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Ert
reupload the new steam version pls. this is outdated and doesn't run great on win 10+
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R Agnez Mach
fatal. string manager failed to initilaized properly
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hellmarch
HELL MARCH INTENSIFIES
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christo
I patch the files and upload the whole game..confirmed working

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zcRAX36qdNRFe8LQslTCvn50OAe8w6CE/view?usp=sharing
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BananaYoghurt
Thank you!!
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neojebavaj debilku
NOt working its only CnC online LOL ROFL MAO :D
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protonlmao
nice
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oldsalt
TusFiles
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ZA CK
great if they renew cuz theres nothing inside here
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Black Hell
if anyone is interested, you can play it on your browser(multiplayer only)
but hey it's free(just google game chronodivide)
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every thing
its so laggggggggy
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St elrach le méssie
Les liens sont morts !
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bladerain
Links are down. Mega and Google Drive too it seems.
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potato
TusFiles link is up
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Furniture Store Owner
is this abandoned?
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XuRiUs
download link broken?
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MeSaber
meganz works
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Freak Smile
hello, i cant open the red alert 2 but the yuri revenge work properly.
it said error - unable to set the video mode
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Alperen Fural
RED ALERT 2 TR ONLİNE-MULTİPLAYER OYNUYORUZ!!
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NOT: OYUN WİN 10 WİN 8 WİN 7 TÜM SÜRÜMLERİNDE HATASIZ ÇALIŞMAKTADIR. ALT+TAB SİYAH EKRAN VE ÇÖZÜNÜRLÜK TÜM HATALARINI ÇÖZDÜK. TÜM SORUNLAR İÇİN ÇÖZÜM KANALIMIZDA MEVCUTTUR.
%100 YERLİ OYUNCULAR İLE OYNANMAKTADIR. KANALIMIZ SADECE OYUNCULARIN BULUŞMA NOKTASI VE ONLİNE OYNAMA TOPLULUĞUDUR.
NOT: DİSCORD KANALIMIZA GİRİŞ YAPARKEN KULLANICI ADI BELİRLEYİN KANALIMIZDA HER TÜRLÜ BİLGİYİ BULACAKSINIZ.
DİSCORD GİRİŞ :https://discordapp.com/invite/PfDtdCy
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ILoveOldGames45
Can you translate this?
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Phạm Thịnh
please help!!!
i have black screen whenever I Alt+tab the game to desktop.
Anyone know how to fix this. I really appreciate.
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John Merll Farinas Baxinela
there is a video under the comments for that
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Toan
Link http://Mega.co.nz working. And GDrive still not fixed.
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Ali Wardhana
http://mega.co.nz up, but GDrive not... I just recently check them out
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Toan
nothing new.... lol
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Thorga Park
Fix link plz
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Thorga Park
GDrive link error. Fix plz!
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Aids OKeese
Please fix the google drive links, i've wanted to play this game but i can't ;-;
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Joshu C. Gellido
how to deal with this :((( "string manager failed to initialize properly"
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Adam
1 change compatibility to XP2 or 3
2 Open the Exe as admin.
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Joshu C. Gellido
Thanksss
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clearzulu
I was able to enter the game following these steps, but now i only get a black screen what should i do now?
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Valério Calvados
Google drive link pls
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Fusou Enoshima
reupload link google drive
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Alauddin Alex
you guys are very true best gaming site, thanx f bringing up my happily childhood
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gabogaming101
can anyone help me it wont allow me to play it but im able to launch it i cant play skirmish
it also wont let me move the troops and build the screen is just black
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Jessica
pl tell me can i play it 64bit
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Nobunaga
Ripped version, the game is old, back in the day it made sense to rip the cutscenes and other content not necessary for gameplay in order to make the game lighter due to slow connections or simply low disk space, but nowadays it makes no sense, and games simply get repacked if anything to make the game a lighter download (since every fucking game now has to be 60gb or more apparently) while keeping all the content...
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noob saibot
This worked perfectly on Windows 7 64-Bit, mount ISO file using Daemon Tools Lite (it's freeware) then install game.
To fix Fatal String error, just right click Red Alert 2 desktop icon then Properties, under Compatibility tab checkmark Run with Admin Privileges. Done. Both games start up perfectly.
Tip: To play in higher resolutions, At title screen of both games, just type the letters
h-i-r-e-s and you should hear a chime, go to Options and now you can play the games in higher resolution. Note: On Yuri's Revenge, the resolution setting doesn't take effect till the Map begins.
Both games are Full Copies including all the FMV Campaign scenes at the beginning of each map.
This is the complete shit people.
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Game Administraitor
Not Found
Error 404 for google drive
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Lost_Gh0st
https://gamebanana.com/tools/5781
this is for FATAL String manager failed to initilaized properly fix
Ra2 will work fine
Ra2MD on the other hand just set it to 16 bit color
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kkusagami
is anyone playing online with hamachi ? i only play with my friend but i want to find more players to play together ,is there some group page to find those players?
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EmreDersiniz
Maybe discord channel?
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Ralph Vincent Bernabe
When I'm playing the game is lagging. Can you please help me. Thank you.
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Karen Angelia
sure, get a new pc lmao
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Pavel Horký
Can confirm, all links are dead.
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gooizhengwei
Hi admin, the google drive link today is not working....
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Arthur
what do you mean?
It works well :b
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gooizhengwei

it had been for days...
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gooizhengwei
Thanks! That help alots
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Mirato
All links doesnt work. The file probably removed.
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Arthur
Google Drive is still up.
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Claude Ni
Now they all are though
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Arthur
Well, a month has passed since then...
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DarkCarnage
a oldy but a goody ^^
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Ade ichigohiro
oh That application from this site error... just try different site....
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Phuoc Loc Tran
Just installing it. Work fine on win 7
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Neian
help?
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Phuoc Loc Tran
"You need something?"
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Ali Elmansy
winrar key plzzzz
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Neian
nevermind bro/lady , I fixed it already
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Phuoc Loc Tran
Good for you :) hope you have a good time playing.
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fathul yess
my code doesnt work
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Phuoc Loc Tran
What did you do? There are many game.exe in the folder. Only two are playable. Find them out.
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treos
anyone know how to uninstall this game? it doesn't come with an uninstaller.
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Arctic Flame
did you try just deleting all the files?
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treos
no...i forgot who directed me to it but i used Revo Uninstaller's https://www.revouninstaller.com/ "hunter mode" function which let's you drag & drop the small icon onto a desktop shortcut for the game in question then it scans and removes all the relevant files.
might want to uninstall the expansions first just in case though. i dunno if removing the base game first would mess anything up.
and it cleans up left over registry file stuff too as part of the uninstallment process.
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Pedro Pablo Marin
i installed the game and all and then this error comes up...
FATAL String manager failed to initilaized properly
can anybody help me out?
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Mohammed Barakat
I followed the steps in this video and it helped me ... you should try it
https://youtu.be/8tOC5I4y64g
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Lynn Shawaf
I followed your steps, the game start to play but only with sound and the screen is black
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Pedro Pablo Marin
it works now ... but now its crashes midgame all the time...
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Ghost
run it as Admin
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George Hannuneh
Same here bro
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khairul
to play functional video the screen resolution for the original game is 800x600...so create ra2.ini ( text file and paste this below)
[Video]
AllowHiResModes=yes
AllowVRAMSidebar=yes
VideoBackBuffer=no
ScreenWidth=800
ScreenHeight=600
StretchMovies=no
and also dont forget to change aqrit.cfg file (open with text ) and change it into
RealDDrawPath = AUTO
BltMirror = 1
BltNoTearing = 1
ColorFix = 1
DisableHighDpiScaling = 1
FakeVsync = 1
FakeVsyncInterval = 0
ForceBltNoTearing = 1
ForceDirectDrawEmulation = 1
NoVideoMemory = 1
SingleProcAffinity = 1
ShowFPS = 1
if there is no file...just create it with text file.
now u can play it in any windows u like, no need the windows compatibility . u can even play the video.
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Pedro Pablo Marin
euhh i installed the game and all and then this error comes up...
FATAL String manager failed to initilaized properly
can you help me out?
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Neil Reiner Montejo
I have successfully installed the game, but when I run it, its all black screen and just the music.
can anybody help?
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Carl Kuwait
Same problem. Black screen with music and talking. I did the ini and cfg files above, didn't fix it. Not sure what to do with it now. Any ideas?
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Leteća Veverica
I have a problem, the game runs, but when it opens all i see is the menu, without any letters or words, just the radar from the game menu, and some red lines. Somehow i can click on things, but i dont see them.
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WhiteShadow
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B21lAGuRCkBqdHVLNWVwdkNXWDg/view
Download the file from the link above and copy them to the installation directory then run the ra2 on compatibility mode.
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Foolscap P.
Hi, i'm using Windows 8.1 (2013) and what i do to run Yuri's Revenge (2001) smoothly after installation is:
a) Right-click YR shortcut icon in desktop - click properties - check compatibility tab - Run this program in compatibility mode for : Window 95 (some sites say window 98/Me or Windows Service Pack 3), and check to run this program as Administrator.
This will solve the initial RA2 Fatal String Manager failed to initialise properly issue on launching the game on more modern hardware.
b) Lag/ slow game-play:
Go to the folder of RA2+YR that it's installed in.
Find 2 ini files named "RA2.ini" and "Ra2md.ini" - use notepad to open them - scroll to find [Video] and add one extra line of "VideoBackBuffer=no" to the end of the sentence. It will appear as
ScreenWidth=1366 <---- (c)
ScreenHeight=768
StretchMovies=no
VideoBackBuffer=no <--- add this line and the lag will be gone.
c) Screen width and height can be adjusted accordingly. Remember to do this for both RA2.ini and Ra2md.ini for it to work properly. There are other "options" to add, but as a bare minimum, these changes will suffice to run YR smoothly in 2017.
d) FMV Cutscenes.... .. This version of YR excludes the original FMV cutscenes in the campaign modes. There will be silent awkwardness whilst playing them until the operator says: "Battle control online".
I tried switching tabs from youtube and this game for the original initial experience but the game.exe can freeze and become unresponsive whilst doing that (or this is just my hardware).
Hope it helps. Cheers.
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Jeff Candy
dude i try to add the line in "VideoBackBuffer=no" but cannot save the file as it say i dont have the permission..how?
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I'm not even mad at all
administrator priviledge
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Joe Smith
so i dont see any picture but see the mouse and hear the music. thoughts?
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Seraphim
yes , work fine too here
i use google drive to DL
just 1 problem is that
"RED ALERT 2 FATAL**** String Manager failed to initialize properly "
not big deal , go youtube and see how to fix it
link :....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tOC5I4y64g
Hope u guys enjoy RA2nYuriRevenge ^^!
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ErwinC09
Works fine on my Asus netbook with Intel Atom N280 processor and no dedicated graphics card, running on Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. Makes me wonder why some complain the game doesn't work properly.
My only complaint is the removed the cheesy FMV cutscenes (but it's no big deal).
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Rushell John Reynancia
Because of our pcs. We experienced that because of our windows. I have RA2 before in my Windows XP and moved to 7 and works fine. But as soon as I moved it in 8, it didnt work properly.
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annon15
It appears that RA2 will not run on windows 10, with that in mind does anyone know how to uninstall it after its been installed? Its installed, all the files are there but the game doesn't show up in programs and features.
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WhiteShadow
I am playing it in Win 10.
If the black screen is ur problem the u can copy this file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B21lAGuRCkBqdHVLNWVwdkNXWDg/view
to ur installation directory.It will fix ur problem and dont forget to run in compatibility mode then run as administrator.
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BonusHoovy
Thanks! It worked!
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Muhammad Rafi
when i open and run admin YURI.exe & RA2MD.EXE it said insert the correct cd rom. Please help me solve it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!................ :(
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Michael Purugganan
Yuri's revenge hangs/freezes and crashed even after changing the compatibility to windows 98/me and adding the videobuffer=off in the ini file please help. :(
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Smsm Cairo
where is the ini files?
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Smsm Cairo
i have the same thing it freezes
what can i do?
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Mikey Captor
My game just crashes randomly after a while. works fine besides from the crashes. halp.
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Armando Kasya
why am i lagging on this game but not lagging while i'm playing other games? any help?
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Armando Kasya
and sometimes it crashed. would love some help
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Barajin Akaji
just add videobackbuffer=off on your game's main .ini files...
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Mikey Captor
which files are the games main ini. files?: edit :
I found the games main .ini files but I am unable to put videobackbuffer=off in any of them, it keeps telling me "access denied"?
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Barajin Akaji
did you try to open it in notepad? Do it if you haven't.
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Mikey Captor
yes, that's what I originally opened it in. just every time I go to paste in "videobackbuffer=off" in (example, Ra2md , wolinfoMD) I have to save it and everytime I try to it just gives me access denied?
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Barajin Akaji
its RA2.ini and RA2md.ini. put the text under the [video] section
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Barajin Akaji
try running it in administrator
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Mikey Captor
I had to go through the properties and change the security settings so I was able to modify the documents. thanks for the help Barajin!
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Anim3mez
Some people just should not own a PC
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Anime_Reader/Watcher
My Redalert 2 works, but not my yuri revenge? it keeps saying "not able to set video mode", i have already ran it as a admin. HELP!
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Leightton John Villasis Cenabr
I HAVE HAVE DOWNLOADED THE FILE AND INSTALL. BUT WHEN I STARTED TO OPEN IT. IT SAY'S FATAL String Manager Failed to Initiate Properly!
How to fix this? Pls help........
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Osama Iskandarani
run it as admin and change compability to Windows XP
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Anubara Kaisuke
torrent?
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Good Old Rookie Master
Please help! All of the download links are deleted and not existed!
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Good Old Rookie Master
Oh nevermind... The google drive one works. Thanks!
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Totoro
all of them are "file not found" and cannot be downloaded?
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su ch
look everyone to run the game right click on the shortcut in desktop and then click on properties then click on compatibility , then check the box in compatibility mode
run this program in compatibility for windows 98/me
game will never crash and it will run smooth
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su ch
do this on both games red alert and yuri
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julian fuentes
the cutscenes are missing
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SonofVulcan
hello there i was wondering if there is a way to fix "FATAL srting manager failed to initialized properly"
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JOHN
im using windows 10 everytime i play the game it always hang..
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bearded dude
AdFly down here as well! :V
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DalieaDelimaDolma
Will it work with Yuri revenge?
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ng1nx
run it as admin
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julian fuentes
the movies are not working, solution?
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†Black•Bishop†
best real time strategy game of all time, pity that westwood sold the franchise to ea,,making the sequels so terrible
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Red
Yeah, fk the sequels.
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Foolscap P.
Sold? no. Ea bought Westwood Studios, and still is buying out game studios. Eg. Ea bought Visceral Games recently.
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Calvin Susanto
it doesnt work ,it still says fatal error thing even though i've done the instructions.and when i open YURI.exe it said i still need CD-ROM to play.guess u can help me out?
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IGG-GAMES.COM (Administrator)
start game with "RA2MD.exe"
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su ch
yes yes i hope it gets fixed soon :D
i always wanted to own this game
but i didnt have a pc
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Viljar Bezuglov
still not fixed. got same problem.
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orgald
same again