i just got this crazy idea that i need to play some red alert 1 and i can't find my cd. does anyone have it and perhaps send it to me, and will it work in xp?


never mind, already got it

[Edited on March 2, 2006 at 10:42 PM. Reason : ]

3/2/2006 10:34:15 PM

I played the original Red Alert all last week on XP. Windows 95 compatibility mode is teh winz.

3/2/2006 11:11:36 PM

lock

3/2/2006 11:37:52 PM

nah, red alert came out in like 1997, right? no need to lock the poor man's thread

isn't there some sort of rule -- if some junk is like 8 yrs old, piracy no longer applies?

-ZiP!-

3/2/2006 11:47:50 PM

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"isn't there some sort of rule -- if some junk is like 8 yrs old, piracy no longer applies?"

wow

LOCK
SUSPEND
TERMINATE
DECAPITATE

3/2/2006 11:56:51 PM

It's called Abandonware.

3/3/2006 2:23:25 AM

abandonware is when it's no longer sold or supported.. it doesn't have any legal meaning.. it's still illegal to distribute it.. but the odds of abandonware piracy being prosecuted are slim..

and Red Alert isn't abandonware with the recent release of First Decade (no need for the win95 mode anymore)..

Just go out and spend $40 and get all 12 of the C&C games.. (Command and Conquerer: First Decade)

3/3/2006 3:30:31 AM

Ebay if you don't want to spend the extra $$$ for the anthology (or whatever its called).

I've lost a ton of CDs during college. A public message board isn't the place to be asking for a replacement.

3/3/2006 5:29:03 AM