Free Command & Conquer (1995)

[dubbz]

Just a heads up for anyone interested in Command & Conquer.

You can now download the the first game for free from the official C&C site.
It's a decade old, so no fancy 3D hardware required. DOS(!) and XP-only, but I'm sure you can find ways around that if you'd rather not boot Windows.

Grab it here:

http://www.commandandconquer.com/intel/default.aspx?id=61#NewsMain

 

[Chone]

It might work in Parallels.

I downloaded it yesterday, it was pretty fun for nostalgia's sake but anyone who didn't play Command & Conquer back in the day isn't going to enjoy this game much beyond a before-after comparision with C&C3.

It has videos and all, really awesome download for C&C fans.

 

[Carrot007]

Probably would run best using dosbox.

I'll try it later when I can get to the site (I can't at the moment but I've been having net problems all day)

 

[Chone]

Probably would run best using dosbox.

I'll try it later when I can get to the site (I can't at the moment but I've been having net problems all day)

No because its not a DOS game... its a Windows 95 game.

 

[ghall]

The page isn't loading for me.

 

[sjones411]

The page isn't loading for me.

The site doesn't work in Safari. Apparentally EA will make games for the Mac, just not websites for the. Try it using Firefox or Camino.

 

[IBitePrettyHard]

Finally got it downloaded on my XP partition, and man, it took forever. Over 4 hours to download 500mb.

 

[topicolo]

Finally got it downloaded on my XP partition, and man, it took forever. Over 4 hours to download 500mb.

You'll find that there's another disk. that's another 4 hours

 

[aikeru]

Actually ... there is a DOS version of Command & Conquer. In my own '95 disks (store-originated) it was included. You just run a different .EXE

 

[axled]

hey how do you run the installation with dosbox? or do you need to use parallels or bootcamp?

 

[takao]

Actually ... there is a DOS version of Command & Conquer. In my own '95 disks (store-originated) it was included. You just run a different .EXE

originally it was a DOS release only and in '97 the win95 version got the SVGA (higher resolution) treatment when it was released

i know .. i have both