Free Download of Command & Conquer Gold Begins C&C 12th Anniversary Celebration

EA has released Tiberian Sun AND its expansion (Firestorm) as free PC strategy games. This article:

http://imbacore.blogspot.com/2010/02/free-full-version-pc-strategy-games.html

provides the (LEGAL) download link for both games, as well as that of Tiberian Dawn, another game that EA has released full version as a free pc real-time strategy game. Happy gaming!

i burned the ISO onto a disc, but each time I go run it I get this error: Unable to location necessary files, please run SETUP.EXE from CD Rom Disc.

I am doing exactly that and following the instructions. Any help would be great. e-mail is sboyle5@hotmail.com

@sebby94 No CnC Gold DOES NOT contain Generals or Generals: Zero Hour.

@ patfloydian check somewhere else. This is only for CnC 1

@lauraskenny1 you don't open it via Windows Media Player. You burn the .iso onto a CD using either Nero or any other program OR you can use this method: http://www.cncworld.org/?page=features/tutorials/tdfree

@mrjaguar007 did you do the proper settings? I know I had past problems with Tiberian Sun with the fact that it has to be on the MAIN CD drive not like secondary or virtual... So try burning it onto a regular Cd.

@contactadam2002 try to upgrade more RAM on your computer? I honestly don't know... sorry... Ask somewhere else (probably your best bet)

@ WOLFSTER2006 define what instructions

@ ahrensXD you have to EXTRACT is before burning it (if you're doing the conventional drag and drop burning). If you do it the right way, opening it through Nero or any other program that supports virtual CD .iso format, then it should automatically extract it for you. To extract it use programs like 7-zip to do the job.

Overall: You guys, asking questions here on comments is NOT the smartest thing to do. if you want quick answers go do it on a more active FORUM or something. Posting a comment on an old article is NOT the way to do it.

Anyways, take care

-StarD

does the CnC Gold download work to install CnC Generals: Zero Hour? just wondering

is there an ISO file for the Covert Operations available?

Do this with Red Alert next. More people need to play that game. Best westwood RTS ever.

o.k. so I downloaded the gdi iso file but it wants to open with windows media player. Any ideas what I did wrong?

I have burned C&C Gold and C&C 95 to disc and have also tried using my original game discs that I bought a long time ago, but the message that keeps coming up when I try to install is "Can't run 16bit windows program- Insufficient memory to run this application. Quit one or more windows applications and then try again". This is in spite of following the provided instructions. I have Windows XP Pro SP3, but I think this happened with SP2. How do I remedy this problem?

Those instructions were very clear, and I'm sure I followed them exactly. I've installed the game, and when I use MagicISO the game appears to load. I click "play" and the screen goes black, as if about to start. I then get some sort of error with no text, just a blank box. All I can do is click "OK" and the game ends. What is this? Any idea?

Please help.

Thanks.

Here is a newbie-friendly, idiot-proof guide to installing C&C Gold on Windows XP.

It is step-by-step and includes pictures, plus it will also enable online play (which the official instructions don't tell you how to do)!

http://www.cncworld.org/?page=features/tutorials/tdfree

everytime i run the cd it just stops and goes back to xp screen how do i get the game to run? i have followed all install instructions

I have burned it over at a CD, but when i try to open it on my CD it just tell me to burn it again and its still the same type of file as it was when it was on my deskop.

Read these instructions here to play the game:

http://ccgold.ea.com/uk/

You need to set it for compatability mode for Windows 95.

I downloaded the iso and when I try to install it tells me that setup.exe cannot be found help please

Does anyone know an answer for the "unit at the top of the map" crash? closing cftmon.exe had no effect... can't get past GDI mission 6!

How do you group units again? Ctrl-# doesn't seem to work.

Did you guys get answers? I'm having the same problem. Any help would be great, I'm so close to reliving great memories!!!

Can someone give a detailed, smooth, and easy to understand explanation of how to set this up to a noob? Like, from start to finish. That, and what disc is the minimal requirement for download.

Is there any way to play this in a window? I have "Normal Window" selected from the Properties for te shortcut and it still plays full (wide) screen. Ideas?

EA, not being motherfuckers and infact being awesome? and including full proper ISO's (which means the music and FMV too)

I do not know what to say......... I am confused

FIGHT, WIN, PREVAIL!

I loved C&C - my friend showed it to me one day and the next day I was at the store buying it. One of the coolest INSTALLERS of a game ever. Seriously, who puts that much thought into the installation routine?

<3 <3 <3 thanks for the memories Westwood Studios!

I'm on the 5th mission for GDI I believe, the one where you start with only a commando. Once I get to the top left part of the map, the game crashes, has anyone else had this problem?

what resolution is this running at? is it like red alert 640x480? or like the original at 320x200?

Download links aren't working anymore. :(

More companies need to be doing this.

Hey,

I've downloaded the ISOs, burnt them to disc, followed all the install instructions (compatability mode etc), and as soon as I click on the install file I get 'Setup Initilization Error' and nothing more.

Using WindowsXP Home w/ SP2.

Any ideas?

I guess this is a good spot to post this maybe...

I got the First Decade DVD some months back and it's cool and all but I really want to play through the first game. Problem is, at some point when I'm playing it, the screen flashes and suddently all of the colors are messed up, rendering the game mostly unplayable. It does this with Red Alert as well.

All of my searches to try and figure out how to fix this or prevent it from happening have been in vain. I think if I could run it in a window I'd be fine but the game itself doesn't offer this option and the windowing utilities out there (like dxwnd or d3dwindower) just don't work (Fallout 1/2 have the same issue but d3dwindower fixes them for me).

So... does this sound familiar to anyone? And does anyone know how to fix it or a workaround?

Did you guys ever use those modding tools back when C&C first came out?

I did, and when going through the source art files, there were three cool things:

1) Frank Klepacki voicing all the sound effects - probably as placeholders during beta testing - but still funny to hear him say, "beep beep beep" for the radar and "Kaboom" for the nuke

2) Animated sprites in the files of all the infantry units dropping their guns and performing various karate moves.

3) The secret dinosaur missions, complete with a FMV of Kane asking you to go into the jungle and kill him some dinos!

I wonder if the Gold copy still has these things.

Hehe, I installed this from the first decade dvd onto my tablet.

Kinda confusing, but a lot of fun playing C&C on a tablet. Looks cool, too.

Cool! I've wanted the English Gold version for quite a while but couldn't get it anywhere.

Oh sweet - does this have TCP/IP multiplayer?

This is the raddest of rad.

Thanks.. very nice.

I wonder if the solo commando missions are as tough as I remember... unlikely

C&C Grenadiers are still one of my favorite units ever.

Sweet I will definately be playing that again. I loved the NODs in this game. Especially the laser tower thing

This is quite cool, I gotta say!

sweet. loves me some C&C. All I'm missing is C&C3 now

awesome. now release the sourcecode :)