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.
Publisher: Westwood Studios
Operating systems: Windows 95
Additional requirements: Pentium-60, Windows 95, DirectX drivers
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