A few steps later in the installation process, you'll be prompted to install Westwood Chat.

You'll also have a little MagicISO icon in your system tray: This will automatically create a virtual DVD/CD drive on your computer with its own drive letter (the letter assigned to your virtual drive will depend on how many hard drives, partitions and DVD drives you have).

Install MagicISO by double clicking on your downloaded setup_magicdisc.exe file (go with all the default settings).

This is not nearly as complicated as it sounds. Install MagicISO and mount the Red Alert.

In the WinRAR program, drag-and-drop the ra95_allied.iso file to your desktop.

Double click on ra95_allied.rar to open it in WinRAR. We'll use the Allied disc in this tutorial.

After installing WinRAR, use Windows to browse to where you saved your downloaded Red Alert game files.

Install WinRAR by double clicking on your downloaded wrar380.exe installation file (go with all the default settings).

Install WinRAR and unpack Red Alert game files Okay now that you've got all your goodies, let's get on with how to. MagicISO will allow you to run Red Alert directly from the Red Alert ISO file on your computer instead of having to burn the game to a CD and then using the CD to run the game. The WinRAR program will allow you to unpack the Red Alert game files. Watson for finding these new links.)ĭownload the trial version of WinRAR here: These are File Shack downloads and will require you to sign up for a free account to execute the download. Here's where to.ĭownload complete Red Alert Allied game files hereĭownload complete Red Alert Soviet game files here Okay let's start off with getting all our goodies.

Install the XP patch and make some minor tweaks.

Install a RAR extracting program (if you don't have one).

Here's an overview of what you're going to do:

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Oh by the way, I'll need some cheese to go with my whine here. Woohoo! The original Command & Conquer: Red Alert -one of the greatest RTS video games of all time- has been released as freeware! Thank you very much EA! Although I wish I'd known you were going to do this before I went out and purchased the compilation pack, Command & Conquer: The First Decade as one of the main reasons I bought it was to get Red Alert again. Classic Red Alert - New Jackpot Mission.

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