Command & Conquer (Nintendo 64, 1999)

review taken from http://www.gamespot.com/n64/st​rategy/commandconquer/review.h​tml?om_act=convert&om_clk=​gsupdates&tag=updates;titl​e;3
i did not write this !!! Real-time strategy has been a staple of PC gaming for years. Several of the PC's most popular RTS games have made their way to various console systems, but all of them suffer from the same basic flaws: lower resolution and shoddy control. Command & Conquer for the N64 almost manages to get around both of these problems, and while the resulting game is good, there are still a few little clunky things that get in the player's way.

The game's storyline, told through your mission briefings, is reasonably deep and pretty entertaining. While the full-motion video briefings of the other versions have been scrapped in favor of a slideshow of pertinent images, the audio is intact. So, depending on which faction you choose, you'll hear things from either a GDI (read: GI Joe-like good guys) or a Brotherhood of NOD (read: Cobra-esque bad guys) perspective. Each faction has its own worldview, its own various structures, and its own set of troops. Each faction does have different-looking vehicles and buildings, but do just about the same thing for their side. There are definitely differences, but the game is pretty balanced, so there really isn't any one super weapon on either force.

Like just about every other RTS game in the world, this game is a tale of resource management. To build more structures and train enough troops to roll over your enemies, you must maintain a positive cash flow. You earn money by harvesting Tiberium - a mineral that rises to the planet's surface, forming dangerously toxic fields full of cash. Harvest enough of it, and you can build everything from basic machine-gun troopers to complex flying machines, flame tanks, and death-dealing obelisks. Come up short, and you can sell some buildings for quick influxes of cash, but this is usually a last-ditch tactic. Just make sure nothing happens to your harvester, and don't attack until you've got enough military might to crush your enemy two or three times, and you should be just fine.

Those of you who have seen the other console versions of Command & Conquer are probably expecting this version to look the same as the other versions, complete with flat, blocky 2D sprites that are run in a resolution far too low to be discernable. But the terrain, buildings, and vehicles in the N64 version of C&C are done entirely in 3D, giving an all-new look to the game. This, combined with the expansion pack, lets you run in a higher resolution, which makes figuring out if you're looking at a minigunner or a grenadier a bit easier. If you still can't tell what you're looking at, the camera is slightly controllable, allowing you to zoom in or out a little bit. It would have been nice if the game ran at a resolution that would let you keep the map and building screen open at all times, since constant monitoring of your radar map is a key tactic in the game. Without the expansion pack, you're limited to the standard medium resolution. It looks nice, but it's a bit too blocky for my tastes. The game's speed and frame rate vary slightly throughout the game, depending on how much action you've got on the screen. At the beginning of a level, when you don't really have anything uncovered, scrolling is incredibly speedy, almost to the point of being too fast.finish review at above website

Plays mostly like the computer version. Less animation during setup screens. Game play is perfect. Takes a little getting used to on the joystick, not like the mouse.

this is a game which is much better played on a computer. its still ok on the 64 using the joystick, but this type of game is just alot easier to control when using a mouse. all of the games in the command & conquer series are similar, this one is an earlier version, and they tend to get better in the newer vwersions, so this game in particular is not as addictive as the others, but entertaining if you can get past the idea that you can't use a mouse.

Command and Conquer is one of the best warfare/strategy games ever created for the Nintendo 64 gaming console. I am a hard critic for video games, but this one gets all thumbs up from me! It's one of those games where when you beat it, you just want to play it all over again and try to improve on your strategies.

another hard to find classic game,the gameplay and graphics are different than that of the playstation version,which makes this game version unique to the command and conquer series. a true must have.