Command & Conquer: The First 10 Years

[Robert Maxwell]

So, this collection is on sale with the first 12 C&C games. $20. I want to know if this is a good deal. I already have:

* C&C (original)
* Red Alert
* Red Alert 2
* Tiberian Sun

Are the other 8 games in the package worth the $20? Are any of them really bad? Really good? Sway me!!!

 

[clint g]

Yes, its worth it The Red Alert expansion packs were really great in their day and the Tiberium Sun and Red Alert 2 expansion adds alot to the game as well. Generals was really fun as well though I have a hard time considering it a Command and Conquer game. C and C Renegade was an ......interesting experiment.


Personally, I owned all the C and C games and yet when they came out with this pack in 06 I ran to the store to get it, just so I could have every game on one neat disc

 

[Emher]

I love the pack, if only to have a fully functioning on XP version of the original.

 

[flux_29]

I got on of these packs a few years ago:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K6A4HGD0L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Got it home put the C&C disc in, and it wouldn't run because my monitor was unable to work in the old 800x600 res' when it came to c&c and red alert.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I got on of these packs a few years ago:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K2WTS764L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Got it home put the C&C disc in, and it wouldn't run because my monitor was unable to work in the old 800x600 res' for c&c and red alert.

Yeah, that's the one I'm looking at.

800x600 won't be a problem for me. I'm surprised there are monitors that can't go down to 800x600 now.

 

[LightningStorm]

flux_29, surely you've been around long enough to know not to hotlink images from sites you don't own or are meant to host images for you.

please review the image policy here: http://www.trekbbs.com/faq.php?faq=vb_faq#faq_images

Thanks

 

[Savage Jaw]

I think $20 for Command and Conquer: The First Decade is well worth it. I've enjoyed each C&C game for a long time after release. I sold my original copy of the first Red Alert years ago, and when this came out I knew I had to get it. Hell, I bought it for £30 (around $55) as at the time as it had only just come out.

There were some problems I had with some of the games as I am running Windows Vista, and after two patches some time ago, EA appear to have stopped supporting it with official patches. However, they are giving support to an "unofficial" fan-made 1.03 patch which has solved all the problems I had. I would recommend everyone who has The First Decade to install it; it even adds some cool new features like 1024x768 support for the original C&C, restoring online play and even adding expansion missions from the console versions of that game. You can get it from http://www.commandandpatch.com/ . You don't even need to bother to install the offical EA patches first, as it already includes them.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Sweet! Thanks, RaggedGlory! I think I'll pick up that pack. I'm running XP so I shouldn't have too much trouble.

 

[Trubinator]

It looks interesting, but most of those aren't Vista friendly.

 

[firehawk12]

Yeah, it's a fairly jank compilation unfortunately. I still wish they took the time to just strip all the videos and put them on a DVD or something.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I'm not on Vista, so that won't be a problem for me.