Command and Conquer Wiki:Tiberian Dawn

command & Conquer (a.k.a. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn) is a 1995 real-time strategy video game produced by Westwood Studios for MS-DOS and released internationally by Virgin Interactive. It was the first of twelve games to be released under the title of Command & Conquer; six subsequent titles having since continued the story set as sequels with one acting as a prequel, along with the production of several spin-off games. Met with universal acclaim by consumers and critics, Command & Conquer was released on nine separate platforms along with becoming the originator of the Command & Conquer franchise, and today generally is considered as the title to have popularized as well as defined the real-time strategy genre.[4][5]

Set in an alternate history Earth within the year 1995, Command & Conquer tells the story of two globalized factions; the Global Defense Initiative of the United Nations, and the ancient quasi-cult, quasi-state organization known as the Brotherhood of Nod, becoming locked in a mortal struggle for control over a mysterious resource known as Tiberium.

The original Command & Conquer is widely referred to as Tiberian Dawn,[2][3][6][7] in order to distinguish between this game and the extensive franchise it has spawned over the years. In Germany, Command & Conquer was sold with the subtitle "Teil 1: Der Tiberiumkonflikt" ("Part 1: The Tiberium Conflict"). On August 31, 2007, current publisher and owner of the C&C franchise Electronic Arts made Command & Conquer (Windows95/Gold version) freely available for download from their official website[1], to mark the franchise's 12th anniversary.[8]