Command And Conquer By Wildone

The Command & Conquer series has been a staple of the gaming industry for decades, and to celebrate its 10-year anniversary, Westwood Studios released 'The First Decade' in 2003. This collection features Louis Castle, Greg Black, Amer Ajami, Aaron Kaufman, Harvard Bonin, Amir Rahimi, and other key figures who contributed to the series' success.

'The First Decade' is a retrospective look at the Command & Conquer series, showcasing each major title separately and in chronological order of release. The collection includes an interview with Westwood Studios co-founder Louis Castle, discussing the early days of the studio, the ideas behind Dune II: Building of a Dynasty, and the inception of the Command & Conquer series.

The collection also features a 2-minute montage acting as a trailer for the videos on the disc. However, it's worth noting that The First Decade did suffer from some issues. Specifically, the English version had problems with online incompatibility and required a patch to fix these issues. Interestingly, Zero Hour did not suffer from this issue.

The 1.08 patch for Generals was specifically created and released prior to the release of The First Decade to prevent online incompatibilities with regular disc versions of the game. Unfortunately, the German version of The First Decade is not compatible with this patch.

Despite some issues, the community created an unofficial patch to fix most of the problems for the English version and update some of the earlier games to increase compatibility. However, certain tracks from Counterstrike and Aftermath were mistakenly omitted, some registry files were written incorrectly, and Shared Internet Components for Westwood's games were not properly registered on Windows Vista and up.

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In conclusion, 'The First Decade' is a great collection for fans of the Command & Conquer series, offering a retrospective look at its history and development. While it may have had some issues upon release, the community has worked together to fix most of these problems. With Zinstall's Easy Transfer technology, transferring your files and settings to a new computer has never been easier.