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cliftonite

Diamond Member
Jul 15, 2001
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Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx
I loved RA2 + expansion. The chrono troopers at highest rank a good 15 to 20 of them will wreck havoc in a map. Then there was Yuri Prime, that guy was just cheap beyond cheap. Loved stealing tech from the other side to make your own uber troopers!

"A little C4 knockin on your door"

You got those chrono commandos when you spied opponents battle lab i think The best part was there was a glitch where you could spy your own battle lab by using way points and force firing on it. The Yuri Expansion was awesome as well, that big APC/tank crusher filled with those rocket firing troops was unstoppable.

Favorite lines:

"why dont you drive (suicide truck driver)"
"Koreas finest/black eagle reporting/lets take them out (black eagles)"
"2000 volts kaaaming up (tesla troopers with russian accent)"
"I DONT GIVE A WOODEN NICKLE (the president in the intro movies)

There are sooo many more I have forgotten though :(.

Anyone remember building across the map as France and using the Grand Cannon as an offensive weapon (soo much fun lol). My roommates and I would play on those custom maps with unlimited/TONS of ore and the games would last 3 to 5 hours. We would make hundreds of rocketeers, tanks, dolphins/ships (on naval maps) and duke it out in a massive battle. I remember the soviet tank rushes, engi rushes (which were really effictive as a soviet player if you used that flak truck, put an engi, one of those tank killing drones, and some dogs and took it near the MCV and if the other player undeployed the mcv, he would be screwed by the tank drone) and dropping paratroopers in a noobs base). Game was soooo much fun and I would have to say it and its expansion packs have to be my favorite games of all time.
 

dc

Diamond Member
Nov 26, 1999
9,998
2
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sole survivor for the win!

to bad it pretty much started to die once it went retail. testing stages were a blast.
ALPHA SQUAD FOREVER. :D
 

venk

Banned
Dec 10, 2000
7,449
1
0
Originally posted by: cliftonite
Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx
I loved RA2 + expansion. The chrono troopers at highest rank a good 15 to 20 of them will wreck havoc in a map. Then there was Yuri Prime, that guy was just cheap beyond cheap. Loved stealing tech from the other side to make your own uber troopers!

"A little C4 knockin on your door"

You got those chrono commandos when you spied opponents battle lab i think The best part was there was a glitch where you could spy your own battle lab by using way points and force firing on it. The Yuri Expansion was awesome as well, that big APC/tank crusher filled with those rocket firing troops was unstoppable.

Favorite lines:

"why dont you drive (suicide truck driver)"
"Koreas finest/black eagle reporting/lets take them out (black eagles)"
"2000 volts kaaaming up (tesla troopers with russian accent)"
"I DONT GIVE A WOODEN NICKLE (the president in the intro movies)

There are sooo many more I have forgotten though :(.

Anyone remember building across the map as France and using the Grand Cannon as an offensive weapon (soo much fun lol). My roommates and I would play on those custom maps with unlimited/TONS of ore and the games would last 3 to 5 hours. We would make hundreds of rocketeers, tanks, dolphins/ships (on naval maps) and duke it out in a massive battle. I remember the soviet tank rushes, engi rushes (which were really effictive as a soviet player if you used that flak truck, put an engi, one of those tank killing drones, and some dogs and took it near the MCV and if the other player undeployed the mcv, he would be screwed by the tank drone) and dropping paratroopers in a noobs base). Game was soooo much fun and I would have to say it and its expansion packs have to be my favorite games of all time.


:( you're making me nostolgic. :(

Is there a way to play it online? Maybe we can do an ATOT round robin tournament although I gotta find my CDs :(
 

MikeMike

Lifer
Feb 6, 2000
45,885
66
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Originally posted by: venk
Originally posted by: cliftonite
Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx
I loved RA2 + expansion. The chrono troopers at highest rank a good 15 to 20 of them will wreck havoc in a map. Then there was Yuri Prime, that guy was just cheap beyond cheap. Loved stealing tech from the other side to make your own uber troopers!

"A little C4 knockin on your door"

You got those chrono commandos when you spied opponents battle lab i think The best part was there was a glitch where you could spy your own battle lab by using way points and force firing on it. The Yuri Expansion was awesome as well, that big APC/tank crusher filled with those rocket firing troops was unstoppable.

Favorite lines:

"why dont you drive (suicide truck driver)"
"Koreas finest/black eagle reporting/lets take them out (black eagles)"
"2000 volts kaaaming up (tesla troopers with russian accent)"
"I DONT GIVE A WOODEN NICKLE (the president in the intro movies)

There are sooo many more I have forgotten though :(.

Anyone remember building across the map as France and using the Grand Cannon as an offensive weapon (soo much fun lol). My roommates and I would play on those custom maps with unlimited/TONS of ore and the games would last 3 to 5 hours. We would make hundreds of rocketeers, tanks, dolphins/ships (on naval maps) and duke it out in a massive battle. I remember the soviet tank rushes, engi rushes (which were really effictive as a soviet player if you used that flak truck, put an engi, one of those tank killing drones, and some dogs and took it near the MCV and if the other player undeployed the mcv, he would be screwed by the tank drone) and dropping paratroopers in a noobs base). Game was soooo much fun and I would have to say it and its expansion packs have to be my favorite games of all time.


:( you're making me nostolgic. :(

Is there a way to play it online? Maybe we can do an ATOT round robin tournament although I gotta find my CDs :(

i have my cds here at home

and i believe it was "Black Eagle Squadron Reporting"

what about honing in? moving out, and the infamously SCARY one, given no anti aircraft weapons at the time.

Kirov Reporting

get what, like 15 of those, and a few tanks kill the rocket launchers, and move the kirovs in behind them, say BYE BYE.
 

venk

Banned
Dec 10, 2000
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I remember the Zeplins, they were slow as hell but they could level a base in no time flat!
 

sao123

Lifer
May 27, 2002
12,653
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It will be a smoking crater.

screw the dolphins... 5 dreadnaughts + 15 Sea Scorpions + 50 Typhoon Attack Subs....
No one has ever beaten me in a naval war on Bay of Pigs.
 

Juice Box

Diamond Member
Nov 7, 2003
9,615
1
0
you guys are making me nostalgic :( I gotta buy the game and play it now! I'm sure people still play it online...if not ATOT should :) That was such a great game...too bad it never really took off....fvcking starcraft and other rip-off RTS games :(
 

Juice Box

Diamond Member
Nov 7, 2003
9,615
1
0
Originally posted by: sao123
It will be a smoking crater.

screw the dolphins... 5 dreadnaughts + 15 Sea Scorpions + 50 Typhoon Attack Subs....
No one has ever beaten me in a naval war on Bay of Pigs.

dude...if you get enough dolphins....the other navy is toast, trust me ;)
 

Leper Messiah

Banned
Dec 13, 2004
7,973
8
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I was always the turtle kind in that game. I would build up huge bases, and then when I knew I was invincible, go out and rape. Dreadnaughts + Plus lotsa V3s + Kirov=Pwnage.
 

Juice Box

Diamond Member
Nov 7, 2003
9,615
1
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Originally posted by: L3p3rM355i4h
I was always the turtle kind in that game. I would build up huge bases, and then when I knew I was invincible, go out and rape. Dreadnaughts + Plus lotsa V3s + Kirov=Pwnage.

heh everyone has their own strategy I guess....I remember playing this one guy online...he built the shroud generator...and I thought to myself "oh sh!t...TONS of Tanks!!!" but istead he pumped out 5 barracks allong with EASILY 500 Rocketeers.....that fvcking sucked....with that many flying around...I was fvcked :(
 

Leper Messiah

Banned
Dec 13, 2004
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I think I still have it installed somewhere. I've been using the same HDD image for re-installs for gawd knows how long. '03 or something like that.
 

Juice Box

Diamond Member
Nov 7, 2003
9,615
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did they EVER come out with a WORKING no-cd patch for this game? I remember it always being the ONLY game that required the CD no matter what....it sucked for LAN parties :(
 

sao123

Lifer
May 27, 2002
12,653
205
106
Originally posted by: Juice Box
Originally posted by: sao123
It will be a smoking crater.

screw the dolphins... 5 dreadnaughts + 15 Sea Scorpions + 50 Typhoon Attack Subs....
No one has ever beaten me in a naval war on Bay of Pigs.

dude...if you get enough dolphins....the other navy is toast, trust me ;)


Dreadnaughts & Sea Scorpions kill dolphins in masse, if you know what your doing.