Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Travel to an alternate universe where dark experiments have permanently altered time. Or have they? Soviet tanks crush city after city while Allied cruisers shell bases. Spies lurk, landmines await, and…
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Westwood Studios, released 22 November 1996 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and DOS. The main story takes about 15 hrs to finish.
What Command & Conquer: Red Alert is
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1996. It was published by Dice Multi Media Europe. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 1946, Albert Einstein finishes his time machine, dubbed the Chronosphere, and travels back in time to 1924, just after Adolf Hitler was released from prison in Landsberg. There, he creates a time paradox which erases the dictator from history, and returns to his starting point. With Nazi Germany removed from history, the Soviet Union is left unopposed as Joseph Stalin sees an opportunity to expand into Eastern Europe. In response, most of Europe ally against this new threat, and start a desperate war against the new aggressor.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical, science fiction and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 8 players online. Local play supports 8 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Command & Conquer series
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is the third of 30 entries we hold in the Command & Conquer series. It arrived 11 months after Command & Conquer: The Covert Operations. The next entry was Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike in 1997.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 35 hrs, roughly 2.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.2 GHz Intel or AMD CPU, 1 GB RAM and GeForce 4+/ Radeon 8500. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Command & Conquer: Red Alert launched on 22 November 1996, within three weeks of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, PaRappa the Rapper and Robotron X.
Released around the same time: Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, PaRappa the Rapper, Robotron X.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Command & Conquer: Red Alert yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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