StarZander Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I didn't see this on this forum anywhere, so here it is. As a part of EA's campaign to promote Red Alert 3, you now have the opportunity to download the very first Red Alert game, completely free! Both the Allied disc and the Soviet disc can be downloaded from EA's own mirrors, but others has since put them up on their own servers, so you an get them from various places. Here's EA's own mirror and news about it: http://www.ea.com/redalert/news-detail.jsp?id=62 Just scroll to the bottom of the page to find the download links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wipomatic Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I'd download it, if I didn't already own the discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue123 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Heh, RA1. Although not my favourite, it's great because of it's easy mod-ability using .ini files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Sweet action. This'll tide me over until I have the money to get those ridiculous 10-in-1 C&C and RA collections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFusion Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I just wish they were offering RA2 for free as well (and not for free only if you pre-order RA3). I'm missing the Soviet disk ever since I leant it to a friend. Oh well. I'm probably more excited about playing the original RA, than RA3 itself. Probably because I was just disgusted at EA for announcing that they were releasing yet ANOTHER RTS pretty much right after Kane's Wrath was released. I'll stick to my Starcraft 2 thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Wolf Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Mmmm StarCraft 2... If it ever comes out, I'm buying a brand new rig just to play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygecko Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I just wish they were offering RA2 for free as well (and not for free only if you pre-order RA3).I'm missing the Soviet disk ever since I leant it to a friend. Oh well. I'm probably more excited about playing the original RA, than RA3 itself. Probably because I was just disgusted at EA for announcing that they were releasing yet ANOTHER RTS pretty much right after Kane's Wrath was released. I'll stick to my Starcraft 2 thanks. Kind of balanced out by the fact that there was a 4 year gap between Generals and C&C3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleJCrb Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Haha, J.K. Simmons is the President in RA3. That's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Yeah I just watched the trailer on the page and the cast alone makes me wanna play this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Prower Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 I was in the Ra3 beta. I'd not recommended playing it. RA 1 is still the best Red Alert of them all in my opinion. Sure RA2 was great, but RA 1 was better and had depth that enhanced the entire C&C series. RA3... it's just not red alert any more. Sure change is good, but it seems to be entirely different (in a bad way) now with Red Alert slapped on (reminiscent of Golden Eye: Rogue Agent by EA) and some skimpy sluts overly promoted to get sales. They've milked the series to death now. C&C3 and Kanes Wrath was tolerable, but RA3 is unforgivable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Awesome. I was actually on my way to, ehum, get this game soon anyway. Been listening to its soundtrack some recently. It's still very enjoyable, and hell march isn't the only good one in there! "Face to the enemy" 1 and 2 are the best songs in the soundtrack, imho, but there are several others, too. I wonder when this game will get its first OCReMix... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilHorde Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Actually there are two remixes already on OCR. http://www.ocremix.org/game/command-and-conquer-red-alert-win/ But yeah, all this RA3 advertising makes me want to dig out the original CD's and play this game. I still love it. And yes, the soundtrack is truly memorable, gotta love Hell March. I also love the fact that you can change songs any time you want to. "Ok, I'm going in for an attack. What should I play to get in the mood? Oh, yeah..." (And the stomping of the marching feet begins...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Ah, I didn't think to look under C&C, I went browsing under R... heh. Funny, the filenames are Red Alert, without the C&C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halt Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Speaking of Red Alert. Im not interested in downloading the Red Alert 3 beta, cause with my internet, it will take like 7 hours... So if anyone is interested. PM me and i will hook you up with the beta, I do have Access. So Yeah. Just to throw that out there. Nobody on my msn wants it. so if you do. Contact me via pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Falling Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 What's up with all them supermodels joining the army? u_u; Anyway, I can't play it (Red Alert 1) on my Vista, or my XP so there's no need for me to get the download ;_; My original discs are already not working. Too bad, I really liked the game, but I can't be bothered to find all these hacks and things to play the game anyway... I'll just go play Dune 2000 instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Anyway, I can't play it (Red Alert 1) on my Vista, or my XP so there's no need for me to get the download ;_; My original discs are already not working.Too bad, I really liked the game, but I can't be bothered to find all these hacks and things to play the game anyway... I think the download site contained instructions on how to install it. Maybe these discs aren't identical to the ones you have - I doubt EA would expect you to "hack" their own game. Vista: http://www.cncworld.org/?page=features/tutorials/rafree_vista XP: http://www.cncworld.org/?page=features/tutorials/rafree EDIT: However, it's pretty unlike EA to refer to a webpage containing the sentence "The files have been compressed to save on filesize (and so EA can add unnecessary promotional material)" for installation instructions... I wonder if EA is aware of this sentence. Heh heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Prower Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Awesome. I was actually on my way to, ehum, get this game soon anyway. Been listening to its soundtrack some recently. It's still very enjoyable, and hell march isn't the only good one in there! "Face to the enemy" 1 and 2 are the best songs in the soundtrack, imho, but there are several others, too. I wonder when this game will get its first OCReMix... Where did you find and listen to such tracks? Frank K. is awesome by the way. Assuming it was composed by him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's old Frankie, at least if you go by the ID3 tags. Anyway, I'm pretty sure you can find the Red Alert OST pretty easily, but I got mine from Galbadia Hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 So, having played RA for a few hours, I start remembering what frustrated me about it and why newer RTS's are better. 1. Units have a horrible tendency to go closer to a target than they need to - if ordered to attack, they won't stop moving when they're in range to fire, but will sometimes keep moving way too far, and will often get killed as a result, sometimes without ever firing themselves. Also, sometimes units will not attack at all if, when ordered to attack, they are in a selection of units some of which are already attacking - that is, if ordered to attack, they sometimes won't. 2. Pathfinding is horrible. 3. You can't queue up production, so if you want to build 10 tanks, you have to wait for the first one to finish production before you can click to begin production of the next one, etc. 4. Left-click ordering sucks. Instead of ordering a unit to do something, you often select another unit by mistake, since both are done with the same mouse button. Right mouse button deselects. Honestly, this is incredibly stupid. 5. Unit range (that is, how far they can fire) seems to be completely random. I.e. e.g. one "infantry" (the little soldiers with machine guns) can shoot up to 5 map tiles, sometimes he can't fire at a guy standing right next to him without having to run even closer. I guess this has something to do with 1. 6. Unit awareness. A tank shooting at a bad guy will stop shooting when the bad guy is dead, even if there's another bad guy right next to him. The tank will have to back to idle mode and then start attacking the other bad guy - but only if under attack by said other bad guy. Gaaah! 7. Ballistics. Tanks can't hit anything that moves - they'll keep firing at the position where the object was at the time they fired, instead of trying to aim for where the object will be when the shot hits. 8. Tanks also can't move and fire at the same time unless they have been ordered to attack (in which case they will behave as in 1.). Anyway, it's a pretty enjoyable game, but all these little things are incredibly annoying. I wish EA would do the same thing with NFS4 (including XP compability instructions / patch). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Mage Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Game's a classic, and it's free...I'm down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinewav Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 EDIT: However, it's pretty unlike EA to refer to a webpage containing the sentence "The files have been compressed to save on filesize (and so EA can add unnecessary promotional material)" for installation instructions... I wonder if EA is aware of this sentence. Heh heh. Either they're poking fun at themselves or it's another disgruntled EA employee. Still pretty funny. Also, HOLY FRIGGIN' CRAP... FREE C&C RED ALERT?! HECK YEAH! Seriously. This is probably my all time favorite game that I never got a chance to own. Ah the memories. My friend would bring it over all the time and we would have epic singleplayer skirmishes. I never thought superpowered arms races could be so much fun. Probably the only RTS where I actually had fun playing multiplayer with all superweapons enabled too. But this release comes totally out of left field as far as I'm concerned. I have a newfound appreciation for the evil overlords at EA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VerSus22 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 How long is this free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Don't know, but I suggest you get it while you can. I wonder if, after a set date, the disc images can no longer legally be distributed, i.e. if you don't already have them, you can't legally get them for free from someone else. Maybe it's going to be free forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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