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someone help! i have dosbox and i have downloaded the game but i cant figure out how to get the game to open using it! i have windows vista, thats why i downloaded dosbox. anyone able to help??

[zirkoni]

DOSBox beginner's guide:
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?&t=14406
"war.exe" starts te game.

[WildKarrde]

Such an amazing game! People give C&C too much credit in my opinion. WarCraft was the true trend setter for RTS games.

[Scatty]

Well C&C was also just inspired by Dune II.

[The Fifth Horseman]

...and it's not like Dune 2 was 100% original either.

[another_guest]

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman

...and it's not like Dune 2 was 100% original either.

Even if we're in a Warcraft topic, what were the predecessors of Dune 2? I know there are some (so I'm not doubting your comment ) but I have no idea which RTS games were earlier than Dune 2, it was the first one I ever played.

[The Fifth Horseman]

To name three:
Final Frontier (1989)
Herzog Zwei (1989)
Battletech: Crescent Hawks Revenge (1990)

[another_guest]

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman

To name three:
Final Frontier (1989)
Herzog Zwei (1989)
Battletech: Crescent Hawks Revenge (1990)

Thanks! Those names do ring a bell but only because I've seen them before on Abandonia
Back to Warcraft, the second and third never held the same "magic" for me as the very first one, in spite of the clear innovations they brought

[Scatty]

Yes I agree there, the first Warcraft was different than the following two parts in a way, it has a special stern atmosphere that Warcraft II and III don't, imo.

[red_avatar]

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman

To name three:
Final Frontier (1989)
Herzog Zwei (1989)
Battletech: Crescent Hawks Revenge (1990)

To be fair though, Dune 2 was the first to combine all sorts of ideas into a single game: different units for different factions, a base to build + defenses, resources to gather, factories to make units & vehicles, map-based territory, etc.

Warcraft actually didn't change much about this - despite Blizzard having a lot of fans, they really mostly just took other people's ideas, changed them a little, and made a killing. Blizzard's success lies in polishing up existing formulas - WoW ripped off Everquest for like 80% for example, credit which is rarely given sadly enough.

In any case, Warcraft is a good game but it still had all the weaknesses Dune 2 had: where Dune 2 used slabs, Warcraft used roads. Warcaft's interface was rigid and slow too, you could only select one unit at a time, the story was rather simple and only divulged between missions, etc. In fact, in several places, it was a step backwards.