Command and Conquer the First Decade | 
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Rating: 76 reviews Sales Rank: 589
Format: CD-ROM Platform: Windows XP Genre: Strategy Games ESRB: Teen Media: DVD-ROM Number Of Items: 1 Batteries Included: No Age: 12 - 20 years Operating System: Windows XP Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6 Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.3
MPN: 100722 Model: 014633151886 UPC: 014633151886 EAN: 0014633151886 ASIN: B000CPKIT6
Release Date: February 7, 2006 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | 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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Product Description 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
Amazon.com Product Description In 1995, a young game studio named Westwood released one of the first real-time strategy games. They had created the genre a few years earlier, but this title took the fledgling genre to new heights with impressive graphics, revolutionary gameplay features and an enthralling story told through the then-young art of full motion video. After twelve successful games spread out over ten years, the venerable Command & Conquer franchise has become synonymous with the real-time strategy genre it popularized, and the entire series is now available on one disc in Command & Conquer The First Decade. 
Command & Conquer the First Decade collects the entire Command and Conquer library on one disc. | 
Red Alert offers mixes vintage World War 2 vehicles with some distinctly modern touches. View larger. | 
Generals is more geared for the current gamer, with a contemporary setting and modern graphics. View larger. | 
Tiberian Sun updates the classic Command and Conquer game, continuing the storyline with improved gameplay and graphics. View larger. | Battle the old-fashioned way with the original Command & Conquer, watch an alternate World War II unfold in Command & Conquer Red Alert or control the modern warfield in Command & Conquer Generals--all three of Command & Conquer's worlds are open to nostalgic gamers and modern aficionados alike. Tiberian Dawn Old friends await the seasoned gamer in the original Command & Conquer universe, as the fanatical Brotherhood of Nod battles the Global Defense Initiative in a war over the mineral Tiberium. Whether playing as the Brotherhood and obeying the charismatic Kane's every command or taking control of GDI forces as they seek to save the world from Kane's ambition, every detail of Command & Conquer is just as you remember it. The original full motion videos tell the story in what was once cutting-edge and is now quaint, and the gameplay is simple as can be. Gather Tiberium to produce tanks, infantry and more to decide the fate of the world, or try to connect to others with one of the first online game-finding services! Bring the original storyline to a close in Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun, and determine the fate of the world--or, if you want a break from the strategy formula, take control of a GDI Commando in the recent Command & Conquer Renegade, a first person shooting game set in the Tiberium universe. See the world of C&C up close and personal from Nick "Havoc" Parker's point of view as he fights a one-man war against the forces of Nod armed with a diverse arsenal of weapons and one-liners. 
Engage in heated battles over nameless fields and familiar territory alike in your struggle to save the world. View larger. | The Red Menace Perhaps the most popular game of the franchise, Command & Conquer Red Alert asks the question, "What if Albert Einstein mastered time travel, then used it to go back in time and kill Hitler?" The answer is a world at war not with Nazi-led Germany, but the rapidly expanding Soviet Union under Stalin's iron fist. Dip into the world of historical fiction as the Allied forces take on the Soviet bloc in a war fought not just by soldiers, planes and tanks, but by time travelers, psychics and giant tesla coils. This more refined and advanced real time strategy game features gameplay innovations that greatly influenced the games that followed, including building queues and other convenient options, providing a nice balance between nostalgia and playability. A World at War While Command & Conquer takes place in the future and Red Alert in the past, Command & Conquer Generals offers its version of the present, as the United States, China and a terrorist group known as GLA battle all over the world. The most game-oriented of the series, Generals contains no FMV like its predecessors, concentrating instead on pure 3D gameplay as well as the wry humor that peppered the previous games. In all, Command & Conquer The First Decade contains not only the games that defined a genre, but the history of that genre. Players can experience the evolution of the real-time strategy game as they play each game in sequence, and see for themselves how far the technology has come since 1995--but also find out that the old games still have some life left in them.
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Totally Awesome! July 11, 2010 Crackdown I bought this game because I attempted to buy Tiberian Sun from another company, but the game never showed. After talking to the company, I asked for my money back and purchased this instead. It has all the Command and Conquer games I remember, instead of just one, for a great price!
If you are a C&C fan, I recommend this!
It works! June 21, 2010 A. L. Trail (Stanwood, Wa United States)
I loved the original Command and Conquer, but couldn't play it anymore on the new systems. Now I can! It runs with no problems on Win7 x64. It is an excellent deal.
Time Consuming, Occasionally Overly Complex, Game. May 31, 2010 Fred Anonymous Smith (Central Europe) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Based on the glowing reviews, I decided to finally purchase Command & Conquer The First Decade. After all, with 12 games in a single package, how could one possibly go wrong? Well, to answer that question, one can indeed go wrong by missing the words "complex missions" in the product description. After many hours of play, I've never gotten past level 5 of the very first game - Command & Conquer with Covert Operations.
In the 6th level, the soldier arrives alone by boat to face a onslaught of patrolling enemy half-tracks and solders with machine guns, bazookas, and flame throwers. Realistic strategy wargaming? What military would send a single soldier into this type of senario? Regardless, the objective is to plant explosives to take out several anti-aircraft sites. After many attempts (from slow, methodical, attacks from various directions to suicidal blitz attacks), I have not found a way to complete this level. In every case, the soldier (with accumulating injuries from enemy forces and occasionally the planted explosives) dies long before the mission objective is accomplished.
And, of course, one evidently cannot go on to the next level until the previous level is completed. As a result, I occasionally re-play one or more of the previously saved levels (mildly entertaining) before attempting this level once again, only to have the soldier ultimately die yet again. Not really a very satisfying situation.
I've twiddled with the other Command & Conquer games, but, to be honest, the above has pretty much spoiled my appetite for this type of game. After all, how long into the other games before one runs into yet another such level. Several have suggested game cheats (evidently how they complete difficult levels), but that's not my style. Instead, my solution was to uninstall the other Command & Conquer games (to regain hard drive space), leaving only the Command & Conquer with Covert Operations game on my computer. That final game may soon be uninstalled as well.
Now I'm left pondering what to recommend to others regarding this game. If you have a lot of time to spare and the patience of Job (or don't mind cheating a bit), perhaps you'll truly enjoy this game. After all, the many positive reviews here certainly suggest others like it. However, some may not appreciate the game as much. Thus, I'll just leave it up to the reader by simply not offering a recommendation one way or the other.
Vista Compatible February 26, 2010 Torrey Cozort (Missouri United States) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This product works on a 64bit Vista laptop by Dell,Renegade asks during setup for 16/32bit make sure you say 32bit for Vista! I gave it 4 stars,because registration code says it has already been used.I bought it from Amazon new?
Nostalgic Gaming February 5, 2010 B. OBannon (Nebraska) I had this game when it first came out in the 90s. I still have the original discs but was disappointed when I couldn't play them with my Windows 7(Professional/64 bit) powered computer. I bought this on a whim that it would.....and it did!
I feel a lot better allowing my sons to play the older version of command and conquer where it's not so graphic. I'd recommend this game to any parent that trying to find a decent alternative to some of these extremely graphic and violent games now days.
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