Thanks Dura-Mater for mailing this.
A single-player demo of Battlefield 1942 recently became available on the cover-disk of PC Gamer magazine, and Electronic Arts has now granted Bluesnews permission to post a local copy with mirrors. The hefty 133.3 MB download allows you to try this upcoming vehicular 3D action game by Digital Illusions in one mission set in Tobruk.
News source: Blue's News
Download: Mirror list