Celebrating the 12th Anniversary since Command & Conquer series was born, Electornic Arts has released for free the Gold edition of the first title in this popular series. In order for C&C GOLD to run on Windows XP, you will need to burn the ISO image onto a CD with a CD Burner and any "CD Burning Software" such as Nero, Alcohol, etc. There are also a few extra steps in order to make C&C GOLD run on Windows XP/Vista after you burn it to CD.
Preparing to Install
- Insert either C&C disc into your CD drive
- Open My Computer and explore the CD
- Right click either the install.exe or setup.exe
- select PROPERTIES
- Select the COMPATIBILITY tab
- Check the check box for ‘Run this program in compatibility mode for’
- Select WINDOWS 95 from the drop down menu
- Click APPLY then OK
- Double click the .exe file you just modified to launch it
Installing the Game
- When you’re prompted to update DirectX, uncheck the check box so you won’t install it. It is extremely important not to install this DirectX update
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation
Note: Installing Westwood Chat is not required, it can be canceled if you desire
Installing the Patch
- Download CCGOLDXPPATCH.ZIP Unzip the files and copy thipx32.dll into the install directory of the game (default path is c:\WESTWOOD\C&C95) You may overwrite the old version of the .dll file
Preparing to Run the Game
- Go to the install directory of the game (default path is c:\WESTWOOD\C&C95)
- Right click C&C95.exe
- Select PROPERTIES
- Select the COMPATIBILITY tab
- Check the check box for “Run this program in compatibility mode for’
- Select Windows 95 from the drop down menu
- Check the check box for “Disable visual themes’
- Check the check box for “Turn off advanced text services for the program’
- click APPLY then OK
Playing the Game
Select _Start > All Programs > Westwood > Command & Conquer 95 > Command & Conquer Windows 95 Edition. Or double click C&C95.exe located in the install directory (default path is c:\WESTWOOD\C&C95)
plz can someone post a step by step tutorial to downloading this i dont quite understand the one in the desc
simple...
go to Deamon Tools and download their image mounter...
unzip the file you got here and use the deamon tools software to install the game you wanna play...
[just make any corrections or build on top of it]
Oh yeah, one quick question, why is this also under the PS3 tab? is it possible to play this on PS3 or something? that would be ridiculous...
where do you get the image mounter thing...Newbi here
u can also download poweriso to mount that works to
Thanks EA but do you think you could give us the source code so we can patch the game!
Lol Nyerguds is patching the game without the source code :P
why cant they just make it simple i dont have any type of software for that i thought it was just like download then itll appear on your desktop to play WAAAAAAAAAAAA 8*(
Are you able to put this on your PSP?
Ive got a PSP slim and no cutom firmwere stuff so can i still put it on and how?
PLEASE!! someone tell me how to put this on PSP!!!
HAHAAH RTS games on PSP? that cant be done, the comp has a mouse and the keyboard it cannot be ported to work on the psp sorry. also this is 1 of the older RTS games 13 years old it cant be put onto the psp some newer ones maby but no not that i know of any.
this was also realesed forr ps1 so i think it mabey can work
The PS1 version can be played on the PSP, I know this, because I have the PS1 version of Command & Conquer Red Alert on my psp, and it plays perfectly.
oh cool well it's sad west wood is gone man this sucks but they will live in our hearts forever [ya i know what crap this is but it's true]
I think its super cool that they did this.
If you want to play this on the psp, you can buy it on the play station store for $5.99
i want to download a psp game for free
can i get a Mac version of this game? I can't find the version anywhere.