Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Studios
Developer — Westwood Studios
Publishers — Electronic Arts, Sold Out Sales & Marketing, Sony Computer Entertainment, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Dice Multi Media Europe
Details
Platforms — PC, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, DOS, PlayStation Portable
Genres — Real Time Strategy, Strategy, Science fiction, Historical, Warfare
Modes — Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective — Bird view / Isometric
Command & Conquer: Red Alert ranks #641 overall and #16 among real time strategy games — top 3% of all ranked titles. Of the 286 games released in 1996, only four outrank it. Hovers within reach of its all-time peak of #640, reached 3 months ago.
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#multiple endings#artificial intelligence#non-player character#world war ii - ww2#original soundtrack release#time travel#full motion video#resource gathering#rivaling factions#in-game map editor#construction#micromanagement#nuclear bomb#alternate reality#historical figures in fictional settings#live-action cutscene#pc to console port#tech trees#racial stereotypes#macromanagement