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Command & Conquer: Red Alert

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Game Information

Original Release Date: November 22, 1996

Platforms: DOS, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable

Involved Companies: Westwood Studios, Electronic Arts, Sony Computer Entertainment, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Dice Multi Media Europ, Sold Out Sales & Marketing

Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy

Summary: 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!

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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).