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Total Annihilation was one of the best examples of rock solid software that I had seen up to that point. My friend and I played it across the country on dialup
by docker_up 8y ago
Total Annihilation was one of the best examples of rock solid software that I had seen up to that point. My friend and I played it across the country on dialup modems, with 500 units each. It would slow down to a crawl, but it never crashed. We would optimize by giving each other 30 mins to build a fort and then we could attack at will. It was truly a thing of beauty.
- drharby 8y ago> nr 30mins NO NOOBS
- danso 8y agoI never really played online, but as a kid I was fascinated by the near-automation that TA allowed for with its unit queuing options. I'd happily pay full price for a game that had TA-era graphics, but the AI improvements of today. Though it seems improvements in single-player AI has stagnated with the growing ubiquity of multiplayer [0]. [0] https://aigamedev.com/open/interviews/stalker-alife/ https://aigamedev.com/open/interviews/stalker-alife/