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[Eagle of Fire]

Actually, Dune was a Strategy/Adventure game based on the movie. Dune 2 is the RTS prequel to all other. C&C is not at all the continuation of Dune 2, but a new game altogether with another story completely separated from Dune 2.

If you said that because of the review, I suggest you re-read it carefully again.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Dune 2 is the RTS prequel to all other[/b]

Disputable at the very least.
Consider that Final Frontier was published in 1987.
While Dune 2 may have ignited the RTS boom, it was not even the first RTS which Westwood had their hands in developing (Battletech: Crescent Hawks' Revenge scoops that prize).

[Cosmonaut_Roger]

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Disputable at the very least.
Consider that Final Frontier was published in 1987.
While Dune 2 may have ignited the RTS boom, it was not even the first RTS which Westwood had their hands in developing (Battletech: Crescent Hawks' Revenge scoops that prize).
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I'm going to have to one up you there and mention The Ancient Art of War
It came out in 84 or so, way back when, and I think its regarded as an RTS.

Command and Conquer. A classic. I used to love to use cheats and build a massive army of grenade troops that filled the whole screen, and then send them off to attack a base. Hilarity ensues.

[Nyerguds]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Potatoe @ Dec 8 2006, 07:49 PM) [snapback]270915[/snapback]</div>

Make shortcut to the excecutable. The you have to put something like -cd -funpark after the target in to the target box. More info at www.commandandconquer.ea.com , or some other site... Google it.
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Just "funpark". Forget about the -cd thing, it's meant to run the game without CD, so that won't work unless you got the First Decade setup where all files are on your hard disk.



As for the -cd parameter... the syntax is
C&C95.EXE -cddirectory to use as CD

Examples:
C&C95.EXE -cdC:\Games\CNC_CD
--> uses "C:\Games\CNC_CD"

C&C95.EXE -cdcovert
--> uses subdirectory "covert" in your C&C directory

C&C95.EXE -cd.
--> the dot is the DOS notation for "current directory". This makes it look for the CD files in the C&C directory.

Note that just C&C95.EXE -cd without anything behind it simply DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. If you run it like that the game will still ask for a CD.

Also note that if you don't have the C&C files in the specified folder OR your C&C game folder, the game will most likely crash or hang when it doesn't find its files.

Hey, command and conquer is free now you know. Its available for free download on commandandconquer.com, so im going to guess they wouldnt mind if you put it up for download here too

[Sebatianos]

Can you be a bit more specific? All I can see are different patches and files connected to C&C, but I cann't see the acctual game to be released as freeware - so sorry (unless you can really prove it - I'd be very happy if you could).

[Doubler]

I guess he's talking about EA handing out C&C for free to celebrate its 12th anniversary:
http://www.commandandconquer.com/intel/def...?id=61#NewsMain

I'm not entirely sure what this does with it's status. I'm guessing further liscencing info may provided with the ISO downloads.
I'd love to see this back up on AB/AR :brain:

[Sebatianos]

Seems interesting indeed! This would be (if nothing else a great edition to the ISO cellar!

[Nyerguds]

The ISO's are put online straight away, bare ISO downloads, no readmes, disclaimers or anything, so I'm guessing this means it's freeware now...

It should certainly mean the old DOS version download should be put back on Abadonia now, IMO :P

[Dogwolf]

This is pure gaming GOLD