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Total Annihilation Remake Released

Posted by Zonk on from the late,-lamented-cave-dog dept.

Pxtl writes "The long-awaited remake of Total Annihilation (considered "#1 RTS of All Time" by Gamepsy), "Spring" has hit its first official public beta release. The game reimplements the original Cavedog game in a full 3d environment, replacing TA's fixed-angle view. It also brings other new features to the table, such as revised physics and a 1st-person-shooter mode. Spring reuses the original TA content and is backwards compatible with the old unit packs. While the game is currently win32 only, its source has been released under the GPL, so fixing that is only a matter of time. Get to the download page now and help out with the torrents."

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  1. Sweet Crackers! by Maradine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I can once again . . . well, rush my Peewees. Never mind. You had to be there.

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  2. Middle of the day by Asgard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why couldn't the editors wait for the evening hours; now I have to wait until quitting time to play!

  3. RTS by MyLongNickName · · Score: 3, Funny

    I didn't know what RTS was, and I couldn't follow the link (company policy blocked site). So I did what any intelligent person would do. I Googled it.

    Turns out RTS is Royal Televison Society.

    This was a public service announcement. Please mod insightful.

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  4. Re:Obelisk of Light by Richard+Steiner · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's an Obelisk of Light in the Stormbots mod for Tribes 1. I corrected it in my own hacked version so it would take a heavy in full health down to one red pixel in a single shot at around 800 meters or so.

    "Here I go, Heavy O! I wonder what's over this ridgZZZZZZZTTTTT!!!"

    "Uh. Medic!!"

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