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C&C: Red Alert Becomes Free Download This Sunday

by Blake Ellison, Aug 29, 2008 9:48am PDT

This Sunday, August 31, marks the 13th anniversary of the original Command & Conquer, the classic PC real-time strategy game from Westwood Studios.

To mark the occasion, long-time publisher Electronic Arts is giving away Command & Conquer: Red Alert. EA did not indicate for how long the download will be available, but it will be available all day on the 31st.

The free download, badly-acted FMV sequences and all, will be posted at the Red Alert 3 website, in a promotion for EA LA's upcoming sequel. Red Alert 3 will hit PC and Xbox 360 in October, and those who pre-order the game will also get a free download of Red Alert 2.

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anybody able to even installing it?

i'm on Xp SP2 and the installer tells me i'm running Win 5.1 but requires Win 95 only product.

Aug 31, 2008 9:35pm PDT

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anybody able to even installing it? i'm on Xp SP2 and the installer tells me i'm running Win 5.1 but r... : soulofmisery
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  reply. NVM, fixed it with the run in win95 compatability mode. : soulofmisery
  - I don't understand at all. I use WinRar to extract the files. The instructions tell me to double-click "S... : iamajoker95

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EA, keep going. Any maybe one day I won't be angry at you anymore about what you did. ;)

Aug 30, 2008 1:36am PDT

EA, keep going. Any maybe one day I won't be angry at you anymore about what you did. ;) : razorblade79

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Yeah, but will we be able to increase resolution?

Aug 29, 2008 5:31pm PDT

Yeah, but will we be able to increase resolution? : 3dchipset

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OH **** YEAH, now PLEASE tell me this will work on XP (Vista, meh WFC), WITH working LAN and ONLINE!

Aug 29, 2008 11:33am PDT

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OH **** YEAH, now PLEASE tell me this will work on XP (Vista, meh WFC), WITH working LAN and ONLINE! : NobleAtreides
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  You're insane if you think this will support multiplayer. EA stripped out multiplayer functionality in a... : Lemming4242
  - Where did you hear this? The older games used IPX for networking, which fell out of favor a long long ti... : Schnauss

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Get Yuri off of the article - he's RA2.

Throw in some Tanya hotness...

Aug 29, 2008 10:03am PDT

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Get Yuri off of the article - he's RA2. Throw in some Tanya hotness... : dedgecko
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  but the RA2 Tanya ;) : RikiTiki2
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    ahh shit - you're right. I forgot that Kari Wuhr was in the second one, not the first. Was there one in... : dedgecko
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      yeah, there was one. she was kind of plain lookin : RikiTiki2
      
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      Yea, you're right - and she's mostly in the shadows based on what's been uploaded to youtube... : dedgecko
      
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      WAIT WHAT?! http://darkzero.co.uk/game-news/jenny-mccarthy-new-tanya-in-red-alert-3/ Jenny McCarthy... : dedgecko
      
      Ugh, guess I missed it - or really I just didn't care: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54281 ... : dedgecko

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Fuckin A! :D

Aug 29, 2008 2:13pm PDT

Fuckin A! :D : DOOManiac

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By: ThunderKite x Show Full Post

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Good. I wish all the companies would release games which is more than 10 years old for free.

Aug 29, 2008 9:55am PDT

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Good. I wish all the companies would release games which is more than 10 years old for free. : ThunderKite
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- agreed. what's the point of sitting on old properties if they're not going to do anything w/ em. : vertdang

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"Promotion" <- Aka not freeware. Please keep this in mind. So if it is removed from EA's website, it's NOT free anymore. Much like Betrayal at Krondor is not freeware.

Just in case folks are confused.

Aug 29, 2008 10:00am PDT

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"Promotion" <- Aka not freeware. Please keep this in mind. So if it is removed from EA's website, it's NO... : avatar_58
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- I don't think that will stop many people, mirrors are bound. : metalremains
- Thanks Debbie Downer. :( : pimpium

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Oh, come now, the cutscenes in Red Alert weren't so badly acted. Tiberium Sun and Red Alert 2 where when the camp factor and bad acting went through the roof.

Aug 29, 2008 10:26am PDT

Oh, come now, the cutscenes in Red Alert weren't so badly acted. Tiberium Sun and Red Alert 2 where when... : poindexter1985

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that's pretty cool. they should just give out RA2 to everyone as well

Aug 29, 2008 10:01am PDT

that's pretty cool. they should just give out RA2 to everyone as well : feek

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Good, I think all companies should release games which are very old.

Aug 29, 2008 9:56am PDT

Good, I think all companies should release games which are very old. : ThunderKite

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