Funny how the world works sometimes. I remember walking through Sam's Club back in 1997 and seeing the display for this game. A buddy of mine bought the game and told me you gotta see this game. Never before had we seen anything like it and we were instantly hooked as were several other of our friends. Back the, you had to download a program so you play against others, so we opted for Lan parties instead.
Since 1997, I have pulled this game out and played it everyyear since. When I tried to load it up a week ago, it didn't work. Was a little dissappointed and thought it was time to move on and then it popped up on my front page yesterday. I didn't hesitate.
The base game and both expansions are here and there are at least 150 single player missions and more units than you can possibly imagine. Makes for very large scale battles, especially if you are playing on one of the metal maps. The graphics are obviousley lacking and the game isn't as revelutionary as it was then, but this game has great meaning for me and changed the way I viewed gaming. It was the first game that got me really excited and it changed the way games were made.
I remember Chris Taylor saying he wanted to go straight to TA2, but they wanted to make TA:Kingdoms, which was a game I enjoyed, but not even close to as much as TA. And because they didn't go straight to TA2, well, the rest is history. TA:K didn't do so well and the company eventually went under with no sequel ever done. The ownership has changed many times over (last I heard a company in Japan had it and wouldn't part with it) and a sequel does not seem to ever be coming which is a tragedy. It is probably one of the reasons this game is as iconic and beloved as it still is today.
After loading up the game last night, I coudn't beleive that 2 hours had passed so quickly. Still love and cherish this game.

Still loving this game and just played it for the 20th year in a row.

Still waiting after all these years for a sequel. Do I think we will get one: Nope. Game still excites me after all these years.

Still playing after 23 years. Game is real cheap now, so great time to buy!!

Gonna keep on playing every year until I can't . Still my FAV RTS of all-time