Command & Conquer: Red Alert for Windows

Name: Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Rating: 4.6 (582 reviews)
Author: Westwood Studios

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffFebruary 29, 2024

One of the greatest real-time strategy games of all time, C&C: Red Alert brings a sci-fi twentieth-century conflict into the C&C mix. According to the background story, Albert Einstein invents a time machine and kills Adolf Hitler to prevent WWII. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, however, launches a full-scale attack with advanced Mammoth tanks, Tesla coils, and V2 rocket launchers. Red Alert is intentionally unbalanced. The Soviets have more powerful infantry, tanks, artillery, aircraft, and defensive towers. The United States and Western Europe have only a couple strengths: warships and "smart" units such as medics and mine-layers. Great music tracks, an excellent control system, good-looking graphics (by mid-'90s standards), and superb gameplay make C&C: Red Alert a classic. Former C&C fanatics will shed a nostalgic tear after launching this small demo, but first they'll have to make sure they have Windows 95/98, since the installer won't run on Windows XP or Windows 2000.

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GENERAL

Release: July 27, 1999

Latest update: February 29, 2024

Version: 1

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 10
Windows 95

Additional Requirements: Pentium-60, Windows 95, DirectX drivers

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 2,912,598

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

4.6/5

582 User Votes

beast zzx 16
darylcuraylyahoocomAugust 12, 2011
Pros
beast zzx 16
Cons
beast zzx 16
Summary
beast zzx 16
best and good
j_mancioMay 10, 2011
Pros
hnd ko alm..
Cons
hindi ko alm...
Summary
had good memories with this game
RageBurnsRedApril 16, 2011
Pros
graphics in 90's standard
Cons
good and exciting game but seriously it won't run on xp or vista?
Summary
its good game
33_eekimOctober 2, 2010
Pros
i like this because i want to play this good game
Cons
there picture
Summary
i like this coz it good
i like this type of game
aizziaSeptember 28, 2010
Pros
because of c&c
Cons
noting to told
Summary
this is the start of red alert series so i like this
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adam7179September 9, 2010
Pros
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Cons
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Summary
I am not sure about viruses in this game
Jacoboy123July 10, 2010
Pros
I love strategic game especially when there is battle against enemies!
Cons
Can anyone tell me if there is virus in this game? If not, I will download it
Summary
I hope someone could reply me...
did not install
lueelueeJuly 2, 2010
Pros
nada, nada
Cons
did not install
Summary
waste of time
This is not my favorite game.
dwightntJune 30, 2010
Pros
I like that it is not a 3D game. I like the challenge, the strategy, and the assorted units.
Cons
It is difficult to separate and control different units. I would prefer to be able to march formations, give orders to guard or attack, and to combine units into platoons that react together.
Summary
I prefer this type of game because 3D and similar games make me physically ill. I would like this game better if my cons were addressed. I prefer fantasy games over military games but this was fun anyway.
Could not get it to work, waste of a 500mb download
Magpie JackMarch 7, 2010
Pros
None, could not get it started
Cons
Well, it is 15 years old. What did we expect?
Summary
Nice offer, but should have known it would not work in 21st century

Developer’s Description

By Westwood Studios

See what could have happened in 1941.

Command and Conquer, one of the most popular strategy games in recent memory, is back and bigger and badder than ever with Red Alert. The story takes place in an alternate stream of history, around the time of World War II. In this version of world history, World War II never happened, and Hitler was nothing more than a minor annoyance. The real threat here is something hundreds of times worse than Hitler could ever have been: Joseph Stalin. The Soviet Empire is killing its way through Europe. Towns are falling and countries collapsing before the overwhelming might of the Soviet forces. Does anyone stand a chance, or will the Red Menace engulf all of Europe? New features include improved AI, new game units and structures, a Skirmish mode, and a detailed, interweaving story line.

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User Reviews

beast zzx 16

best and good

had good memories with this game

its good game

i like this type of game

..................................

I am not sure about viruses in this game

did not install

This is not my favorite game.

Could not get it to work, waste of a 500mb download

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