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Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation

On August 28, 1998, Westwood Studios released Red Alert Retaliation for the PlayStation, a compilation of the two PC expansion packs, including the secret Ant Missions. It is almost identical to the…

28 August 1998

Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Westwood Studios, released 28 August 1998 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

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What Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation is

Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1998. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

On August 28, 1998, Westwood Studios released Red Alert Retaliation for the PlayStation, a compilation of the two PC expansion packs, including the secret Ant Missions. It is almost identical to the PlayStation port of the original Red Alert, except it introduced some new units like Tesla Tank, Shock Trooper, Chrono Tank and Mechanic, and included 105 skirmish maps. Gameplay also included an in-game sidebar code called Soylent Green Mode. In this mode all ore fields turn to people/civilians, and ore trucks harvest them with grisly sound effects. It also included 19 exclusive briefing FMV (full-motion video) clips that were not in any of the PC expansion packs, which had none. All of the…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Command & Conquer series

Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation is the seventh of 30 entries we hold in the Command & Conquer series. It arrived 9 months after Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor. The next entry was Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun in 1999.

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What it launched against

Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation launched on 28 August 1998, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid, Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, Future Cop: LAPD and Bloody Roar 2.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid, Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, Future Cop: LAPD, Bloody Roar 2.

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When did Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation come out?
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation was released on 28 August 1998 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

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