Re: Is red alert 1 and tiberian sun now freeware
Command & Conquer 1, Red Alert 1 and Tiberian Sun are indeed all freeware. Command & Conquer 1 was made freeware with the release of C&C3, Red Alert was made freeware when RA3 was released, and when they released C&C4 they made Tiberian Sun freeware too.
@EA_David is partially right; for C&C1 and RA1, the original ISOs were released, however, C&C1 was already patched on the DOS version, before the Win95 port was made, so the Win95 version never received any further official patches anyway, and the Tiberian Sun released by EA was simply the fully patched no-cd install from The First Decade, so neither of these games require any further patching. Red Alert is the original release version, though, so that one is indeed the original completely unpatched game.
But none of that really matters, since 1) the ancient CD installers of C&C1 and RA1 don't work on modern systems anyway, and 2) all three of these games have since been vastly upgraded with community-created unofficial patches. The install packs of the freeware games, including these community patches, can be found here:
Command & Conquer 1:
- Complete No-CD game installation pack (v1.06c r3, no videos, all music included)
- English videos pack (French and German video packs are also available on the website)
- HD music pack, with stereo music for the game.
Red Alert 1:
- Web installer/patcher and some extras
- HD music pack, with stereo music for the game.
Tiberian Sun:
