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@PabloEsss You are talking about a pack of games developed over a period of 17 years, the oldest of which is about 22 years old now. They were all developed for completely different computers, and thus they all have very different problems. In other words, I'm going to need more details. Which games exactly have you tried, which ones didn't work, and what problems/errors did you encounter with each one?
Though, before that, you might want to get some preliminary patching done. Command & Conquer 1, Red Alert 1 and Tiberian Sun have all been upgraded with community-created unofficial patches that fix a lot of their bugs and compatibility problems. For Red Alert 2 there's a more general patch that solves a lot of its graphics problems. You can find them here:
Command & Conquer 1:
- Nyerguds' C&C95 v1.06c revision 3 patch (which also adds bonus missions originally exclusive to the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions of the game)
Red Alert 1:
- Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer
- Nyerguds' main.mix cleanup for TFD/TUC (Not really needed, but cleans up about a gigabyte of unnecessary files in the RA1 folder. Unpack in the game folder, run "patch_main.bat", let it finish, and then delete the files you extracted.)
Tiberian Sun:
Red Alert 2:
- The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve the "black screen" issue.
Download the zip file and extract "ddraw.dll" and "aqrit.cfg" into your game folder. Then, open the configuration file "aqrit.cfg" in Notepad, change the "ForceDirectDrawEmulation" option to 1, save the file, and the game should work.
ok so other games and the issues:
Red Alert 2 & RA2 Yuris Revenge - Error unable to set video mode
RA3 - Direct X Error 9.0 or higher needed, make sure video card meets minimum requirements & hardware acceleration disabled
Tiberium Wars / Kane - Same as RA3
C&C 4 Tiberian Twighglight - Flickering screen and same as RA3
Generals & Zero Hour - Direct X Error 8.1 or higher needed, ensure video card meets minimum requirements