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The Essential RTS

A list of RTS games that I think are the very best of the genre, for both there innovations and contributions.

Rank	Game	Release Date	GameSpot Score	Blackgenjii's Score
1	Utopia (1982)	Dec. 31, 1981	--	--
3	Nether Earth	Dec. 31, 1987	--	--
4	The Ancient Art of War	Dec. 31, 1984	--	--
5	Cytron Masters	Dec. 31, 1982	--	--
6	Bokosuka Wars	Dec. 31, 1983	--	--
7	Herzog	Aug. 31, 1988	--	--
8	Populous	Dec. 31, 1989	--	--
9	Tyrants: Fight Through Time	Dec. 31, 1992	--	--
10	Carrier Command	Jul. 31, 1988	--	--
11	Overlord (1990)	Dec. 31, 1990	--	--
12	SimAnt	Dec. 6, 1991	--	--
13	Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty	Dec. 31, 1992	--	--
14	Warcraft: Orcs & Humans	Nov. 15, 1994	--	--
15	Command & Conquer: Red Alert	Nov. 22, 1996	9.5	--
16	Total Annihilation	Sep. 27, 1997	9.3	--
17	Civilization (2006)	Feb. 24, 2006	--	--
18	Age of Empires	Sep. 30, 1997	7.4	--
19	Starcraft	Mar. 31, 1998	9.1	--
20	Cossacks: European Wars	Apr. 14, 2001	7.1	--
21	Dungeon Keeper	Jun. 26, 1997	9	--
22	Homeworld	Aug. 31, 1999	9	--
23	Dark Reign: The Future of War	Sep. 26, 1997	9.2	--
24	Machines	Apr. 14, 1999	6.5	--
25	Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds	Jan. 15, 1999	--	--
26	Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns	Mar. 14, 2001	8.6	--
27	Battlezone (1998)	Feb. 28, 1998	9.4	--
28	Earth 2150	Dec. 1, 2000	8.1	--
29	Metal Fatigue	Jul. 31, 2000	6.9	--
30	Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard	Oct. 2, 2005	8.5	--
31	Ground Control	Jun. 1, 2000	8.5	--
32	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War	Sep. 20, 2004	8.8	--
33	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II	Feb. 18, 2009	8.5	--
34	Star Wars: Empire at War	Feb. 15, 2006	8.7	--
35	Company of Heroes	Sep. 13, 2006	9	--
36	Sins of a Solar Empire	Feb. 4, 2008	9	--
37	Achron	Aug. 29, 2011	6	--
38	Supreme Commander	Feb. 20, 2007	8.7	--
39	The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II	Mar. 2, 2006	8.3	--
40	SimCity (1989)	Jan. 1, 1989	7.4	--
41	Syndicate	Dec. 31, 1993	--	--
42	Savage: The Battle for Newerth	Sep. 9, 2003	7.1	--