Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike

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Command & Conquer: Red Alert: Counterstrike
Developer	Westwood Studios Intelligent Games
Publisher	Virgin Interactive (1997-1998) Electronic Arts (1998-present)
Composer(s)	Frank Klepacki
Latest version	1.08 (retail) 3.03 (1999 beta patch)
Release date	NA3 April 1997 BRJune 1997
Genre	Real-time strategy
Modes	Singleplayer, multiplayer
Ratings	ESRB: T ELSPA: 15+ PEGI: 12
Platforms	DOS, Windows
Requirements	DOS or Windows 95/98 266 MHz Processor 8 MB RAM 350 MB HDD space 2x CD-ROM Drive Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Input	Keyboard, mouse

Command & Conquer: Red Alert: Counterstrike is the first of two expansions for Command & Conquer: Red Alert, released in 1997 with some new missions for both the Allies and the Soviets. It was the first expansion pack to bring new units, however they were campaign only. Arguably, the main feature of this expansion was the four secret Ant missions complete with a new "faction" of enemies, the Giant Ants.

The majority of multiplayer maps were designed by Intelligent Games.

On 14 November 2018, it was announced that Command & Conquer: Red Alert would be remastered by Petroglyph Games and Lemon Sky Studios under supervision of Electronic Arts, along with the Counterstrike and The Aftermath expansion packs.

New units

• Volkov
• Chitzkoi
• Nikos Stavros
• Tesla Tank (prototype version)
• Advanced Tactical Submarine
• Prototype Nuclear MiG (enemy unit, can be obtained by ording an engineer to capture the airfield when it's still in the air and capture the airfield after it has landed)

New missions

Allied

• Sarin Gas 1: Crackdown
• Sarin Gas 2: Down Under
• Sarin Gas 3: Controlled Burn
• Fall of Greece 1: Personal War
• Fall of Greece 2: Evacuation
• Siberian Conflict 1: Fresh Tracks
• Siberian Conflict 2: Trapped
• Siberian Conflict 3: Wasteland

Soviet

• Proving Grounds
• Besieged
• Mousetrap
• Legacy Of Tesla
• Soviet Soldier Volkov & Chitzkoi
• Top O' The World
• Paradox Equation
• Nuclear Escalation

Secret ant missions

Main article: It Came From Red Alert!

To activate the Ant missions, go to the main menu, hold Shift while clicking the speaker at the top right corner of the screen. Then select the difficulty.

Trivia

Names in different markets

• France: Command & Conquer: Alerte Rouge - Missions Taïga
• Germany: Command & Conquer: Mission CD - Gegenangriff

Videos

• Red Alert cutscenes

External links

• Official website (archived)
• Red Alert folder on Westwood FTP (occasionally down)
  • Bachsau.com mirror of the former
• Freeware Classic Command & Conquer games at CNCNZ.com
• FunkyFr3sh's patched release
• Red Alert Archive
• Red Alert portal on CNCNZ.com
• Counterstrike portal on the C&C Communications Center

Red Alert Missions

Red Alert Allied In The Thick Of It • Five To One • Dead End • Ten To One • Tanya's Tale • Infiltrate and destroy Iron Curtain research center • Sunken Treasure • Protect the Chronosphere research center • Evacuate Kosygin • Suspicion • Evidence • Secure the river for the navy • Takedown • Focused Blast • No Remorse Soviet Lesson in Blood • The Thin Red Line • Covert Cleanup • Behind the Lines • Khalkis Island • Bridge over the River Grotzny or Bridge over the River Vizchgoi • Core of the Matter • Investigate Elba island • Liability Elimination • Overseer • Destroy the Allied navy • Capture the control centers (part one) • Capture the control centers (part two) • Soviet Supremacy   Counterstrike Allied Sarin Gas 1: Crackdown • Sarin Gas 2: Down Under • Sarin Gas 3: Controlled Burn • Fall of Greece 1: Personal War • Fall of Greece 2: Evacuation • Siberian Conflict 1: Fresh Tracks • Siberian Conflict 2: Trapped • Siberian Conflict 3: Wasteland Soviet Proving Grounds • Besieged • Mousetrap • Legacy Of Tesla • Soviet Soldier Volkov & Chitzkoi • Top O' The World • Paradox Equation • Nuclear Escalation Ant missions Discovery • Rescue! • Hunt! • Exterminate!   Aftermath Allied Harbor Reclamation • Caught in the Act • In the Nick of Time • Production Disruption • Negotiations • Monster Tank Madness • Time Flies • Absolute M.A.D.ness • PAWN Soviet Testing Grounds • Shock Therapy • Let's Make a Steal • Test Drive • Don't Drink the Water • Situation Critical • Brothers in Arms • Deus Ex Machina • Grunyev Revolution