start the PC. Who started it for you?"
>tell them the truth, I did it by myself; they don't belive me
>"Impossible!" - they demanded prove for my words
>spotlight on me
>parents are super proud and remember this story to this day
>brother is cool now with me playing AoE2 from time to timeYou have gifted me the best childhood meomories one could ever wish for. Thank you mom, dad and brother.

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Anon06/10/26, 08:21No.2425885
Castles II: Siege and Conquest
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Anon06/10/26, 08:23No.2425886
Red Alert.
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Anon06/10/26, 21:10No.2426300
Dune 2. I'm in my 30s and these people got me hooked early. I was a tiny child and mostly watched my dad play it to be fair but it still counts.

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Anon06/10/26, 21:12No.2426304
Anno 1602
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Anon06/11/26, 11:22No.2426598
warcraft 1
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Anon06/12/26, 02:14No.2427147
Lego Rock Raiders
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Anon06/12/26, 05:14No.2427197
Propably Red alert
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Anon06/12/26, 06:05No.2427209
Tiberian Dawn
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Anon06/12/26, 06:51No.2427232
Age of Mythology.
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Anon06/16/26, 03:01No.2429763
Either Age of Empires 1 or Starcraft 1, which one was first is fuzzy
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Anon06/16/26, 03:12No.2429770
Crystalien conflict on lego.com, around 2007
If that doesn't count (it should!) then either AoE 3 or SC2, I can't remember.

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Anon06/16/26, 05:58No.2429836
How is everyone on this board a million years old
Though, seeing how fucked other videogame boards are, you uncs are alright
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Anon06/19/26, 01:35No.2432013
age of empires I think
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Anon06/22/26, 03:51No.2434609
C&C Red Alert Disk I found in a smoke house
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Anon06/22/26, 04:13No.2434623
command and conquer shortly followed by red alert
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Anon06/22/26, 12:33No.2434852
a game called Reflux, from what i read it was called Robo Rumble in the west but im sure litearly no1 outside of Poland even knows bout this one
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Anon07/07/26, 03:20No.2445034
Starcraft
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Anon07/07/26, 09:40No.2445135
wanted to say aoe1 but then i remembered it was actually
>Cultures: Die Entdeckung Vinlandsloved that piece of shit game even if it was too advanced and slow going for my tiny brain back in 2000
don't think i ever got very far, but still love watching little dudes with too many stats going about their day while i try to keep them alive so sombody must have done a good job
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Anon07/07/26, 10:21No.2445144
AoE2
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Anon07/16/26, 00:48No.2451088
Age of Empires 1
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Anon07/16/26, 00:50No.2451090
star wars empire at war
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Anon07/16/26, 03:23No.2451142
C&C Red Alert.
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Anon07/22/26, 04:51No.2454345
Company of Heroes 1, Age of Empires 2 and Warcraft 3
I think I was 6 or 7 when I played them on my brother's computer
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Anon07/22/26, 13:10No.2454489
demo for Dark Colony
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Anon07/22/26, 13:55No.2454520
Warcraft 2, i still remember blowing up the rock walls with goblin demolitions squads
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Anon07/25/26, 13:57No.2456273
I honestly don't remember. AOE2 was my fav though as a youth by far.
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Anon07/28/26, 13:50No.2458352
Age of Empires 1
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Anon07/29/26, 11:08No.2458797
Total annihilation
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Anon07/30/26, 19:25No.2459705
AoE2
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Anon08/05/26, 05:49No.2462605
Age of Empires 3
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Anon08/05/26, 18:39No.2462928
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans

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Anon08/06/26, 04:12No.2463243
Populous 2
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Anon08/06/26, 13:08No.2463405
The first Age of Empires, although I was too young to play it properly and I used cheats. The first one I played and finished legitimately was Warlords Battlecry 3.I did play the AoE demo legitimately, though. Good memories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqVg2Ypv-Nk
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Anon08/06/26, 14:14No.2463433
Warcraft 2
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Anon08/07/26, 03:21No.2463804
Star wars empire at war my man and first computer game that wasnt putput or the fish one

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Anon08/07/26, 06:37No.2463836
a pirated copy of Empire Earth + Art of Conquest
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Anon08/07/26, 11:16No.2463896
Probably Zoo tycoon 2 if you want to count thatOtherwise RA2 or Sudden Strike 2, can't remember which came first
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Anon08/08/26, 13:56No.2464441
Dune 2000
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Anon08/08/26, 16:46No.2464508
Dark Reign
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Anon08/09/26, 14:29No.2464888
Rival Realms
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Anon08/09/26, 16:07No.2464925
Dune II.
Played Dune I first, but that's more of an RPG-GSG.
Second one is Red Alert or Warcraft II, not sure.
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Anon08/09/26, 19:50No.2464993
Tiberian Sun
Then later all the other core Westwood C&C games, and SpringTA.
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Anon08/11/26, 13:23No.2465898
RA1 on the PS1. Console games were always very superficial to me so seeing someting like this on a console was very unprecedented. Then soon after that, games like Tiberian Sun and Age of Empires 2 were released which were a huge leap in RTS IMO, and the PS1 version of RA1 no longer seemed so special.

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Anon08/11/26, 13:53No.2465914
I think it was Red Alert 1, but it was AoE2 that I played a lot.
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Anon08/11/26, 14:15No.2465923
WC1/Dune2
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Anon08/12/26, 22:30No.2466815
herzog zwei
i was a lil idiot back then but figuring out supply lines was amazing
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Anon08/14/26, 16:36No.2467823
Lotr battle for middle earth
Then my cousin showed my warcraft 3
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Anon08/15/26, 02:12No.2468184
Empire Earth. It was a great childhood
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Anon08/23/26, 22:09No.2473500
Command and Conquer Generals
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Anon08/23/26, 23:14No.2473556
https://youtu.be/3SpBOEVR7h8

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Anon08/23/26, 23:29No.2473574
either aoe2 or wc2 dont remember
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Anon08/26/26, 04:02No.2475214
Stronghold Crusader
Age of Empires II AoK
Age of Empires RoR
Battle Realms
Warcraft III RoC
Warcraft III TFT
The Battle for Middle Earth II
Battle Realms WotW
The Battle for Middle Earth II RotWK
Dawn of War Soulstorm
Dawn of War II Retribution
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (?)
Iron Marines
Dawn of War II, Chaos Rising
How Many Dudes
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Anon08/26/26, 06:05No.2475241
The very first was Warcraft 1 on my uncle's PC, when I was 8 or so.
After that - Total Annihilation. I was so green and young and stupid I couldn't figure out how to produce new units.
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Anon08/26/26, 16:21No.2475587
Z
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Anon09/05/26, 05:40No.2482345
Ah fuck uuuuuuuuh I don't remember anymore
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Anon09/05/26, 06:54No.2482361
C&C1, I spammed grenadiers to win.
I never beat the campaign as a kid, I should try again now that the remaster exists
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Anon09/07/26, 03:28No.2483551
crusader kings 2
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Anon09/07/26, 03:35No.2483552
Red Alert 1
Still chasing that high
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Anon09/07/26, 08:20No.2483611
Must've been Dune II on a Genesis emul
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Anon09/07/26, 13:39No.2483679
I played all of the Command and Conquer games (even Renegade) in sequence after getting the First Decade box set as a kid. Before that it was Earthsiege 2, but that isn't really an RTS.
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Anon09/07/26, 15:32No.2483728
I would say either starcraft 1 (not BW) or AoE1
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Anon09/07/26, 15:45No.2483733
does The Ancient Art of War count? otherwise Dune II
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Anon09/07/26, 20:56No.2483889
Warcraft 1 , i guess.
now go farm user data somewhere else, robot herds
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Anon09/08/26, 02:30No.2484038
Age of Empires.
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Anon09/09/26, 20:07No.2485268
Settlers 2