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Command & Conquer: Red Alert

"Travel to an alternate universe where dark experiments have permanently altered time."

Westwood Studios·Sony Computer Entertainment·Electronic Arts·Virgin Interactive Entertainment·Dice Multi Media Europe·Sold Out Sales & Marketing· November 22, 1996· Main Game
84
User Score
375 ratings

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 strange new technologies aid both sides in the struggle for ultimate control. In this parallel reality, the mighty Soviet Empire has begun to “liberate” all of Europe. Cities fall and countries collapse before the overwhelming might of the Red Storm. The Allies are scrambling to meet the onslaught, but they have been caught by surprise. Red Alert puts the fate of the world in your hands!

Released 22 November 1996 for PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS and PlayStation Portable by Westwood Studios, published by Sony Computer Entertainment and Electronic Arts. Rated 12 by PEGI, 12+ by GRAC. About 15 hours to beat, 35 hours for everything. Up to 8 players online.

Story

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.

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PlayStation 3
Standard
EU
Mar 27, 2008
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Standard
NA
Nov 22, 1996
DOS
Standard
NA
Nov 22, 1996
PlayStation Portable
Standard
NA
Nov 12, 2009
PlayStation Portable
Standard
EU
Sep 23, 2008
PlayStation
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1997
PlayStation
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1998
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Standard
EU
Mar 16, 2001
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Standard
EU
Apr 7, 2003
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Standard
WW
Aug 31, 2008
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Standard
EU
Mar 9, 2009
PlayStation 3
Standard
NA
Nov 12, 2009
User Score
84 /100
Generally Favorable
Based on 375 ratings
Aggregated from player ratings across platforms worldwide.
Score Guide
90–100
Universal Acclaim
75–89
Generally Favorable
Users
50–74
Mixed or Average
20–49
Generally Unfavorable
0–19
Overwhelming Dislike