ommand & 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,[4][5][6][7] 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.[8] On August 31, 2008, Electronic Arts, who acquired
Westwood Studios in 1998, rendered Command & Conquer: Red Alert freeware.[9]

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.[10]

Gameplay[edit]
Like Tiberian Dawn, the game has split routes for most missions. The objective stays
the same but the map layout differs. The single-player campaign is complemented by
live-action cinematic sequences.

Players can queue commands, create unit groups that can be selected by a number
key, and control numerous units at a time