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One thing i remember best about the original C&C is a gorgeous installer [1]! Being one of the first games that came on CD, I thought it is the standard of the
by Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
One thing i remember best about the original C&C is a gorgeous installer [1]! Being one of the first games that came on CD, I thought it is the standard of the things to come.
Unfortunately, the future disappointed: every other game came with a boring windows installer.
[1]: https://youtu.be/cioyLQ2O6yc https://youtu.be/cioyLQ2O6yc
- Lammy 5y agoRA2's was pretty fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKjPls9YGcI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKjPls9YGcI
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoNever saw that one, RA1 left me disappointed, so i never checked next installments. Looks better than average installer, but still, but quite as great as in C&C1 )
- micheljansen 5y agoThis took me way back. What an experience that was back in the day.
- Arrath 5y agoRed Alert 2's was pretty great, though not to the same level as C&C's. When it started it blasted out at full volume, "WARNING! Military Software Detected!" which, at one friend's house, caused his mom to yell up the stairs at us "WHAT ARE YOU BOYS DOING???" Edit: hah, beaten.
- rnoorda 5y agoI loved the C&C/RA computer aesthetic. That's how I always imagined the future of UI. The modern digital experience is fine, but I sometimes wish we had more rotating graphics and phosphor green text.
- mPReDiToR 5y agoI think a lot of the appeal of Fallout is the PipBoy aesthetic. Green mono monitors are de rigeur for so much geeky computing. Linux terminals in basically every movie. Knock knock, Neo...
- rastafang 5y agothe installer... that is what caught your attention?
- merb 5y agonot very epilepsie friendly
- imwillofficial 5y agoHow so?
- midasuni 5y agoAs a hormonal teenager I was far more interested in Tanya. The file copying process was not the type of install I was interested in.
- endgame 5y agoEvery other game _except C&C remastered_: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDt_Q1risk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDt_Q1risk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nupLAa68rX0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nupLAa68rX0 While they were made by a community member, kudos to EA for shipping them. Really put a bow on the whole thing.
- gfunk911 5y agoYes! As a kid, I specifically remember thinking that even the installer was cool.
- WalterBright 5y agoThe Digital Mars C compiler came on a CD, and was unique in that it did not require installation. You could just run it off of the CD.
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoI think especially in DOS, installing a game was an Experience on its own; like "unboxing", it made you hyped for the game. I'm sure market research showed that nobody cares. I don't believe installing a game is that much faster nowadays, but I'm sure people end up doing something else - something that was possible once windows came around.
- lmm 5y agoParticularly frustrating when trying to install Red Alert 2 on Linux via Wine, because the installer itself had copy protection.
- IntelMiner 5y agoIs there anywhere that one can read about that? That's...bizarre
- lmm 5y agoI'm not sure anyone considered it worth writing up - it was standard SafeDisc. Just frustrating as someone trying to use it legitimately.
- SCLeo 5y agoThat is so cool (...and quite cringe from modern standards).