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PC News by Robert Purchese

3 September, 2007

EA has celebrated 12 years of Command & Conquer by releasing the very first game as a free download.

It's the same version that was included in The First Decade compilation pack last year, and can be snaffled up from the official website.

Once you've downloaded the ISO images of the GDI and Nod discs, you'll want to either burn them onto a CD or DVD to be able to play, or virtually mount them using a program like Daemon Tools. Or so a friend told us. Who wouldn't say how he found out.

Command & Conquer was released in 1995 to wide critical acclaim, and was responsible for kick starting the real-time strategy series recently added to by Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars.

EA has more plans to celebrate 12 years of the series throughout September, so keep your tactical eyes peeled.

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mkreku
03/09/07 @ 10:49
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Why can't Bethsoft do something like this too, but for Daggerfall? Do they even know how difficult it is to get that game legally?

Oh, and it would be nice if they finally fixed the bugs and upgraded the graphics engine to better suit modern computers too :D
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03/09/07 @ 10:49
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Classic game at the time - shame they couldn't just let you download the .exe so you wouldn't have to faff about with ISOs - which is fine for you and me, probably, but not for the average joe!

Still, worth a punt! =D
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03/09/07 @ 11:00
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Cool. Two articles about free games in one day - genius!

Hows it aged by the way?

@mkreku: Fix the bugs in Daggerfall!? They'd be there forever! It was full of the damn things! Still a great game though. My copy is up in the loft I think...
GrandpaUlrira
03/09/07 @ 11:00
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Not for Mac :(

I suppose it was a long shot expecting that though.
Lutz moderator
03/09/07 @ 11:06
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Will it actually work in XP this time?
Euronymous
03/09/07 @ 11:13
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@Lutz: "Will it actually work in XP this time?"

If you read the install instructions, you can get it working on XP by going into the Compatibility settings and making it Windows 95. ;)

Pity it doesn't work on Linux though, although expected. :(
neilka
03/09/07 @ 11:51
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Can't you use DosBox in Linux/OSX?
mkreku
03/09/07 @ 12:01
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@crazyhorse174: OK OK, the bug removal is an impossible dream. But how about adding higher resolutions and 3D-accelerator support to the old XnGine then? :D

It wouldn't be impossible..
redneon
03/09/07 @ 12:22
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@neilka: Yes, that's how I've been playing it in OS X =o)
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JDT_JDT
03/09/07 @ 13:40
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@nelika: This seems to be the Win95 version, so probably not. Dos version works fine on Dosbox. WINE will probably work.
Durandle
03/09/07 @ 13:43
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shame its not the Mac version too, graphically it looks way nicer than the CnC95 version, plus the networking still works, which is more than I can say about the CnC95 version under XP - as far as I know, network play is totally borked and I've not found anyone who says it can be fixed.
Jaiyan
03/09/07 @ 14:19
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Just a re-hashed Dune 2, which will forever be the greatest RTS to grace the PC :)
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crazyhorse174
03/09/07 @ 15:45
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@mkreku:

Ah! Now that would rock! We could start a petition!?
Nithron
03/09/07 @ 15:57
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Last time i played this under XP, on the First Decade pack... It still didn't work on XP. They had literally repackaged the unofficial patch that you can find online, which makes the game crash when you let units enter certain areas of the maps in singleplayer. Eventually, you hit a mission where you *have* to pass through one of these areas to complete the map, and you're basically stuck there forever.
Your mileage may vary, i suppose...
dllord
03/09/07 @ 17:13
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Personally, I think Dune 2 was responsible for kick starting the real-time strategy series!
The12thMonkey
03/09/07 @ 23:31
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It's pretty easy to install on XP.
Copy shortcut of install to desktop, set compatibility.
Install
Set compatibility of .exe to Win95
Apply patch
Play

Yeah, okay, not that easy, but if you're intent on a nostalgia trip, then it's pretty good. And some of those missions are still bitch hard today, like GDI Greece >.>

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