What if Hitler never existed? Einstein pondered the question and created a time-machine to eliminate Hitler as a young man, thus preventing World War II as history remembers it. However, Einstein stopped one evil only to create another - because Stalin's Soviet Union is now poised to conquer Europe... and Allies must stop them!

Command & Conquer: Red Alert can be considered a prequel to Command & Conquer. Like its predecessor, it is a real-time strategy with an isometric semi-top-down perspective using 2D sprite graphics engine. The player takes control of either the Allies or the Soviets, as he battles for destiny of the planet. Gameplay features are similar to those of the previous game, including building a base with some defenses, massing units, harvesting resources, etc. The game has a variety of environments in its missions, adding some indoor missions that use only infantry units.

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Alternate Titles

"命令与征服：红色警戒" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"RA" -- Slang/Informal title
"Hung Jing " -- Chinese title
"Command & Conquer - Teil 2: Alarmstufe Rot" -- German title
"Command & Conquer: Alerte Rouge" -- French title
"Command & Conquer: Alarmstufe Rot" -- German PlayStation title
"C&C:RA" -- Informal name
"C&C 2" -- Common German abbreviation
"커맨드 앤 컨커: 적색경보" -- Korean spelling

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform
	Command & Conquer Red Alert	DOS
	Command & Conquer Red Alert	PlayStation
	Command & Conquer Red Alert	Windows
	Star Wars Plug & Play Video Game Collection - Darth Vader / Yoda / R2D2	Windows
	Command & Conquer: Red Alert
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User Reviews

A Hollywood blockbuster for the masses.	Windows	Roedie (5234)
The best of the franchise	Windows	MAT (53452)
The apex of the C&C franchise.	Windows	Dr. Elementary (274)
Addictive enough to complete and anticipate sequels	Windows	anton treuenfels (37)
Fool me once, shame on you…	Windows	PCGamer77 (3027)
HEY! What's with all the bad reviews here? This game is a masterpiece	Windows	CKeen The Great (158)
Good but not good enough	Windows	Peter Clark (10)
The best of the C&C games, and one of the greatest strategy games every made.	Windows	Brian Jordan (20)
Red alert-- well, i better get my hands to battle stations!	Windows	paul cairey (325)
One of the Best and Worst Games of All Time	Windows	Sean Johanson (16)

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The Press Says

PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Dec, 1996	95 out of 100	95
GameSpot	DOS	Nov 26, 1996	9.5 out of 10	95
GameSpot	Windows	Nov 26, 1996	9.5 out of 10	95
PC Player (Denmark)	Windows	1997	94 out of 100	94
Privat Computer PC	Windows	1996	91 out of 100	91
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Nov, 1996	90 out of 100	90
GamePro (US)	DOS	Feb, 1997	4.5 out of 5	90
Gamesmania	Windows	1996	90 out of 100	90
Just Games Retro	DOS	Oct 08, 2008	90 out of 100	90
Game Players	Windows	Dec, 1996	8.8 out of 10	88

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Trivia

Freeware release

To celebrate 13 years of Command & Conquer, the game was made available for free on 31st August 2008. The link is available in the related web sites section.

German version

The German version removes Hitler from the intro and replaces all the soldiers with cyborgs.

Sales

In 1998, Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PC) won the Platinum-Award from the German VUD (Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland - Entertainment Software Association Germany) for selling more then 200,000 (but less then 500,000) units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Awards

Computer Gaming World
- May 1997 (Issue #154) – Strategy Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
PC Gamer
- April 2000 - -10 in the "All-Time Top 50 Games" poll
- April 2005 - #17 in the "50 Best Games of All Time" list
Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland
- 1998 - Platinum Award (more details in the "Sails" section)