Command & Conquer Gold (1997)
Command & Conquer Gold is a 1997 strategy video game made by Westwood Studios.
This is the Windows 95 re-release of the game that launched the series, the original Command & Conquer polished for newer machines with sharper SVGA visuals and mouse-friendly controls. The war is unchanged: side with the blue-armored Global Defense Initiative or Kane's Brotherhood of Nod and fight over Tiberium across scrolling battlefields. Between missions you harvest resources, raise a base, and mass tanks and infantry in real time, with grainy live-action briefings setting up each job. It is the foundational real-time strategy campaign, repackaged so it runs without the DOS-era fuss.
Quick answers
What is Command & Conquer Gold about?
This is the Windows 95 re-release of the game that launched the series, the original Command & Conquer polished for newer machines with sharper SVGA visuals and mouse-friendly controls. The war is unchanged: side with the blue-armored Global Defense Initiative or Kane's Brotherhood of Nod and fight over Tiberium across scrolling battlefields. Between missions you harvest resources, raise a base, and mass tanks and infantry in real time, with grainy live-action briefings setting up each job. It is the foundational real-time strategy campaign, repackaged so it runs without the DOS-era fuss.
When was Command & Conquer Gold released?
Command & Conquer Gold was released on 1 January 1997.
Who made Command & Conquer Gold?
Command & Conquer Gold was made by Westwood Studios.
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Command & Conquer Gold in our writing
- Companion guide: Westwood Studios: The Studio That Invented Real-Time Strategy
A few thoughts on Command & Conquer Gold
As the original campaign, it pairs best with what it inspired. StarCraft takes the harvest-build-attack loop into space with three sharply different factions, and Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings swaps sci-fi for medieval history while keeping real-time base-building at its heart.