I've played these for a long, long time. C&C, RA1, 2, TS, TF, YR, G, G:ZH. I stopped after that though.. Generals was pretty much the last tolerable C&C game, the rest were horseshit that catered to that PRO GAMING ESPORT STARCRAFT faggotry.
I loved turtling and making bases, conquering the entire map.. making mining outposts, and protectan my useless convoys, and.. and.. ;_;
Luckily these games aged very well and they're still very fun today. Here's some links for you to check out, C&C bros.
http://www.ppmsite.com/rotd/rotd_285_full.zipFull conversion of tiberian sun, turning it into the first C&C WITH SKIRMISH MODE AND HIGH RES!
It's standalone, so you can run it right out of the zip folder.
http://www.gamershell.com/download_55872.shtmlYou can get TS and TF free here, since EA released them free to play to everyone who wants them! Get this shit and love it forever, you can cut the atmosphere like butter. It really does feel like the edge of the end of the world.
And finally..
EARTH2150
http://download.cnet.com/Earth-2150-demo/3000-2119_4-10040774.htmlIt's basically the spiritual successor to tiberian sun; base building in full 3D, tunneling, CUSTOM UNIT MAKING IN REALTIME. Massive research tree. Resource gathering, arming giant ships and aircraft, nukes, weather, meteor storms, tons of maps, built in 3D map editor. It goes on..