Released a few years after developer Westwood's seminal original Command and Conquer real time strategy game, C&C Red Alert is a prequel set in an alternate WW2 Universe in which Hitler has been assassinated by Allied time travellers, with the Allies now locked in a massive war with Stalin's Soviet Russia. The graphics are almost identical to those of the original C&C, albeit with different looking structures and units, but the gameplay remains almost identical. Playing as either side you must collect and refine Ore using your ore harvester vehicles and refinery buildings, in order to fund the building of base defences, radar facilities, power plants and barracks  Read the complete review

Are you getting annoyed by constant defeats by your friends? Are you trying to look for ways that you can improve your tactics? Then look no further because all your answers are here (probably) So here's my nice guide with lots of quick tactics for everyone in Red Alert. Some of these are pretty basic, some are more advanced. My advice is to read, memorise a few and test them out (preferably against real people). Tactics for BOTH SIDES ---===--- This isn't really a tip but it is a mystery. Some of my friends never bother to pick up crates even if they are in there base. I don't know weather they just ...  Read the complete review

Command and Conquer Red Alert is an excellent game and is well adapted to suit the playstation. The first version of the game was on the PC, and it was allot easier to use, as one would expect it to be when you can use a mouse and keyboard instead of a joy pad. This is about the only disadvantage of the game other than the view is so zoomed in compared to the spanned out view of the PC original. Anyway the playstation version of Command and Conquer Red Alert is worldwide warfare at it’s best. Although you may be thinking no kind of war can be good you may not of played this game. The game gives you the opportunity to be more devious, cunning and ...  Read the complete review

Command and Conquer Red Alert is a spin off from The original Command and Conquer and is intended to represent a prequel to the original. A short video sequence explains the background setting. Einstein creates a time machine and goes back in time to kill Adolf Hitler preventing the NAzi party`s rise. This creates an unforseen side affect however, the Soviets completely unchecked expland into Europe and The Allies must fight to stop aggression from this quarter instead. So the game revolves around this alternative history, with the player being able to choose an allied country (Britain, Germany or France) or a Soviet Country (Russia or ...  Read the complete review