Command & Conquer now a free download

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted Sep 3, 2007 8:48 am PT

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."

212 Comments

  • supersledge

    Posted Nov 6, 2009 5:31 pm PT

    yeah!! i love free games... lol i love c&c!!!!

  • chango69

    Posted Aug 29, 2009 5:19 pm PT

    grax

  • plums666

    Posted Aug 27, 2009 6:46 am PT

    haha..i want call of duty mordern warfare 2 for free..

  • 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

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