Command & Conquer: The First Decade

RWBRWB Icrontian
edited November 2009 in Gaming
I have yet to finish installing it yet, but I would bet that I would be had not the installation setup wizard not being so lame.

One could actually be so lazy to not buy this game because of te stupid thing you must do before installation. We all are used to having to type in a key for a game, but imagine having to type in a key for EACH game this condempendium comes with!

I could probably expect this if it were all separate, you know those big boxes you buy and you get the CD's for the games separate so you kinda have to install them all one by one.

But this is all on one DVD, a single installation. Not only does each GAME have it's own key code, but the box set itself has it's own. That's 7 or 8 keys to type in and make sure you typed in correctly. The only upside is that it was all on a single form, but the downside is figuring out where you messed up if you did.

Ohh well, the last C&C I played was Tiberian Sun, so it's nice to be able to see what Generals was like and Renegade.

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  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    Yeah, the reason is they just wanted each game in one package .. hence the dual layer DVD. PLus it would cost a ton of cash to go into all the systems and redo the Key settings for each game.

    but CnC 3 is on its way :)
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    Generals in terms of story was awful and I mean AWFUL. It's just trying to make money on the war in Iraq (with China thrown in for some variety).

    Personally I loved the C&C games (C&C, Red Alert) but it started to irk me when it reached Tiberian Sun because the graphics seemed... almost cartoony. When Red Alert 2 came out I almost cried. Not only were the graphics... well, cartoony wouldn't cover it, they were just... awful not to mention the game seemed to run 4 times faster than it should, as if you were playing it in super speed.

    Renegade is a little dated now (ergo rough graphics, not much to impress) but is... interesting none the less as it is like playing Red Alert (1) through from first person.

    The plus side is that all the games (erm, minus Generals) work, even the original C&C and you don't have to worry about finding all... 17 discs is it in total? heh. Generals doesn't seem to work, it freezes on the copy protection, but Zero Hour (the Generals expansion) DOES work.

    I miss the old days of proper manuals (i.e. NOT a PDF on the disc), free things in the box (T-Shirts, maps, random "cool stuff") and such. I mean, what incentive do people have to buy games these days? Hell, with Steam and D2D you don't even get a hard-copy of the game anymore. What happens if you had purchased a copy of a game through one of those two, your HD dies and that company goes bust? Worrying thought.

    Red Alert (1) with the Generals Engine would be nice. Generals had a great engine (I mean, at this point RA2 was just... a joke, it was more like a comic than an RTS) but it was... nothing to do with C&C at all, which, I miss the cinematics. They also aren't skippable on Generals which can be highly irritating.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    Yeah, the reason is they just wanted each game in one package .. hence the dual layer DVD. PLus it would cost a ton of cash to go into all the systems and redo the Key settings for each game.

    Umm, not really...
  • edited December 2006
    I bought the Command & Conquer The First Decade game the other night and went to install it and it asked for a key code and i looked all threw the book and on the box i read everything and could not find the code anyone have any ideal?
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited December 2006
    cowboyffa wrote:
    I bought the Command & Conquer The First Decade game the other night and went to install it and it asked for a key code and i looked all threw the book and on the box i read everything and could not find the code anyone have any ideal?
    Did you check inside/on the back of the CD case? I don't own it; just guessing.
  • edited December 2006
    yea ive checked every square inch of everything i cant find it anywheres
  • edited December 2006
    cowboyffa wrote:
    I bought the Command & Conquer The First Decade game the other night and went to install it and it asked for a key code and i looked all threw the book and on the box i read everything and could not find the code anyone have any ideal?
    yea, look at the back of the book
  • edited December 2006
    its not on the back of the book ive read every thing on the book in the boob on the cd case on the back of the box and the front of the box it came on but nothing
  • edited December 2006
    there are codes on the back. trust me. i have the game
  • pseudonympseudonym Michigan Icrontian
    edited December 2006
    I have bought games before that did not have the cd-key on them. It is possible that you have one that it did not get printed on.
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited December 2006
    My book has all the codes in a nice order for each game on the back of the booklet. If your game lacks the codes take it back for a different one that has the codes...

    In the image I attached the codes should be on the booklet that looks like the one in the bootm left...
  • edited February 2008
    i lost the key code dose any one know were i cn get one?? i had to reinstall my operatoing system
  • JokkeJokke Bergen, Norway Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    Contact the developers/publishers with a picture of original packaging and hope for the best. Request like these are often not taken lighly, due to the probability of piracy...
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    britybrat wrote:
    i lost the key code dose any one know were i cn get one?? i had to reinstall my operatoing system
    Yes I do.
  • yaggayagga Havn't you heard? ... New
    edited February 2008
    Kwitko wrote:
    Yes I do.

    Hey, I do too!

    But we probably won't get a response from the newbie *caugh* spammer *caugh* who just happened to revive a 20 month old thread
  • edited November 2009
    can any 1 help me plz add to get a new comp becouse my old lap top stopet chageing and now i can not find book for decades i love playing ra 2 and genrals online can any 1 help me out
    p.s for earlyer post codes are on back of book ty
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