The Past Ain't What It Used To Be... The first Command & Conquer received its last official update on the 21st of June, 1996. Since then, the game has been ported to Windows (as "Gold" version), and re-released in the big "The First Decade" collection pack, but has never received any more bug fixes. The C&C Gold Patch 1.06 project aims to bring this classic into the new millennium, by fixing the old bugs, supporting higher resolutions, and adding new modding and mapping possibilities. It also contains an addon-based language system, allowing anyone to create translation packs for the game.
The 1.06 patch raises the maximum amount of players in multiplayer games from 4 to 6. Combined with the CnCNet Project, which changes the game's LAN mode into online play, this means that we can have up to 6-player online games. Compare to the Westwood Online system, which only allows 1v1.
This screenshot shows a 5-player online game played on CnCNet. Tore just resigned after I successfully captured his refinery, with the harvester inside it.