I remember being in the basement in 2002, about the same time I started playing Unreal Tournament nigh-religiously, playing some version of RA2. It was pretty fun, but I was horrible at it. No, before that, I was actually playing RA2 at my babysitter's house, I distinctly remember a mission on the Allies campaign. Well, just that it was the Allied Campaign.
Fastforward seven years and I see that CnC collection and grab it, along with Tiberium Wars. That was my first introduction to Renegade, and had a ton of fun. Wish I knew how to run it on Windows 8.1.