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Command and Conquer the First Decade

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Command and Conquer the First Decade

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Command And Conquer: The First Decade is an incredible compilation of classic near-future strategy wargaming from the mega-hit series. With this special 10th anniversary edition, you get 12 strategy games and a bonus DVD of commemerative features. Games included: Command & Conquer - Tiberian Sun Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun - Firestorm Command & Conquer - Red Alert 2 Command & Conquer - Yuri's Revenge Command & Conquer - Renegade Command & Conquer - Generals Command & Conquer Generals - Zero Hour

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Product Details

Product Length:	7.5 inches
Product Width:	5.5 inches
Product Height:	1.25 inches
Product Weight:	0.4 pounds
Package Length:	7.4 inches
Package Width:	5.3 inches
Package Height:	0.6 inches
Package Weight:	0.4 pounds
Release Date:	February 07, 2006
Average Customer Rating:	based on 111 reviews

Game Information

Platform:	Windows XP
Media:	CD-ROM
Item Quantity:	1

Features

Relive a decade of real-time strategy history in this anniversary collection
Contains 12 classic Command & Conquer games on a single DVD
Cutting-edge visuals, epic storylines, and complex missions
Bonus DVD with commemorative videos including exclusive interviews
100s of single-player missions and multiplayer mayhem

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Average Customer Review: 4.0

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68 of 71 found the following review helpful:

A must have for any strategy gamer Apr 29, 2006 By Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast"
The Command and Conquer series is just incredible. Some of the first walkthroughs I wrote were for the original Command and Conquer series.

These games began coming out in 1995, and it's just amazing how fun they still are to play - and how quickly I remember the missions. They really were a ton of fun. They were great strategy, the plotline was great, and the graphics were very impressive for the time.

Sure, in modern times we might chuckle at the white-square grenade being "lobbed", but after a few minutes you get right into the spirit of things. You run over the enemy troops with your harvester, you go after that base, you build your barracks and are sucked in for hours.

I do have all the original games - but half of them won't run on modern computers! With this set you get the full set of games, all of them run quite nicely, and they are all just as good if not better as far as graphics go.

If you haven't played any of these games, you really have to get this set. These are true gaming classics that are incredibly fun to play. If you HAVE played these in the past, then you owe it to yourself to buy this set so that you can play them on your current system. The price is amazingly cheap for the number of games you are getting.

Highly, highly recommended - a must have for anyone who enjoys strategy gaming.

61 of 65 found the following review helpful:

Amazing Setup Feb 17, 2006 By Patrick J. Leahy "wakkax2"
I got into Command and Conquer quite late, I started playing Red Alert 2, and eventually bought the collection with five games(Yuri's Revenge never worked on my Windows Xp in that version). Then I bought Generals and that kind of lagged on my comp. Now this comes out, 12 games on 1 disc, and all of them run smoothly as ever. It's all updated and gorgeous. These games never looked so good, and for the price the amount of gameplay time is ridiculous. A great buy. AAAA++++

20 of 21 found the following review helpful:

Well worth the money Mar 30, 2006 By Jeff
I've always been a huge fan of the Command & Conquer games, and after owning them all individually (and losing some CDs along the way), it is great to be able to get them all back and running flawlessly on my computer.

Playing the orginal Command & Conquer and Red Alert delivers a level of original gameplay just not seen in a lot of newer games. Every game in this 12 pack is worth the price itself, and to get all 12 on a single DVD is just incredible.

As a note, someone mentioned that this bundle does not include the map/terrain editor for Red Alert, when in fact it does. It may not appear in the start menu, but you can still find it in the Red Alert directory.

I would recommend this product to anyone, from the battle hardened players of the C&C series to people who have never played the games and are looking for hours of entertainment.

10 of 10 found the following review helpful:

War has never been so much fun! May 13, 2007 By A. Findley
If you have (like me) been craving going back to the old Command and Conquer games without the glitches that many old games have on new operating systems, this pack is for you. The price is right for six games and six expansions, and it is worth it for the nostalgia alone. The old games have certainly aged well, and it is all bundled together in a very neat little package. Command and Conquer was the game that brought the RTS genre to the masses, and for me, each of these games is as fun as the next. There is a good mix here. Some long drawn-out missions, some quick skirmishes. Some base-building missions, some stealth and espionage missions. There is even a shooter game included, in Command and Conquer Renegade. Each of the universes that Westwood created has its own charms, and stories to support the campaigns.

In summary, if you like real time strategy games, this is a good bargain deal. If you like rich universes populated with heroes and villains, this is full of them. A good set of games to spend your time in.

9 of 9 found the following review helpful:

A Warm "Welcome Back" for STRATEGY gaming! Jun 19, 2007 By J. Claridge "Wheeled Goat"
I've absolutely loved going back and playing Red Alert 2 w/ Yuri - I forgot how much fun it was!!! The Oblisk of light! Those Tesla coils! The ChronoTroopers! Yuri Prime! I had forgotten so much. And I was laughing out loud as I played the original. The graphics are dated, the original C&C overdramatics are there - makes for a very entertaining time. It was a bit of nostalgia, but genuinely entertaining too. If you're anything like me and have never really had an "up-to-date" computer, you'll appreciate now being able to play the games without performance issues and at maximized resolutions & detail!

I never did buy Renegade, and boy am I glad. I'm enjoying it now only because I'm not pissed off from paying full price for it. It reminds me of a Star Wars FPS I played in 1997. Being set in the C&C world is it's only redeeming value. This bundle is a great way to check out a game you missed along the way.

For me, at least, the earlier games with the simpler units boils the game back down to being a *strategy* game - something that I feel has gotten lost as the franchise has pushed the graphics and extra features to compete with other games and keep them new. The newer the game, the more it's about racing to tech up and marching mega-units across the battlefield (either that or just rush - but again, not fun!). It has given new life to these games to rediscover the strategy element.

It runs great on my system - I've got XP SP2 on an Athlon 2.5, 1gig RAM and a Radeon 9800 (256mb). Hardly a cutting edge system, but every game in the bundle runs fine; and not a single setup snag or issue (no "Catastrophic failures" or "CRC errors" for me). I haven't needed to install any patches (If it ain't broke, don't fix it!). I wonder if others that have had problems are running SP2? I did notice that some of the FMV for Red Alert II was jumpy, but I haven't rebooted in a while.

I haven't (and probably won't) try the online connections. Couldn't say what's broken and what's not in that regard.

I had Generals installed when I popped the 'First Decade' DVD in, and it told me that 'First Decade' would conflict with it and very nicely guided me through uninstalling Generals. I didn't have to remove any disks, dig out the original Generals disks, or reboot - very smooth. When I started the 'First Decade' version of Generals, it was like it had never been touched. All my saved games, awards won, even options, screen resolution and performance settings were still intact! Nice. (Yeah, I know it's all in a folder in "My Documents" - but I feared that had changed with the 'First Decade' version and I was expecting to have to monkey around with it).

Upon installation, 'First Decade' lets you choose any or all of the games to be installed. It's a slight bummer that you have to enter a separate license code for each game, but you only have to do it once. All games (except Generals) are numeric only - at least you can blast through them if you know you way around the number pad. Then you start 'First Decade' and you get a menu screen where you launch any title you installed.

Just like (nearly) everybody else, I'm super-jazzed to be able to go back and play all these games! It's great fun, highly recommended. Sounds like even if you do have some technical issues, there's patches out now to get you going (though I had no problems at all and didn't need any of the patches).

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