Do you like your gaming old school with a dash of open web standards thrown in? The original Command & Conquer has been turned into an HTML5 game, playable in the browser. It's buggy and a bit awkward, but it'll still put smiles on retro gaming fans' faces.
EA already offers a Play4Free version of C&C, but you'll surely prefer to support the homebrew programming community by giving this one a try. It's built using HTML5 and JavaScript and is currently at version 0.3. Developer Aditya Ravi Shankar took three and a half weeks to put the first build together, meticulously studying how the real game looks and plays and recreating it in his web-friendly version. You can try it out on the first source link below or learn more about how it was put together at the second.

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This looks awesome, can’t wait to try it out brings me back to where it all began.
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 6:35 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Server load is pretty high I would guess ;)
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 6:58 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
It was a lot worse when I went on the first page of Hacker News… My first provider refused to host my game any more…. :)
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 11:59 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
HTML5 really does offer some “new construction options”…
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 7:39 AM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
lol… I used to love this game.
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 7:40 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
and EA continues to drop on fond childhood memories of great games :( o isometric syndicate how I miss thee.
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 8:21 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Cease and desist in 3… 2… 1…
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 9:12 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
That… Is… AWESOME!! Totally trying this out. Maybe I’ll sneak a peak during lunch at work. :P
Brings back some great memories
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 10:31 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
This makes my heart unbelievable happy. I’m continually blown away with what HTML5 is enabling developers to do.
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 10:35 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Thank you for your kind article… Could I request you to use the perma-link game url ( http://www.adityaravishankar.com/projects/games/command-and-conquer/ ) instead of the temporary url (http://apps.nahklick.de/cnc/) which could change any time.. The perma-link will always redirect to the correct url.
And In case I shift servers/hosting, the link will still point to the correct place…..
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 11:39 AM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
Nuclear launch detected
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 12:05 PM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
Can’t wait until you port Red Alert to the browser
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 12:22 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
:D! This is epic, would like RA1 also!!!
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 12:32 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
This is what my high school computer class was really all about. Starcon also lol
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 1:18 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Guess who`s back.
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 2:23 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Next: Red Alert!
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 2:49 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Engineer rush in web standards !!
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 2:50 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Amazing.
Posted on Jan 25, 2012 | 4:26 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
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