Free Command and Conquor

[Jhereg42]

http://www.commandandconquer.com/classic?sourceid=eag1

For old timer PC RTS junkies who love wonderfully horrific live action acting, it looks like EA is giving away three of the old Command and Conquor games.

They are a bit aged, but you cannot beat free right?

Edit: There have been reports from some other posters that they are having issues getting this to work with Vista. They are lengthy downloads, so Vista users be forwarned.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Cool. Just wish I liked RTS games. But base building and resource gathering is so boring. And so are tech trees...

 

[walls of cetepedes]

Oh man, I loved Red Alert on the PS1.

Now I can play it again! AHAHAHAHAHA!

But this 2 hour download time worries me...

Edit: WTF? 5 hours now?!

 

[EMFCRACKSHOT]

Well, this is most awesome news. I thank thee for brining it to my attention
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[syndicated44]

I dislike CnC's approach to RTS. It was never one of those games that you could take slowly, you had to constantly be doing something or you fall behind and 2 minutes later rushed by hundreds of everything. Then again I am just kinda bad at it..

Edit: Forgot to say thanks for the links and info. I have something to do for a while.

 

[Archindar]

Thats awesome. I played Red Alert instead, should be fun to play the game that set the bar for RTS back then.

 

[TheScarecrow]

http://www.commandandconquer.com/classic?sourceid=eag1

For old timer PC RTS junkies who love wonderfully horrific live action acting, it looks like EA is giving away three of the old Command and Conquor games.

They are a bit aged, but you cannot beat free right?

I've been trying to get a working copy of Red Alert.

Thank you.

 

[Reyce]

Epic Win!! Pity I already have the first decade so its a little pointless

 

[LWS666]

i'm downloading everything! should be done in two hours!

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

Tiberian Sun + Firestorm were my alltime favorite! 1st PC game i've had if i remember correctly!

 

[Mehall]

To all those wanting C&C games: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Command-Conquer-First-Decade-DVD/dp/B000E543LI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1266248727&sr=8-2

See if you can find that, it's available in some GAME stores in the UK, that's where I got mine. It's in 2 for £15, or £9.99 on it's own (though amazon's price ain't exactly bad either!)

one warning: The original C&C has not been updated to run on modern systems, and some of the other early ones may be the same. That said, I managed to get C&C1 to run on my win7 laptop, albeit the FMV didn't work, but gameplay was fine.

 

[Jhereg42]

Bumping for the evening crowd.

 

[Insanum]

Ive got them all up too Generals, And i still love RA2.

Although the words "Kirov Reporting" strike fear into my hear.

 

[Plurralbles]

In my day we had to pay for our games!

I'm glad I didnt' go and get the package. now I can hold back on that.

Difference between Nod and whatever downloads?

 

[walls of cetepedes]

Grr...

All that time and its not compatible with Vista...

Edit: At least, for me. You guys try it anyways.

 

[Plurralbles]

Grr...

All that time and its not compatible with Vista...

As people on Idiocracy would say, "Upgrade"

damn. Really? Dang. I'll download 'em anyway. Store them on a disc for later use.

 

[walls of cetepedes]

As people on Idiocracy would say, "Upgrade"

damn. Really? Dang. I'll download 'em anyway. Store them on a disc for later use.

That or I fucked up somewhere.

You go try it, maybe its just my incompetence

 

[CincoDeMayo]

I dislike CnC's approach to RTS. It was never one of those games that you could take slowly, you had to constantly be doing something or you fall behind and 2 minutes later rushed by hundreds of everything. Then again I am just kinda bad at it..

Have you played Starcraft? I can assure you that it beats the living crap out of C&C as far as the progress stress goes!

OT: Thanks a lot for sharing these awesome news, I actually prefer playing the older C&C games, so finding this was golden.

 

[GreyWolf257]

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