Installing C&C95 on windows 10

[natnaikc]

Hi all. How can I play Command & Conquer 95 in windows 10? I couldnot even install it when I click on setup. 

[Nyerguds · Accepted solution]

@natnaikc 

I'm assuming you're trying to install from CD, on a 64-bit operating system. Yea, that plain doesn't work; the installer is a 16-bit program; the Windows 3.11 generation, and thus, really really obsolete.

Command & Conquer 1, Red Alert 1 and Tiberian Sun are all freeware, though, and have all been upgraded with community-created unofficial patches that fix a lot of their bugs and compatibility problems. You can find full installers for them here:

Command & Conquer 1:

• Complete No-CD game installation pack (v1.06c r3, no videos, all music included) (also contains bonus missions originally exclusive to the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions of the game)
• English videos pack (French and German video packs are also available on the website)

Red Alert 1:

• Web installer/patcher + some extras like the expansion pack videos from the Playstation version

Tiberian Sun:

• Full game (scroll down to "single player, patches, linux and mac" and select "Single Player Campaign (Windows)" in the dropdown)

[Nyerguds · Accepted solution]

@natnaikc 

I'm assuming you're trying to install from CD, on a 64-bit operating system. Yea, that plain doesn't work; the installer is a 16-bit program; the Windows 3.11 generation, and thus, really really obsolete.

Command & Conquer 1, Red Alert 1 and Tiberian Sun are all freeware, though, and have all been upgraded with community-created unofficial patches that fix a lot of their bugs and compatibility problems. You can find full installers for them here:

Command & Conquer 1:

• Complete No-CD game installation pack (v1.06c r3, no videos, all music included) (also contains bonus missions originally exclusive to the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions of the game)
• English videos pack (French and German video packs are also available on the website)

Red Alert 1:

• Web installer/patcher + some extras like the expansion pack videos from the Playstation version

Tiberian Sun:

• Full game (scroll down to "single player, patches, linux and mac" and select "Single Player Campaign (Windows)" in the dropdown)

[natnaikc]

Thanks Nyerguds. Your reply is very helpful. I love this game. 

I read some other posts you made. I found the same link also. It is just right after I post this question. 

By the way, there are few other version like RA2, General, Zero hour. I wonder if you do have the link so I can download them for Windows 10 playing also? 

Very much appreciate it. 

[Nyerguds]

@natnaikc 

The other games are not freeware, but if you have The Ultimate Collection on Origin, there are community patches available for them that improve their performance and fix legacy bugs and compatibility problems. But none of the games newer than Tiberian Sun can be downloaded for free, no.

The full listing of community patches and upgrades for all the games:

Command & Conquer 1:

• Nyerguds' C&C95 v1.06c revision 3 patch (also adds bonus missions originally exclusive to the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions of the game)
  Note that this patch fixes two quite common and completely fatal game crashes (top-of-map reconnaissance crash, stealth crash), so installing it is strongly advised on TUC. But the full version I linked you earlier is obviously the same thing.
• HD music pack, with stereo music for the game.

Red Alert 1:

• Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer (The thread also has briefing videos for the expansion missions, converted from the Playstation version of the game)
• Nyerguds' main.mix cleanup for TFD/TUC (Not really needed, but cleans up about a gigabyte of unnecessary files in the RA1 folder. Unpack in the game folder, run "patch_main.bat", let it finish, and then delete the files you extracted.)
• HD music pack, with stereo music for the game.

Tiberian Sun:

• Funkyfr3sh's Tiberian Sun patch

Red Alert 2:

• When installing TUC RA2, I advise installing the CnCNet online play installer for it. Even if you're not interested in online play, it comes with a bunch of automatic fixes. It should automatically take care of the "black screen" issue, and has a configuration tool that allows further tweaking of the game's settings.

Generals:

• GenTool seems to be the main patch for Generals these days. The website is kind of vague on what it does besides restoring multiplayer and adding anti-cheat, but I heard it does a lot to make it work better on modern OSes too.

Renegade:

• The Tiberian Technologies patch fixes loads of issues on Renegade.