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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is a real-time strategy game developed by Westwood studios. It is part of the Command & Conquer franchise of games, set in a separate time line to Command & Conquer and is the sequel to Command & Conquer: Red Alert.

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Red Alert 2 keeps crashing after playing for a few minutes

I had downloaded Red Alert 2 with Yuri's Revenge, and have been going through several cycles of playing it and having to restart, because it would randomly freeze a few minutes into a skirmish. Is ...
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Does Red Alert 2 support TCP?

The original Red Alert 2 did not support networked multiplayer over TCP/IP and instead used IPX. Does the current RA2 offering on EA's Origin the as part "C&C The Ultimate Collection" support ...
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Does an enemy unit that is being damaged move at slower speed?

I have noticed that : An engineer move slower while being shot by cheap infantry. A standard tank (starting unit) moves slower while being shot by pillbox. Is it just my imagination? Is the ...
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How do I get IPX on a Windows 10 machine for playing old games such as Diablo 1? [duplicate]

I have multiple old games that are not available on Steam or GOG such as Diablo 1 and Red Alert 2 that I would like to be able to play multiplayer on my windows 10 machine on my network (i.e. prefer ...
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How to install and run Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge on Windows 10?

I have the original CDs for RA2 & Yuri's Revenge (expansion) but the setup programs do not work (neither autorun.exe nor install.exe). (I've tried both the Allied and the Soviet disks.) Googling ...
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Can't run CnCNet for Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge, Linux Multiplayer?

I really want to play with my friend RA2 YR multiplayer in Linux, I can't seem to be able to run CnCNet. Mono does not work as clientogl.exe does not exist. I tried mental omega, it crashes when ...
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Do I need to install Yuri's Revenge and Red Alert 2 to use the Apocalypse mod?

I had played C&C:Red Alert 2 long time back. I want to play it again. Is Yuri's Revenge an expansion pack to Red Alert 2 or is it completely different game? Also, I want to use the Apocalypse ...
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How can I fix framerate Issues with Yuri's Revenge that I am not getting in Red Alert 2?

So I got Command and Conquer The First Decade and completed all of Red Alert 2 getting all the Par times except for one mission and figured it was about time I went onto to play Yuri's Revenge. When ...
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Why does Yuri not mind control the president during the Soviet invasion?

During the Soviet invasion at the start of Red Alert 2, The president of the USA phones the Premier of Russia and asks what he is doing with the invasion. After some banter between the two, Yuri is ...
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What are some Soviet and Allied counters for Yuri's mastermind tanks?

Just finished playing the Allied campaign, and the mastermind tanks are a massive pain. I tried to blow them up from a distance with prism tanks, but their armor is very heavy.
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How can I use a custom resolution?

I have installed Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 from the Command & Conquer: The First Decade bundle, and would like to run it in either a window mode (as it doesn't seem to recover very ...
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How can I capture video while playing Red Alert 2?

I like FRAPS, but it fails when recording while I play Red Alert 2. During the first American mission the game always crashes at the same second – after Statue of Liberty ruins and Romanov begins to ...
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How can I play Red Alert 2 on Linux?

What should I get (and where from) to play RA2 on Linux?
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Downloadable / Useable Red Alert (2) audio clips?

Anyone know where I can get some useable audio clips from Red Alert aside from recording them directly from the game? (I'd like to have a "construction complete" quote play after a visual studio ...
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