Get C&C For Free

While it's been nice to see the Command & Conquer revival over the past few years, let's be completely honest here: the C&C name doesn't hold the same cache it originally did in the mid-90s, back when it was basically one of two games in the burgeoning real-time strategy genre, and its FMV cutscenes represented the pinnacle of video-game production values.
 
It would seem that EA is keen to remind you of just how much you loved Command & Conquer--or, in the case that you're too young to remember C&C in its heyday, experience it for the first time--by making Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (plus the associated Firestorm add-on), and Command & Conquer: Red Alert available for free. This isn't some kind of Command & Conquer 4 preorder bonus or anything like that: just a stack of classic, free games. A pretty cool gesture on EA's behalf, assuming you didn't foolishly waste money on Command & Conquer: The First Decade back in 2006.
 
There's something really illicit and crazy about the way EA is releasing raw ISO files for this stuff, leaving it to the end user to figure out how to get these old-ass games running on a modern PC. If there's any downside to this offer, it's that the version of the original C&C that's up for download is the Windows 95 version, not the original DOS version. This is probably better for compatibility purposes, but it also means that it's sadly missing the EVA install process, which is, empirically speaking, the greatest game installer ever. This is a poor substitute, but here's a YouTube video of the original EVA in action to remind you of just how lacking modern installers are.