EA Giving away Red Alert 1 for Free?

[matrix3509]

http://www.ea.com/redalert/news-detail.jsp?id=62

wow, my hatred of all things EA just lessened a little.

I don't know if this has already been posted, so go easy if this is a dup.

 

[Amnestic]

God I haven't played RA1 in years. Thanks for the link Matrix DLing now, should be done when I wake up tomorrow morning.

 

[matrix3509]

All I have to say is EA sure know how to get back on the consumer's good side.

 

[Epifols]

Cool, but I have 3 copies already...

 

[matrix3509]

That may be true, however, even though it made me feel better, I still hate EA with every fiber of my soul, so for me it changes nothing, except that I level up +1 in the Red Alert skill.

 

[nightfish]

I went to EA's site a while back and downloaded the original CnC. While a timeless classic, there is so much wrong with those early games now i.e. No terrain elevation, always a weak spot in the base with no defence, tank rush etc

 

[Amnestic]

Khell where's your blue thingy?

 

[Donstheman]

I never did finish my Red Alert, but then again, it was in french...

 

[CyberAkuma]

Thanks, but I already got this with my Command & Conquer First Decade DVD Boxset.

 

[Bowstring]

Red Alert sucks. 2 is worse.

No.

Argh. I downloaded it, but I'm currently finding it extremely difficult to get an online game. Seems to border the impossible.

 

[Amnestic]

Good job you enlarged it. I thought he was wearing a gas mask and it was some sort of america-canada post apocalyptic RPG picture or something. Makes slightly more sense now ;o

 

[Corven]

what's the difference between the soviet download and the allied download of the game. is onw better then the other?

 

[meatloaf231]

Even if it's free, I bet it has DRM. Wouldn't want people stealing their free things, would they?

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

Is it me or does that ra3 trailer look absolutely terrible? The first part looked very cool and reminded me of the videos in ra1, but everything after.. Why is every mission instructor a hot chick? Why hire well known actors, which you'll instantly confuse as a character from that one tvshow or movie? And why, god why have they hired some blonde bimbo as Tanya?

 

[ultra_v_89]

I am totally crap at computers, aren't .rar's torrents? I can't use torrents so is it worth downloading and how do I open it?

 

[Eagle Est1986]

I am totally crap at computers, aren't .rar's torrents? I can't use torrents so is it worth downloading and how do I open it?

I managed to download both discs without using a torrent program.

Has anyone got this working on Vista yet? I've read the instructions but it seems like far too much work for the end result. Is it as complicated as EA have made it look?

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Meh, why download it? Pay 40-50 quid for the omgwtf giant "C&C THE LAST GODDAMN DECADE BITCHES" pack (title somewhat paraphrased). It has approximatly 10 games, including all the C&C titles.