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The first installment in Westwood's "Command and Conquer" product line, but I remember someone mentioning that Command and Conquer was also the name of the game engine. The second installment was supposed to be a fantasy-themed, but idea was somehow scrapped and turned into modern warfare.

Nevermind, found it: https://www.filfre.net/2023/06/a-dialog-in-real-time-strateg...

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Dune II didn't have an engine name, it pretty much invented the whole modern RTS genre (Herzog Zwei was a prototype for the genre, however) and much of it was bespoke/non-general code.

For C&C and RA they had the "Westwood Engine", C&C2 & RA2 used the "Westwood Engine 2"; both of these (and the Dune II prototype engine) were also referred to as "the Command and Conquer Engine". They then had a small gap of 3D games (Renegade, for instance) that used the "Westwood 3D" engine which was expanded and renamed to "SAGE" for Generals. All followup C&C games used "SAGE 2.0".

the months leading up to C&C release were quite exciting as game magazines were releasing details left and right , and when they released the demo https://cnc.fandom.com/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer_demo it was such good times. those graphics, the gameplay mechanics, the voice lines. And when the final release on several CDs was there, we got to enjoy those sweet video sequences. Still up there in TOP 10 of best RTS

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