Command & Conquer: Red Alert

Description

What if... Hitler never existed? Einstein pondered the question, then created a time-machine and eliminated Hitler as an youth, and thus prevented World War II as we know it. Unfortunately, Einstein stopped one evil only to create another... because Stalin's Soviet Union is now poised to conquer Europe... And Allies must stop them...

C&C: Red Alert is the prequel to the Command and Conquer, the game that re-invented real-time strategy using an isometric semi-top-down perspective using 2D sprite graphics engine. You control of either the Allies or the Soviets as you battle for the destiny of the planet. The interface is familiar: build base, build defenses, build structures, build units, harvest resources... Red Alert adds some "in-door" missions that use only infantry units. The missions are more like puzzles where you need to defeat all the enemies in order to advance.

Alternate Titles

• "红警 " -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "RA" -- Slang/Informal title
• "Hung Jing " -- Chinese title ("Red Alert")
• "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 title

Part of the Following Groups

• Command & Conquer games
• Command & Conquer Red Alert series

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User Reviews

The best of the franchise	Windows	MAT (34845)
Addictive enough to complete and anticipate sequels	Windows	anton treuenfels (34)
A Hollywood blockbuster for the masses.	Windows	Roedie (5145)
The apex of the C&C franchise.	Windows	D. K. Wicked (276)
Fool me once, shame on you…	Windows	PCGamer77 (3051)
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 (340)
One of the best Strategy games ever	Windows	Grant McLellan (559)
A typically bad Command & Conquer game.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4480)

The Press Says

GameSpot	DOS	Nov 26, 1996	9.5 out of 10	95
PC Player (Denmark)	Windows	1997	94 out of 100	94
DarkZero	Windows	2003	9.4 out of 10	94
DarkZero	DOS	2003	9.4 out of 10	94
Just Games Retro	Windows	Oct 08, 2008	90 out of 100	90
Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Dec, 1997	90 out of 100	90
PSX Extreme	PlayStation	Feb, 1998	90 out of 100	90
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Nov, 1996	90 out of 100	90
Game Players	Windows	Dec, 1996	8.8 out of 10	88
IGN	PlayStation	Oct 28, 1997	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

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.