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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 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.

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De-mining in Red Alert 1

I've been playing Command and Conquer Red Alert 1 and can't figure out how to get rid of enemy anti-personnel mines without sacrificing one of my armoured units. How do I do it?
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Playing Red Alert on LAN

Is it possible to play the original Red Alert on LAN? I've looked up various ways, although I was never able to figure it out.
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How to build quickly in Red Alert?

In many replays, I have seen people place their buildings (e.g., factories) very quickly when they finish building in the construction yard (CY). They do not even click on the icon of the factory. ...
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What are the damage types?

In the manuals, certain units are stated to be "effective" vs other units, e.g. rifle infantry effective against other infantry, light tank effective against light vehicles, but what does this mean in ...
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Allied Mission 5 - Rescue Tanya

I've on Allied mission 5 in Red Alert, where Tanya has been captured by the Soviets and I am sent in with one spy to rescue her. The Soviet base is full of soldiers that I have no problems in killing, ...
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How can I recover from losing my construction yards?

Playing with friends, I built multiple bases across the map in a tactic aimed at constricting resources for everybody else on the map. My base defences were pretty solid on land, but then I got ...
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Is it possible to adjust screen scroll speed?

I'm playing Command and Conquer: Red Alert, but one thing is making it particularly difficult and that is the speed that the screen scrolls - this is unrelated to the speed the mouse pointer moves, ...
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Can't install C&C Red Alert

I can't install C&C Red Alert, I downloaded it from Chip.de (which is the website of a respected german computer magazine), but when I try to start it (after mounting the CD ISOs with Daemon Tools)...
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Is there a detailed manual for Command & Conquer Red Alert for iPhone?

Since the in-game guide is very basic and does not answer these questions, I was hoping there was an on-line manual somewhere that described what is going on in more detail, either from EA or someone ...
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Playing Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge RA2 with White Boy's Rules Mod Online multiplayer mode

I love playing Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge with the White Boy's Rules 1.5 MOD. Two questions on this: Q1. How can I play online against other human players? What servers are there and how do I setup ...
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Detailed instructions for iPhone version of C&C - Red Alert?

I'm playing through the iPhone version of "Command And Conquer - Red Alert". I've played older variants of C&C on other platforms so I know generally how RTS games work. But what I cannot seem ...
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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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