A pioneering real-time strategy game that popularized base-building, resource harvesting, and fast-paced skirmishes between the GDI and the Brotherhood of Nod.
- Developer: Westwood Studios
- Release year: 1995 (MS-DOS/Windows), later ports to consoles
- Genre: Real-time strategy (RTS)
- Core mechanics: Tiberium harvesting, asymmetric factions, FMV narrative, classic skirmish and campaign missions
- Legacy: Helped define the RTS boom of the late 1990s; spawned multiple sequels and spin-offs