Command & Conquer is why you are reading this page.

It was launched in 1995 by Westwood Studios. Its complete name is “Command & Conquer. Tiberian Dawn.” and it’s often referred as “Tiberian Dawn” (the subtitle) to differenciate this first game from the whole series.

The game falls into the RST category, this is “Real-Time Strategy”. It’s considered as one of the most important games in this amazing genre and it obviously had great success among gamers.

The plot of the game is, at first sight, quite simple: Good vs. Evil. The good side is a special group organized by the United Nations, called Global Defense Initiative. The evil side is a terrorist group who call themselves Brotherhood of Nod.

Let’s explain the story a bit more. These events take place in 1995 (conveniently the same year the game was launched). A meteorite crashes at the River Tiber, Italy, secreting a weird green liquid. This substance quickly gets the name of “Tiberium”, because of the location where it first appeared. This liquid is very dangerous if it falls in the wrong hands and yes, you guessed correctly, it does. The Brotherhood of Nod starts researching and processing this discovery, gaining access to almost half of it. Its leader, Kane, uses these funds to form a great army. After a series of bombings, The United Nations sends the Global Defense Initiative to protect the Earth.

Here’s the interesting part. You will be able to choose which group you take control of. You can play for the United Nations’ GDI, or become a member of the evil Brotherhood. This means basically twice the fun, because you will have twice the missions. Also, besides playing different missions depending what team you pick, your army will change. GDI forces and Brotherhood’s have different units, with distinct strong and weak points, making the game really fun and varied.

Command & Conquer was presented for several platforms: PC (MS-DOS, Windows), Apple Macintosh, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Sega Saturn. It contains 2 CD-Roms and the system requirements for the PC version are: 486 DX2 66MHz, 8 MB RAM, MS-DOS 5.0, VGA video card, Sound Blaster compatible sound card and 30 MB hard disk space.

All Missions: At the “Press Start” screen, quickly press B, A, R, R, A, right C, up, down, A. Go to the “Replay Mission” menu and press L. Done correctly, you’ll have access to every mission.

Build anywhere: To do this, you’ll have to use sandbags in a chain. This trick can help you create buildings wherever you want.

Sell soldiers: Place them near (or within) the items that are being sold. The soldiers will be sold for full price.

Hidden UFO: While playing as the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) on mission 6, gain access to the Air Attack. Then order your bombers to fly toward the lower left-hand corner of the screen and destroy a designated target. Follow the planes. As their bombs plummet to the ground, you should see a UFO hovering in the cleared area.

Orca/Attack helicopter and two minigunners cheap: First, build a helipad and then sell it. Take Orca/Attack Helicopter off pad first. When you sell the Helipad two minigunners come out so you got 2 minigunners and an Orca/Attack Helicopter for $750.

Reveal map: While playing, press Up, Down, Right, Left, A, Up, Down, Right, Left, A.

Toxic lab: While playing, press C, Right, A, Z, Y, B, Up, B, B, A. You’ll be able to build a Toxic Lab now.

Easy Money: While playing, press Right, Left, A, B, C, Z, Y, X, Right, Left. You’ll get $5,000. Repeat this code as you like.

Extra Units: After you’ve built a power plant and a barracks or Hand of NOD, press Y, A, B, B, A, Down, A, B, B, A, Down, Up.

Ion Cannon: While playing, press A, B, C, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up, B.

Lazer Orcas: Build an Orca, then press X, Y, Z, Right, Down, Left, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, X.

Nuclear Bomb: While playing, press A, B, C, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up, A.

Build anywhere: Build sandbags from one of your buildings to where you want to build, and build next to the sandbags. Then, sell the sandbags.

Extra cash bug: When you sell three refineries right after each other, the money you get keeps going up until the end of the mission.

Surprise attack: To catch your opponent off guard, build (and charge) an Iron Curtain. Then place it in the midst the enemy, on a structure or tank.

Bonus missions: In MS-DOS mode, go to the directory you installed Command & Conquer in and type “c&c funpark”. When the game begins, select START NEW GAME and choose either side for five new missions.

Extra cash: Let a silo fill up half way then sell it.

How to sell vehicles: To sell a vehicle, place it in a repair bay, then choose the $ cursor and place it over your vehicle. You’ll get about the half the value back.

Space ship: To find a space ship, go to the GDI level 6: Czech Republic. Build a normal base. Blow up all SAM sites. When you get the airstrike option, use it to attack the bottom-left corner. If you don’ see a silver ship, attack with airstrike a little higher than you did before. You should see a silver space ship that crashed.

Steal Enemy Harvesters: You can steal the enemy’s harvester by capturing the refinery while the harvester is depositing money into it. This comes in handy on earlier missions when you cannot build more harvesters.

Build Anywhere: Build a sandbag wall next to one of your buildings. Now continue the wall until you reach the spot where you want to build. Build your new building, and then sell all the sandbags.

Reveal map: Hold R1 + R2 + L1 + L2 + Circle + Square while the game is loading. Hold these buttons until the mission briefing starts.

5000 credits: Pause the game and push Right, Down (x2), Left, L1, Left, Right, Down, Left. Repeat this cheat as needed.

Bonus level: Enter PATSUX as the password on the GDI disc after completing the last mission.

Cover operations missions: Enter COVERTOPS as the password.

Japanese narration: Enter the password GODZILLA.

View FMV sequences: Enter the password CINEMA. Then, go back to the password screen and enter WHOAMI, JC or SG.

Instant ion cannon: Pause the game and push Right, Down, Left (x2), Down, Right (x2), Down, Left, X, Square, Triangle.

Instant air strike: Pause the game and push Right, Down, Left (x2), Down, Right (x2), Down, Left, X, Square, Circle.

Instant nuclear strike: Pause the game and push Right, Down, Left (x2), Down, Right (x2), Down, Left, X, Up, X.