Command & Conquer now a free download

Original Command & Conquer game up for grabs to celebrate 12th annual anniversary.

The original version of real-time strategy classic Command & Conquer, first released in 1995, is currently available to download for free from GameSpot in celebration of the 12th anniversary of the series.

The game download, which is fully compatible with Windows XP, is the same version as included in the Command & Conquer: The First Decade pack.

The game, also sometimes called Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, is set at the end of the 20th century, after a meteorite crash landing produces a new substance called Tiberium. Two groups, the Global Defense Initiative and the Brotherhood of Nod, fight for the control of these powerful crystals, in what escalates into a global war. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars was released in March on PC, and an expansion pack, Kane's Wrath, is due sometime in the second quarter of 2008.

A statement on the official site also promises more goodies throughout the month of September, as "each week as we plan to celebrate and remember 12 years of Command & Conquer in a number of different ways."

209 Comments

  • Braden-O

    Posted Jun 4, 2009 8:40 pm PT

    i want call of duty world at war for free haha...

  • limdragon25

    Posted Mar 22, 2009 6:12 am PT

    i love free games!

  • MagnumPI

    Posted Mar 7, 2009 6:58 am PT

    I have two copies of gold and the original DOS as well as the covert Ops and it call costed about $8. So it's not even worth downloading because this server is so friggen slow.

  • Boston95

    Posted Mar 1, 2009 6:12 pm PT

    Why is there no link!! And why when I click on the Gamespot link does it send me to these other dumb links that send me to websites to buy the the game???? Is this not a free game download????um......Nooo!

  • railroad40

    Posted Nov 29, 2008 9:41 am PT

    you can play this on lan
    type in: how to play command and conquer on network

    and the site xwis will come up as one of the options, try it

  • nate94913

    Posted Nov 14, 2008 10:05 pm PT

    I like this game

  • nate94913

    Posted Nov 14, 2008 9:58 pm PT

    I like this game

  • DUUUUUUDEn51

    Posted Jul 22, 2008 10:14 pm PT

    yeeeah... you can't play it on LAN... that sucks... I was kinda hoping to be able to kick my brothers ass...

  • sc_ajk29

    Posted Jun 20, 2008 6:36 pm PT

    @MCH: You have to burn those two disc images onto CD's, insert those CD's in the drive, and THEN try to play it.

  • MCH

    Posted May 29, 2008 6:36 pm PT

    What in the world?! This download is useless, and I spent hours downloading it and it just gives you two huge files you can't open wih anything and a word document that doesn't help you in any way. It tells you to insert the CD!

  • RandomPerson232

    Posted Apr 12, 2008 2:16 pm PT

    I remember playing it on the N64...Classic battle, hard to move curseer, and such.

  • DUUUUUUDEn51

    Posted Apr 9, 2008 5:32 pm PT

    OMG! ! This game brings me soommany memories... It was the very First Computer Game that I ever had... (as a matter of fact, I still have it) never beated it though... : (

  • King4aero

    Posted Apr 8, 2008 1:54 am PT

    Sir How Can I Get Tieberian Sun Command & Conquer Full version PC Game From Internet ? And Some Related Game As FireStrom , Conquer 3 ? Plesae Mail me to my Yahoo in naresh_naresh482002@yahoo.com

  • sc_ajk29

    Posted Mar 30, 2008 11:46 am PT

    *crosses fingers and hopes EA also releases RA1 for free later*

  • wrpatt

    Posted Nov 8, 2007 1:50 pm PT

    I can't get it to DL from that link.

  • oorcs

    Posted Oct 24, 2007 5:53 pm PT

    sweet

  • Dograzor

    Posted Oct 8, 2007 12:39 pm PT

    where is the link????

  • playstation_wii

    Posted Sep 16, 2007 1:26 pm PT

    This is awesome!

  • playa42018 posted Sep 5, 2007 3:41 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    playa42018

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 3:41 pm PT (hide)

    You'd have to pay me to play any C&C game, they're awful RTS's.

  • Rx_Nightmare

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 12:40 pm PT

    who cares if it can play online ITS FREE!!!!!..but my comp is dowloading the ipo at 7kb per second...and its taking 23 hours to finish which is kinda lame

  • ubeyou

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 1:52 am PT

    can it play online?

  • MichaeltheCM

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 4:39 pm PT

    wow thats amazing!

  • Hellraiser3899

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 4:37 pm PT

    You can't beat free.

  • GaussGoat

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 4:30 pm PT

    One of the greatest games ever. The cinematic ending for Nod is amazing. If you're GDI, be sure to waste Kane with the Giant Laser Cannon for the hidden ending.

  • stevendiep_100

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 3:04 pm PT

    that's what you get for buying a mac

  • prioritymail

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 2:52 pm PT

    I always enjoy free things!

  • matty_sen

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 2:17 pm PT

    oh if u cnt get it stright away heres a link http://www.commandandconquer.com/intel/default.aspx?id=61

  • Hydrolix

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 12:07 pm PT

    Hey Gamespot, why don't you see if you can put this up on your servers...I can't get it to DL from their website...

  • ryanunknown

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 12:03 pm PT

    looks good. free game.

  • saturndust

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 10:42 am PT

    so...? i got Vista x_X somebody tell me what can i play! something that's not on the 360 already

  • Bozanimal

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 10:10 am PT

    Reminds me of the free Grand Theft Auto download. Nobody would purchase it retail, so why not make it available for free for everyone?

    This is such a great attitude on the part of developers and publishers, I hope more follow suit. C'mon, Lucasarts!

  • megamega777

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 9:35 am PT

    Sweet! A free PC game for me!

  • Sw0rDMaN

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 9:22 am PT

    Thousands of EA spyware installed in the download !!! Hahah world domination by a free command and conquer

  • hiphops_savior

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 9:11 am PT

    Apparently the servers were overloaded by gamers, oh well, might as well get it somewhere else.

  • DarkNitro

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 9:09 am PT

    Cool, can't wait to try it out.

  • MGSteve

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 8:54 am PT

    Shame you can't actualyl download it as the download times out after a couple of hours! doh!

  • peyo670

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 8:34 am PT

    nice move

  • cky1451

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 8:26 am PT

    VVVVV hahaha i played red baron

  • Cobra5

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 8:18 am PT

    This was one of the first games I played on my computer. This, Red Baron, and Aces over Europe.

    I'd be super excited for it being free now, but I already have a working original copy, and the First Decade re-release.

  • aznjeon89

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 8:09 am PT

    F'ing good!

  • totalgridlock

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 7:58 am PT

    Cool, I never actually played the first C&C, having started with Red Alert

  • The_Weekend

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 7:49 am PT

    AWESOME, MY Childhood RETURNS!!!!!

  • pco_rainmaster

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 6:44 am PT

    i hope the Red Alert Aftermath will be free to download also.. ;-)

  • DarkChaoMan75

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 6:43 am PT

    awsome. never played that game.

  • Ric_SlayeR

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 6:33 am PT

    Cool the first strategy game I had played!

  • Atarii

    Posted Sep 4, 2007 6:15 am PT

    Free is always good - whoever authorized a free download version get kudos in my book.... even if it is EA....

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