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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun is a 1999 real-time strategy game. Its details include a line of dialogue with a hidden double meaning and a general's uniform modeled on a real-life commander's.

11 Interesting Facts About Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

Interesting Facts (10)

  1. #001

    CABAL's line to Slavik, when Slavik is ordered to track down Jake McNeil, is "I believe you know his brother." The remark carries two meanings: Jake is the sibling of Michael McNeil, Slavik's counterpart on the other side, and Daniel Kucan, the actor playing Jake, is the brother of Joseph D. Kucan, who plays Slavik's superior, Kane.

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  2. #002

    Kane's mask in Tiberian Sun carries a reflection of Westwood's original CABAL render, displayed without the logical horizontal flip.

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  3. #003

    The US Army Combat Infantryman badge above the medal ribbons on General Solomon's uniform is red rather than blue. The reason may be that the cinematic cutscenes were shot against a bluescreen, with the background added to the screen afterwards.

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  4. #004

    In the GDI opening scene, Kane asks General Solomon rhetorically: "If I am cut, do I not bleed?" The line paraphrases Shylock's monologue in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

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  5. #005

    The walker in the 1995 Tiberian Sun trailer is frequently taken for the first Wolverine, yet it stands only tall enough for a pilot and has no full control cabin.

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  6. #006

    The X-O Powersuit's laser was the only known instance of GDI using laser technology, and it was field-tested to destroy a Humvee with a single shot.

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  7. #007

    A rare C&C trailer from January 1995, uploaded by Idrachod2, contains an unused Kane cut-scene, most likely the Joe Kucan test shot referenced at CommandCOM 2009.

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  8. #008

    Westwood picked I AM's "Destructible Times" because it fit Nod's warlike character and bad-ass feel; Frank Klepacki was drumming for the band at the time.

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  9. #009

    I AM singer Greg Greer sued EA in 2010 over the song's use but lost in 2012, as Klepacki had granted permission back in 1995.

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  10. #010

    General Solomon's uniform closely mirrors that of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the well-known U.S. Army general who led American forces in the Gulf War. Both wear the same ribbon rack on the left, a Combat Infantryman Badge (red rather than blue on Solomon), a Master Parachutist badge, staff identification badges on the chest pockets and four stars on each epaulet. Solomon alone has a Presidential Unit Citation and a Rangers tab, which Schwarzkopf lacked, while he lacks the Vietnamese parachutist badge on his right side and the US Central Command badge.

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  1. #011

    At a convention in November 2011, a Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999) fan greeted Michael Biehn with "Michael McNeil, GDI, Tiberian Sun". Biehn was confused by the reference and had no memory of the role until the fan described the game in more detail; only then did he begin to recall it, admitting that the 1990s were a big blur to him.

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