Command and Conquer the First Decade

One big thing to note...this package says PC/DVD on the cover, so if your pc has an older CD drive only (as ours does) you will not be able to load it on your machine. We had to put it on a different machine.Also-the websites that EA advertises are no longer functioning even though this product is still being sold on the market. Just google the company to find their latest location.The games work about half the time, but they are still great fun. It seems that Red Alert 2 & Yuri's Revenge are our favorites, only eclipsed by Generals Zero Hour, which is probably the best game I've ever played on a computer. Between computers hanging up while trying to run this game, or over heated systems crashing, or mismatches on the net, this game fails about 50% of the time I play it. To my knowledge there is no work ongoing to support this product.One tip & one warning: Download Final Alert 2 from the internet (it's free) and use it to make maps for these games. That's a lot of fun. We were able to take maps of real places in the world (bmp format) and make games using real world maps. One big warning...do not download the mod packages. They usually corrupt the game and then you have to reinstall everything!Enjoy these games. There are lots of kids online playing them and they are really fun. If you like these, you might love Generals Zero Hour. It's similar, but with more micro management for detailed play/strategy and better detailed graphics.

Yes, you can get these games to work on (32 and 64 bit) Win7. It was so cheap that I figured if I get it to work, great. If not, no huge loss, this is the first game I've bought in probably over 5 years. That right there says something, how much I loved these games as a kid and still enjoy playing them.I probably spent about 5 hours of surfing the net for various patches, configurations and methods to install/run the programs. Now I can play all of the games except Red Alert 2. Not a huge loss in my book. There's probably a way to fix it, but not worth the time in my opinion. Do an online search for tfd-103-rev4. Install the game first then run that file. Bingo! Just saved you hours of struggling to get the game to work.Another nice thing, you don't need a high-end computer to play the games, since the graphics requirements are minimal compared to new games. Be warned though, be prepared to do a bit of research/experimenting to get the games to run properly if my suggestion above does not work. If you're not expecting that or up for it, don't get pissed off when the game shows up "not working". Since the game itself is so cheap, its the price you pay!

ok, I just love Command and Conquer when came out in the 90's as all the fanatics that will shoot me in the comments when this review go live (for that the title), I finish it with the only faction that I could (GDI) because with the NOD's boys I have an issue with one mission that simply hang up my pc and of course if I can't finish it, I can't advance and finish the campaign. I thought that was my pc but when I bought the new one, the same thing, so I get frustrated, throw the towel and forget about the game.I'm a little maniac and I just simply can't watch a second part movie without see the first one (maybe the only exception is star wars because in the 80's was announced that only 3 movies will exist), and of course I can't play a game without finish his first parts. for this I just not play never all the games that follows (red alert, generals, etc), wishing that someday EA will get some kind of compilation with the obvious rewrote of the code for fix the bad mission.when I saw this in the 2007, I thought that my prayers where listen so I run to buy it. in that time I have a quad core Q6600, 4 gb ddr667 (4 1gb Kingston modules), working on a 975 extreme edition MSI mainboard, a 150 gb 10k rpm WD raptor and a MSI Nvidia 8800GT with 1gb of vram, and XP 32 bits professional. I was exited because I have a good pc and finally will finish the whole package of games (C&C3 was put in the amazon's wish list while I wait the mail delivers this one), and when I got it, I just cry in pain.first, I have like one thousand of issues installing it, but it's ok, I'm still cool, I research a lot between Google, forums, etc. I download lots of patches, hotfixes, cyber prayers and other cyber shamanistic solutions with finally putting it to run. one of the expansions still don't run but I can't remember which one today.the thing that almost make me swallow a bullet was that I end GDI campaign and then when I'm playing with the Brotherhood of NOD, the same bug on the same mission with the same result as the 90's, I swear I literally and really cry.I sent lots of mails and post lots of messages in EA's forums and I get nothing but one generic answer about get a new and best machine and video card, get latest drivers and reinstall the whole thing. months later I upgrade a little my pc. now got a quad core Q8400, 4 gb ddr800 again in 4 Kingston modules, a MSI P45 mainboard, raptor 300 gb 10k rpm, MSI 250gts with 1 gb of vram and the same win XP. then, I install the game with all the carnival of patches and hotfixes fest, and then when I came to the NOD mission, again the same issue. God, I'm using a great machine in 2008, why in the hell I can't finish a game of the 90's?. for my peace of mind I uninstall it, get the discs and throw them in the most hidden drawer on my closet until a miracle comes out or I get a NASA pc to run it.the last year I sold my desktop pc and get my actual machine, an Alienware M11x, 1.5Ghz i7, 8 gb Kingston ddr1333 ram, Nvidia GT540M and Seagate 500 gb 7.200 rpm HDD. the OS is windows 7 home premium. now, one last chance for first decade anddd..... the same freaking thing. so, I come to the conclusion that maybe, just maybe, the PC requirements maybe has nothing to do in my issue, and seeing that I'm definitely cursed to not enjoy the C&C saga. I sold the game in an online auction site with the sadness that I never play it again.today I have the same Alienware but I got a 240Gb SSD so, I wish to have it just for give it another try, maybe get a new patch or do more research, but at the end, come on, why I must do more research than the developers of the game just for run it?. why I must get lots of patches and tons of prayers to see if I can use a product that came directly form the factory?. ok, software is not perfect so maybe I have some help from the Overmind, because I still can play without any single issue Starcraft and Broodwar, and installing it from zero, without any single patch. or maybe the emperor protects because I still play all my dawn of war 1 saga installed fresh without any single patch or hotfix to run (just to fix some racial unbalances).this is the only game that not even making a pact with Satan could play, if any covenant or Salemcian witches could help me, maybe I will buy it again and give it another try, because EA definitely is not willing to help.

First off this is a great deal for so many great games! I had to buy it. If you have ever played CC and liked any of them you will be sure to like the complete set. Going through the history of the games and beating them one by one and moving onto the next one was the best part. Not only do you get all the expansion packs but its all nicely packed and put onto one CD. But.. This is where my problem is. I Loves these games and was playing them a lot. I dont know if it was just my copy or not but after a few uses I noticed a few minor cracks around the center of the cd where it was attached to the cd tray. I didnt think much of it till one day it just stopped working after the cracks made thier way onto the cd. The sucky thing is I have had this less than a month. I really very much enjoyed the games and would highly recommend this to a friend. But I think I might have gotten some Defective CD. But all in all a great deal for how much you pay and there are hours upon hours of fun, addicting game play in this great bundle! BUY!