Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy video game in the Command & Conquer franchise, developed and published by Westwood Studios in 1996. The second game to bear the Command & Conquer title, Red Alert is the prequel to the original Command & Conquer of 1995, and takes place in the alternate early history of Command & Conquer when Allied Forces battle an aggressive Soviet Union for control over the European mainland.
Real Time Strategy (RTS)Strategy
- Space needed
- About 702 MB
- Time to beat
- about 15 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy video game in the Command & Conquer franchise, developed and published by Westwood Studios in 1996. The second game to bear the Command & Conquer title, Red Alert is the prequel to the original Command & Conquer of 1995, and takes place in the alternate early history of Command & Conquer when Allied Forces battle an aggressive Soviet Union for control over the European mainland.
It was initially available for PC (MS-DOS and Windows 95 versions included in one package) and was subsequently ported to PlayStation. The PlayStation version was also re-released as a download on the PlayStation Network for PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3, but has since become delisted. On August 31, 2008, Electronic Arts, who acquired Westwood Studios in 1998, rendered Command & Conquer: Red Alert freeware.
Widely considered one of the greatest games ever made, Red Alert was praised for its engaging gameplay, alternate history setting, and competitive multiplayer. The Command & Conquer Remastered Collection, released on June 5, 2020, through the services Origin and Steam, contains a graphically rebuilt Red Alert, the expansions Counterstrike and The Aftermath, additional missions and briefing videos that were exclusive to the PlayStation's Retaliation port, and an unlockable gallery of unused and "making-of" materials.
Official trailer
Game Intro. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
- Developer
- Westwood Studios
- Publisher
- Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Electronic Arts
- Series
- Command & Conquer
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- PEGI
- 16
- ESRB
- T
- ACB
- R 18+
- USK
- 16
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation | North America | 1998-08-28 |
| PlayStation | Europe / PAL | 1998-09-25 |
Space and patches
Space neededAbout 702 MB
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single-player only, with no online features.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released in the store | Yes |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Credits
- Publisher
- Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Electronic Arts
- Developer
- Westwood Studios
- Released
- 1998-08-28
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 15 hours
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