Command & Conquer Red Alert - Gamers Guide

Command & Conquer Red Alert

Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy video game of the Command & Conquer franchise, produced by Westwood Studios and released by Virgin Interactive Entertainment 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 the 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. On August 31, 2008, Electronic Arts, who acquired Westwood Studios in 1998, rendered Command & Conquer Red Alert freeware.

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.

Developer           Westwood Studios

Publisher             Virgin Interactive Entertainment

Producer             Edward Alexander Del Castillo

Designer              Adam P. Isgreen/Michael Lightner/Erik Yeo

Programmer      Joseph Bostic/Barry Green/Steve Tall

Artist                     Christopher D. Demers/Matthew Hansel/Joseph B. Hewitt IV

Writer                   Ron Smith

Composer           Frank Klepacki

Series                    Command & Conquer: Red Alert

Platform              MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation

Release                November 22, 1996

Genre                   Real-time strategy

Mode                    Single-player, multiplayer

 

Command & Conquer Red Alert System Requirements

Command & Conquer Red Alert Recommended System Requirements:

• Minimum CPU Class Required - Intel Pentium

• Minimum OS Class Required - Windows 95

• Supported Systems/Models - x86 (32-bit)

• Minimum RAM Required - 8 MB

• Minimum DirectX Version Required - DirectX 3

• Media Type - CD-ROM, 

• Minimum CD-ROM Drive Speed Required - 2X (300 KB/s)

• Minimum Video Memory Required - 1 MB

• Video Resolutions Supported - 640×480

• Input Devises Required - Mouse/Keyboard

• Multiplayer Options - Internet, LAN, Modem, Null-modem cable

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