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Official Retro Game Wallpapers

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First post, by Aublak

Posted on 2020-09-14, 05:45

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I've been looking for officially released wallpapers for some of my favorite games.

I felt it was the most fitting to start a topic here. Please post whatever you have.

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Reply 1 of 16, by Aublak

Posted on 2020-09-14, 05:46

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Tiberian Sun

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Reply 2 of 16, by Aublak

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More Command and Conquer

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Reply 3 of 16, by leileilol

Posted on 2020-09-15, 02:46

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None of those are public domain.

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Reply 4 of 16, by Errius

Posted on 2020-09-15, 03:07

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What games are these

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 5 of 16, by Aublak

Posted on 2020-09-16, 00:45

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leileilol wrote on 2020-09-15, 02:46:

None of those are public domain.

its Fair Use, right?

Errius wrote on 2020-09-15, 03:07:

What games are these

Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun and Red Alert

and one Unreal wallpaper

Reply 6 of 16, by Presbytier

Posted on 2020-09-18, 01:46

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If the wallpaper was distributed freely I don't think there is an issue here. Especially since it is not the wallpaper is being sold. These are essentially promotional images. 🤣

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Reply 7 of 16, by chinny22

Posted on 2020-09-18, 08:23

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C&C Gold and RA1 both came with complete theme packs not just wallpaper's, I think Tiberian Sun did as well?

All 3 were made freeware and can be downloaded here if you want the "complete desktop experience"
https://cncnz.com/features/freeware-classic-c … -conquer-games/

Reply 8 of 16, by Aublak

Posted on 2020-09-19, 22:14

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Remember folks, this is NOT just a Command and Conquer thread. This is an 'Officially Released Video Game Wallpapers' thread.
So feel free to contribute.

Or maybe we should drop the "official" and make it a 'General Retro Games Wallpaper' thread?

Reply 9 of 16, by leileilol

Posted on 2020-09-20, 01:21

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I don't like mass image posting (especially if they're 1280x1024x24 lossless BMPs from 2000), so I can probably just link this reddit thread of a certain official wallpaper collection of a certain game.

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Reply 10 of 16, by schmatzler

Posted on 2020-09-20, 11:30

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No One Lives Forever 2:

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I-War:

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Shadow Man:

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American McGee's Alice:

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Reply 11 of 16, by akula65

Posted on 2020-09-20, 13:13

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Check out Brad Custer's Wallpaper page on Inside Mac Games:
http://www.insidemacgames.com/custer/desktops.php

Reply 12 of 16, by Aublak

Posted on 2020-09-20, 13:34

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akula65 wrote on 2020-09-20, 13:13:

Check out Brad Custer's Wallpaper page on Inside Mac Games:
http://www.insidemacgames.com/custer/desktops.php

Oh wow. This is really great.

Too bad some of them have the Mac logo on them. I'm not really into Macs. I suppose I could do some erasing in Photoshop.

Reply 13 of 16, by feuerstein

Posted on 2020-09-20, 14:48

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Reply 14 of 16, by Presbytier

Posted on 2020-09-20, 16:41

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Reply 15 of 16, by akula65

Posted on 2020-09-20, 19:18

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Back around 2003 the West Brothers had a site touting West Racing and their Racing Legends project. I am not aware that the project ever actually produced a working software product, but they did release a couple of cool Lotus wallpapers at one point (scroll down a bit from the top of the page and you will find 1600x1200 and 1024x768 versions):

https://web.archive.org/web/20080207195540/ht … ds.com/news.htm

As you can see from the aero devices, the model is post-Grand Prix Legends. For its time, it was a remarkably detailed model.