- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
3rd place is from Myth: The Fallen Lords - circa 1997. It's the dwarf unit and that particular animation was in the sprite sheet although never used in the game (iirc).
Myth was Bungie's first cross-platform SIMULTANEOUS release and was a boon to the studio. It took the RTS genre up a few notches by adding a tactical focus while ignoring the irritating "building" phase.