joseph d. collins's definitions

Covert Operations

The one and only add-on pack for Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. "The Covert Operations" simply adds some very difficult missions into the wonderful game.

Those Covert Operations missions were really, really irritating. But fun!

by Joseph D. Collins May 1, 2005

Red Alert 2

The shortened version of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. This is the second game in the Red Alert universe, taking place years after the first conflict with the Axis and Allies. New technology has since been invented, thus making both sides far more formitable than before.

Abbreviation: RA2

Man, those Chrono Miner trucks are the coolest unit in Red Alert 2!

by Joseph D. Collins May 1, 2005

Counterstrike

Counterstrike is the first add-on pack for Command & Conquer: Red Alert. It adds new units to Red Alert such as Wonderdogs and Super Jets, as well as giving players new missions and unlocking the secret of the Ant Missions hinted at in the original Red Alert manual.

No, not Counter-Strike, the wildly-popular Half-Life modification. Counterstrike. For Red Alert.

by Joseph D. Collins May 1, 2005

Command & Conquer

Command & Conquer(sometimes written "Command and Conquer") is a large series of games created by the now-defunct Westwood Studios, the same people who brought you the video game incarnations of Dune and Blade Runner. Command & Conquer is one of the most critically acclaimed real-time strategy games, spawning several a few sequels, prequels, a handful of add-on packs, and various ports to 32-bit and 64-bit video game consoles. You play the part of either the Global Defense Inititive(GDI) or theBrotherhood of Nod(Nod) in your mission of taking control of the world through force. You build your bases and rally your forces, then promptly obliterate the opposing side as brutally as you can, leaving no survivors. It's basically a futuristic war game, in the most rudimentary definition.

Abbreviations: CnC, C&C

Game Hierarchy:
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, the Covert Operations, and Sole Survivor
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and Firestorm
Command & Conquer: Renegade

Prequels:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Counterstrike, and the Aftermath
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge

Other:
Command & Conquer: Generals and Zero Hour

Command & Conquer has captured my life.

by Joseph D. Collins May 1, 2005

GDI

Shorthand version of the Global Defense Initiative, one of two factions in the Command & Conquer series of games.(Generally regarded as "the good guys".)

The GDI has Mammoth Tanks, while Nod has Stealth Tanks.

by Joseph D. Collins May 1, 2005

Tiberian Twilight

The fan-made name for the third installment in the Command & Conquer series of games which will never see the light of day.

I find it unfair that Tiberian Twilight will never be a reality. Thanks a lot, EA Games!!

by Joseph D. Collins June 5, 2005

Yuri's Revenge

The one and only add-on for Red Alert 2, Yuri's Revenge is more oriented towards finding and defeating the super-psychic known as "Yuri".

Abbreviation: YR

Man, that Yuri is something else in Yuri's Revenge. . .

by Joseph D. Collins May 1, 2005