However, I sympathize with the general funkiness of running old games. It's very difficult to play the original Diablo 2 through Wine unless you emulate a virtual desktop, which is frustrating to set up. If you're willing to give it another try, the Lutris script should handle almost everything needed to configure it right: https://lutris.net/games/command-conquer-red-alert-2/
However, I sympathize with the general funkiness of running old games. It's very difficult to play the original Diablo 2 through Wine unless you emulate a virtual desktop, which is frustrating to set up. If you're willing to give it another try, the Lutris script should handle almost everything needed to configure it right: https://lutris.net/games/command-conquer-red-alert-2/