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In article <vohit7a14ajq08@corp.supernews.com>, but only after serious
contemplation, Mr. Brian Allen <blah@blah.com> put finger to keyboard
and produced the following;
>I watched both GDI endings.  Sweet stuff.  The Ion cannon ending rules.
>Anyways, I heard that there is also an alternate NOD ending that depends
>upon collecting nuclear parts.  Any info, guys?

Originally, you were only able to use a nuclear missile in the final
mission if you had collected all the nuclear components. This was
"fixed" in one of the patches.

IIRC there is no alternative NOD ending - but I'd be happy to be proved
wrong. ;-}

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Cheers,

Chas.

"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination".

"The Arcane Chas" <Chas@the-arcane.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <vohit7a14ajq08@corp.supernews.com>, but only after serious
> contemplation, Mr. Brian Allen <blah@blah.com> put finger to keyboard
> and produced the following;
> >I watched both GDI endings.  Sweet stuff.  The Ion cannon ending rules.
> >Anyways, I heard that there is also an alternate NOD ending that depends
> >upon collecting nuclear parts.  Any info, guys?
>
> Originally, you were only able to use a nuclear missile in the final
> mission if you had collected all the nuclear components. This was
> "fixed" in one of the patches.
>
> IIRC there is no alternative NOD ending - but I'd be happy to be proved
> wrong. ;-}
>

Maybe it is in the definition of "ending"
we think of video endings
but maybe they meant 'game play' ending

with collection of all parts, you can use a nuke weapon. if not, you cannot
use it. (as Doug so correctly and intelligently noted, this was fixed with a
patch in the DOS version, and the Win95 version (aka Gold) didnt require the
collection at all.

What i don't know is, under the oldest DOS, before the patch, what was the
ending video if you didnt get the crates,  since you couldn't pick the city
to nuke? or maybe it didnt matter, you still got the same ending video?

Here is a thought! (rare as they are) Doug, get a copy of the old
pre-patched DOS and dont get the crates and see what happens!

BTW, since there are 4 cities to chose, i wonder if it is worth saving the
game at the end, and going back 3 times and picking each city in their turn?
just another odd thought


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"TCipollina" <joesdad@stny.rr.com> wrote in message
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> BTW, since there are 4 cities to chose, i wonder if it is worth saving the
> game at the end, and going back 3 times and picking each city in their
turn?
> just another odd thought
>
>
> -- 
> Fight Win Prevail
> But Never Cheat
>
>
Not really. I have still only ever played C&C under DOS, I have done all the
alertative endings, played all the final missions using alternative tactics
and I think I've wrung every last drop out of C&C. Sadly.

As the hardware and software have left C&C high and dry, I doubt I'll be
revisiting it unless it is reissued updated in the same way Elite was.

Neil A

"Neil Adamson" <adamson@uk.ibm.com> wrote in message
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>
> "TCipollina" <joesdad@stny.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:Eqgib.16035$Sc7.15227@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>
> > BTW, since there are 4 cities to chose, i wonder if it is worth saving
the
> > game at the end, and going back 3 times and picking each city in their
> turn?
> > just another odd thought
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Fight Win Prevail
> > But Never Cheat
> >
> >
> Not really. I have still only ever played C&C under DOS, I have done all
the
> alertative endings, played all the final missions using alternative
tactics
> and I think I've wrung every last drop out of C&C. Sadly.
>
> As the hardware and software have left C&C high and dry, I doubt I'll be
> revisiting it unless it is reissued updated in the same way Elite was.
>
> Neil A

thanks
gotta love a game that is still being talked about (nicely) when it is soooo
old

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But Never Cheat

> As the hardware and software have left C&C high and dry, I doubt I'll be
> revisiting it unless it is reissued updated in the same way Elite was.

The Gold version runs great under XP.  You just have to spend a few minutes
toying with compatability.  It's one of the easier older games to get
working.  Try getting one of the old Lucasarts DOS games to work on XP.
Torture!  Anyways, I just can't seem to get Covert Operations to install.
It wants to install from a DOS box for some unknown reason.  Ah well.

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 18:14:41 -0400, "Mr. Brian Allen" <blah@blah.com>
wrote:

>> As the hardware and software have left C&C high and dry, I doubt I'll be
>> revisiting it unless it is reissued updated in the same way Elite was.
>
>The Gold version runs great under XP.  You just have to spend a few minutes
>toying with compatability.  It's one of the easier older games to get
>working.  Try getting one of the old Lucasarts DOS games to work on XP.
>Torture!  Anyways, I just can't seem to get Covert Operations to install.
>It wants to install from a DOS box for some unknown reason.  Ah well.

How about just copying some of the files (such as *.mix) on the Covert
Ops disk to your C&C folder? That's what the install program does
anyway, isn't it?

> How about just copying some of the files (such as *.mix) on the Covert
> Ops disk to your C&C folder? That's what the install program does
> anyway, isn't it?

That actually worked.  I didn't figure it could possibly be that easy!  :-)
Speaking of the older games, I just stumbled onto the program ScummVM.  It
makes the old Lucasarts and Sierra adventure games playable on XP.  I was
also pleasantly surprised to see that it had support for Beneath a Steel
Sky.  That game was virtually unplayable even under Windows 95!  What a
game.  It's great to see support for these older games.  I usually have more
fun with them than with the newer games!