Command & Conquer: Generals

Command & Conquer: Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Choose your powerful General to control massive armies of bleeding-edge military weaponry across a globe teetering on the…

1 February 2003

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy Action Science fiction Warfare

Command & Conquer: Generals is a real time strategy (rts) developed by EA Pacific, released 1 February 2003 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Command & Conquer: Generals is

Command & Conquer: Generals is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by EA Pacific and released in 2003. It was published by ak tronic Software & Services. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on SAGE.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Generals takes place in the near future where the United States and China co-operate to fight against the Global Liberation Army (GLA), a terrorist organization based in Central Asia. In chronological order, the campaign is played through the Chinese, GLA and then the United States perspectives respectively. China: A military parade in Beijing is attacked by GLA forces, culminating in the detonation of a stolen Chinese nuclear warhead and the beginning of the GLA's incursion inside China's borders. The Chinese mobilize to stall and contain the GLA, but in the process lose the Three Gorges Dam and the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. Now on the offensive, the Chinese attack GLA…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Command & Conquer series

Command & Conquer: Generals is the 13th of 30 entries we hold in the Command & Conquer series. It arrived 11 months after Command & Conquer: Renegade. The next entry was Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour in 2003.

See all 30 Command & Conquer games in release order →

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.2 GHz Intel or AMD CPU, 1 GB RAM and GeForce 4+/ Radeon 8500. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Command & Conquer: Generals launched on 1 February 2003, within three weeks of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, SimCity 4, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and NASCAR Racing 2003 Season.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, SimCity 4, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, NASCAR Racing 2003 Season.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Command & Conquer: Generals yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 5 videos →

Screenshots

All media

Command & Conquer: Generals gameplay screenshot

Dlc

Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour

22 September 2003

Expansions

Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour

22 September 2003

Quick answers

Command & Conquer: Generals — frequently asked questions

When did Command & Conquer: Generals come out?

Command & Conquer: Generals was released on 1 February 2003 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Command & Conquer: Generals?

At minimum, Command & Conquer: Generals needs 2.2 GHz Intel or AMD CPU, 1 GB RAM, GeForce 4+/ Radeon 8500 graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Command & Conquer: Generals?

The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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