Red Alert Series — Install and Setup
Red Alert
- Command & Conquer Remastered Collection (2020) on Steam and the EA app: Red Alert and Tiberian Dawn with every expansion, remastered, with online play built in.
- CnCNet (cncnet.org) runs the original with modern fixes and online lobbies. EA released Red Alert as freeware, so CnCNet's download includes it.
- OpenRA (openra.net) — free and open source, with modern controls; its Red Alert mod has its own active multiplayer scene.
Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge
- These are not freeware. Buy them on Steam or the EA app, for example in The Ultimate Collection.
- Then install CnCNet's Yuri's Revenge client. It fixes the games for Windows 10 and 11 and gives you online lobbies and a ladder. Red Alert 2 is played through its Red Alert 2 mode.
- Most online play, tournaments and mods such as Mental Omega run on CnCNet.
Red Alert 3 and Uprising
- Sold on Steam and the EA app.
- The official servers are gone; the community's C&C:Online (cnc-online.net) restores Red Alert 3 multiplayer and co-op. Uprising is single player.
Common fixes
- Old disc copies of Red Alert 2 run best through CnCNet's client.
- If a game will not start, check the support pages of CnCNet or C&C:Online before changing Windows settings by hand.
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