

Red Alert 2 is a classic RTS game, and still fun to play today. If you Alt+Tab away to some other application, the game screen may not be displayed correctly when you switch back. The game should work on any modern PC - and most ancient ones, too - but keep in mind that it expects to be running full-screen and exclusively.

(Although it might still take a while, as the download is a chunky 1.6GB.) After completing the download, copy the patch file into the Red Alert installation directory. Left-click the patch and drag it to your Desktop. Locate the latest Red Alert patch on our FTP site. In order for the game to run properly you must install the latest patch. The only "catch" is you'll need an Electronic Arts account and a copy of Origin to download it, but that doesn't involve much more than providing your email address, and everything else is handled more or less automatically. Double-click the shortcut to install the game. This isn't a trial or restricted version, it's the complete product. There are also various smaller "scenarios", quick skirmishes which you can use to learn the game or if you've only a few minutes to spare. The two bundled campaigns - Red Alert and Yuri's Revenge - follow on from the first game, and pitch the Allies and the Soviet Union against each other in a range of missions from small and stealthy to fast-paced, full-scale multi-unit battles. Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 is a classic real-time strategy game, first released for Windows back in 2000.
