Command & Conquer / Need for Speed Ultimate Collections - US $8.99 each - Amazon

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Command & Conquer The Ultimate Collection

The Command and Conquer pack is back on sale at Amazon. Includes 17 games

• Command & Conquer™
• Command & Conquer™ The Covert Operations™
• Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™
• Command & Conquer Red Alert™ Counterstrike™
• Command & Conquer Red Alert™ The Aftermath™
• Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™
• Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ Firestorm™
• Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2
• Command & Conquer Red Alert™ Yuri’s Revenge™
• Command & Conquer Renegade™
• Command & Conquer™ Generals
• Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour
• Command & Conquer™ 3 Tiberium Wars™
• Command & Conquer™ 3 Kane’s Wrath
• Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3
• Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 Uprising
• Command & Conquer™ 4 Tiberian Twilight

Need for Speed Ultimate Digital Collection

http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Ultimate-Digital-Collection-Down…

Includes:

1. Need For Speed Prostreet
2. Need for Speed Shift
3. Need for Speed Undercover
4. Shift 2 Unleashed

ProStreet must be activated via the following page:
https://activate.ea.com/activategame.do

Again you'll need a valid US address in your Amazon account, and in this case I needed to change my Country of Residence in Origin to United States for the C&C to work. I didn't buy NFS, but can't see why it wouldn't work.

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  Headphones on 01/09/2013 - 16:39

  Does anybody know how many GBs the whole package is?

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    JeffKennett on 01/09/2013 - 16:45

    +1

    HARD DRIVE: minimum of 15GB (41GB minimum for all games installed). woha

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      Headphones on 01/09/2013 - 16:47

      +1

      There goes my bandwith limit.

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      Agret on 02/09/2013 - 19:41

      Wow, only 1GB bigger than Battlefield 3 and it fits all of those games in =O

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  ElusiveA on 01/09/2013 - 17:03

  Whats the go with this comment "It's hard to be sure but apparently this game is playable only when your computer is connected to the "Origin" site (Origin is EA's version of "Steam.".) If that's the case then you don't just download the code through Origin and it's yours; you're tied to the internet and must "ask Mother" every time you play the game"

  Do you have to be connected to the net to play the games?

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    lostn on 01/09/2013 - 17:08

    +4

    If it's Origin, then yes.

    They basically have the DRM system Microsoft attempted to bring with Xbox One which they then scaled back to one check in every 24 hours, then dropped completely after Sony killed them at e3.

    You close the origin client (which runs in the background) by accident and your game will terminate without giving you a chance to save it first. Pretty hardcore. At least with battle.net there is no separate client running in the background (I have a habit of closing things I'm not using). Bnet is integrated into the game client itself and never gets in your way.

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      ElusiveA on 01/09/2013 - 17:30

      Thanks for the info, sounds rather harsh.

      There seems to be two versions "PC Instant access" or "Online Game code". No indication what (if anything) is different between the versions.

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      2jzzzz on 01/09/2013 - 18:14

      Yep, I got the humble bundle deal and play the games offline.

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      Flyingmoo on 02/09/2013 - 10:33

      +1

      B.Net is moving towards an extra client, it is being Beta tested at the moment, it won't be long before it is mandatory.

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        Gifwonder on 02/09/2013 - 23:03

        so basically we have to use origin to use it?

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        lostn on 03/09/2013 - 00:39

        That is just dumb. Seriously. We don't like having extra things open in the background.

        In general, I hate DRM.

        Steam is quite lenient and not as anti-consumer.

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    N3M3S1S on 01/09/2013 - 18:06

    +5

    Origin runs in offline mode..

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      Flyingmoo on 02/09/2013 - 10:34

      Yup. Origin is just Steam with a different coat of paint. They both do the same thing. Yet if Valve does something its the greatest thing ever, if it is EA or Microsoft its the worst thing ever.

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        spoonmugen on 02/09/2013 - 13:32

        hardly 'a different coat of paint' - steam has games from multiple publishers/developers, whereas Origin is from the EA stable.

        i rather purchase from steam as long term i can be sure my purchases are safe/steam not going anywhere - who knows with EA/origin….

        *just noticed Tomb Raider is there lol square-enix
        anyway id still would be avoiding origin - game catalog wouldnt be as big in the long term as steam - and i'd prefer to have 1 game client then 3+
        steam/uplay/origin etc….

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        Agret on 02/09/2013 - 19:40

        +1

        hardly 'a different coat of paint' - steam has games from multiple publishers/developers, whereas Origin is from the EA stable.

        Not true, Origin has expanded to publishing games from other publishers.

        As for same thing with different coat of paint, offline mode is more reliable and easy to use than Steams one which is still pretty flaky. I don't think offline mode is a priority for Valve whereas it works great on both Origin and UPlay.

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    Agret on 02/09/2013 - 19:43

    +1

    No don't have to be connected to the internet, Origin has offline mode that works well.

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  Hippy on 01/09/2013 - 19:38

  gave the deal a + cause I think money wise it's the cheapest option for the games; I guess I'm trying to figure out if it worth setting up an origin thing to use it with though… anyone reckon it's worth taking the plunge?

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  cyrax83 on 01/09/2013 - 20:36

  Bought it for $10 in the last EA sale on Origin

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  MrLeE on 01/09/2013 - 20:54

  +4

  Command & Conquer Red Alert™ Yuri’s Revenge™

  Hilarious game.

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  geetee on 02/09/2013 - 05:02

  Can I download this from another PC and transfer it? i.e. download it on a work PC and then take it home to install it on my home PC?

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    JeffKennett on 02/09/2013 - 07:36

    +1

    Yeah you can mate.

    1. Download via work PC
    2. Exit out of Origin
    3. Copy Game folders to portable drive
    4. Start Origin at home.
    5. Start downloading each game until you see it has created the folder structure. Maybe 1% is enough.
    6. Pause download.
    7. Repeat for each game.
    8. Exit Origin
    9. Copy games from portable, over writing if necessary.
    10. Start Origin.
    11. Resume downloads. They should pick up the added files and resume from 99%
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  MalamuteMayhem on 02/09/2013 - 08:03

  Game Downloads are only available to US customers??? I must be doing something wrong

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    CtrldKilla on 02/09/2013 - 08:41

    +1

    You need to use a fake us billing address.

    (Edit, when I say "fake" I mean a real one but you don't have to actually live at the address. They don't send anything there.

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  BattleAxeHD on 02/09/2013 - 09:33

  Has anyone actually managed to purchase it? I can't seem to buy it unless I link my EA Account, which it then proceeds to tell me that this offer is not available for my account even though I have a FAKE/REAL US ADDRESS.

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    JeffKennett on 02/09/2013 - 10:03

    +2

    You also need to change your Country of Residence in your Origin account. Change it to United States, buy, then you can change it back to Australia.

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      BattleAxeHD on 02/09/2013 - 11:19

      Cheers mate, it worked!

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  justtoreply on 02/09/2013 - 10:36

  +3

  That's not a very "ultimate" need for speed collection.

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  Gnostikos on 02/09/2013 - 11:33

  +3

  A better alternative might be the previous C&C Collection (The First Decade) which does not activate on Origin (it just installs the games as standalone titles and gives you individual CD-keys for all of them):
  http://www.amazon.com/Command-Conquer-First-Decade-Pc/dp/B00…

  It doesn't have C&C 3, Red Alert 3 or C&C 4 but for those collectors only wanting the glory days of the original Westwood saga, it suffices. (Besides C&C 4 and Red Alert 3 were terrible anyway). It also includes a fully-fledged instruction manual with unit/weapon descriptions for all units in all games and an extras DVD with artwork, behind-the-scenes footage, developer/creator interviews, etc.

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    This Guy on 02/09/2013 - 17:42

    I could only find physical copies on Amazon. Amazon don't ship games to Australia (hence the US billing address needed even for the download edition).

    Looks cool otherwise.

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  robotsy on 02/09/2013 - 20:33

  +2

  If you are only after the really old Command and Conquer games; EA have made Command and Conquer, Red Alert and Tiberian Sun (and Firestorm) freeware, no need to buy this collection.

  http://www.shacknews.com/article/62376/command-conquer-tiber…

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  Koolbargain on 03/09/2013 - 16:12

  "Building……..Construction Complete"