Red Alert!!!!

Free for today only!

Windows only.

Download Command and Conquer: Red Alert for free - today only.

Available at the Official Red Alert 3 site here.

There is some sort of official reason:

Today, August 31st, 2008 marks the 13th anniversary of the storied Command & Conquer franchise, which has sold over 25 million copies to date. And to celebrate this milestone and this October's highly anticipated return to the world of Red Alert with Red Alert 3, we are giving away one of the original games that started it all, Command & Conquer Red Alert, for FREE.

Yadda, yadda, yadda... who cares! Free game!