Command & Conquer: Red Alert manual

Red Alert

 * English: Red Alert manual, Red Alert manual
 * Spanish: Red Alert manual

Red Alert - The Aftermath

 * English: Red Alert - The Aftermath manual

Game manual
The Red Alert manual has Morse code at the bottom of its pages. The text has many spelling mistakes in it, but it hints at the secret Giant Ants mission that would be added in Counterstrike.

in an interview with PC Gamer, Adam Isgreen said that the morse code was added without Joe Bostic's knowledge, to force him to allow them to add a secret campaign like the dinosaurs one they had previously snuck into the first C&C game :


 * And the giant ants. Originally, we wanted to include something that was going to be the RA equivalent of the Dino Island from C&C. I'm a big fan of the film THEM! and thought that giant radioactive ants would fit the RA universe well. Brett said no. No time, not going to happen. We can't make unique units for something like this. C'mon Brett, we established a trend with Funpark. Ok, you can have one unit, but it has to be symmetrical. How about a killer tomato? (yeah, he actually suggested that) No, Brett, we're not doing that. Ok, fine, then you don't get anything.
 * So, I kind of went around him and forced the issue. I had our writer create this dialogue between two soldiers talking about a missing patrol and these bites laced with formic acid, then had our manual designer add the entire conversation it in Morse code to the bottom of the pages of the manual. No explanation at all - just Morse code along each page bottom. The game shipped, and suddenly these letters came in from boy scouts and soldiers and all these people that knew and were learning Morse code would come in. It was the best tease ever. Man, was Brett was pissed at me. That got me quite an earful...but it did force him to relent and allow us to put the giant ants in...and we even got a cinematic out of it, too. I think it was even a bullet point on the box for Counterstrike!
 * However I don't believe for a second that he didn't know about what I was doing from the very beginning. I think he felt that he had to yell at me for the sake of breaking the chain of command, but that he really didn't mind how it all turned out. I think in the end he just wanted to see how much I really wanted to put them in.
 * - Adam Isgreen

The morse code in the manual:


 * 1) MESSAGE COM ALLIED HQS
 * 2) DECODE CRYPTO NORMAL
 * 3) RED EAGLE PASSES HAWK
 * 4) RED ALERT RED ALERT
 * 5) SOVIET FORCES SECT SEVEN
 * 6) BUILDING RUNWAYS
 * 7) ASSAULT UNITS
 * 8) DISPATCH ASAP
 * 9) MESSAGE COM HQS SEVEN
 * 10) DECODE CRYPTO
 * 11) VULTURE SNACKS
 * 12) ALLIES LOSE VERDUN
 * 13) FORCES DESTROYED
 * 14) DISPATCH TROOPS ASAP
 * 15) RETRIEVE TANYA
 * 16) CRITICAL MOVEMENTS
 * 17) SPOTTED NW SAHX
 * 18) NUCLEAR WARHEADS
 * 19) DESTINED WASHINGTON
 * 20) DELAYED STRIKE AXZUFU
 * 21) ADVISE ETA
 * 22) DETAIL EUCINPA COM
 * 23) PRIORITY INCOME
 * 24) INVESTIGATE SUDDEN
 * 25) DEATHS FOURTEEN ALLIES
 * 26) TOXIC TESTS SHOW
 * 27) FOMIC ACID LEVELS
 * 28) TO CINPA COM
 * 29) PRIORITY EVEN OUT GO
 * 30) FOMIC ACID COMPLAINT
 * 31) ACCURATE
 * 32) ALSO FIND CRUSHED
 * 33) VERTEBRATE AND SLASHES
 * 34) ON HEAD AND FACE
 * 35) TWO THOUSAND HEADLESS
 * 36) NO BLEEDING RESPOND
 * 37) TO CINPA COM
 * 38) SAY AGAIN FOMIC ACID
 * 39) ROGER THAT WHAT IS IT
 * 40) ACID ANTS USE
 * 41) FOR WHAT PURPOSE
 * 42) KILLING NEUTRALISING
 * 43) DESCRIBE SLASH MARKS
 * 44) LIKE BIG KNIVES
 * 45) CHECKING TWELVE INCHES
 * 46) MARKS ON HEADLESS
 * 47) SOME MARKS SOME ACID
 * 48) DO YOU HEAR HUMMING
 * 49) NEGATIVE ON HUMMING
 * 50) DO YOU SPOT SMALL HILLS
 * 51) AFFIRMATIVE NOT ON MAP
 * 52) HOW FAR YOUR LOCATION
 * 53) SIX CLICKS
 * 54) INVESTIGATE NOW
 * 55) LOOKING FOR WHAT
 * 56) GIANT ANTS
 * 57) LIKE SOME SCI FI FLICK
 * 58) SERIOUS ALL AREAS
 * 59) GIANT ANTS
 * 60) ROGER THAT
 * 61) USE RAID
 * 62) NO JOKE
 * 63) ANTS TEN FEET HIGH
 * 64) WHATS HUMMING MEAN
 * 65) ANT RADAR
 * 66) WATCH OUT
 * 67) I HEAR SOME NOW
 * 68) GET OUT OF THERE
 * 69) RESPOND GET OUT OF THERE
 * 70) DISPATCH ENDS
 * 71) ACTION IGNORE RESPOND
 * 72) IGNORE USE DEEPCOVER
 * 73) ANTS THAT BIG
 * 74) NEVER HAPPENED
 * 75) SYSTEM ALERT
 * 76) SECTORS REPORT NOW
 * 77) ALPHA SECTOR NEGATIVE
 * 78) CHARLIE SECTOR NEGATIVE
 * 79) BRAVO SECTOR NONE
 * 80) DELTA SECTOR
 * 81) DELTA SECTOR REPORT
 * 82) ALL SECTORS TUNE DELTA
 * 83) CONFIRM DEATHS
 * 84) RED ALERT RED ALERT
 * 85) GIANT ANTS SPOOTED
 * 86) IDENTIFY SECTOR
 * 87) ECHO SECTOR
 * 88) NUMBER SIZE
 * 89) MAYBE ONE HUNDRED HUGE
 * 90) FIRE AT WILL
 * 91) TARGETING FIRE
 * 92) OH GOD I CAN NOT
 * 93) COME IN ECHO SECTOR
 * 94) ECHO SECTOR DEAD
 * 95) COME IN ECHO SECTOR
 * 96) ECHO SECTOR DEAD
 * 1) NUMBER SIZE
 * 2) MAYBE ONE HUNDRED HUGE
 * 3) FIRE AT WILL
 * 4) TARGETING FIRE
 * 5) OH GOD I CAN NOT
 * 6) COME IN ECHO SECTOR
 * 7) ECHO SECTOR DEAD
 * 8) COME IN ECHO SECTOR
 * 9) ECHO SECTOR DEAD

Counterstrike
In the Counterstrike expansion pack, a piece of paper was added into the game box that contained bare morse code, with no explanation. When decoded, it gives the instructions for actually accessing the ant missions, in several languages.

English:

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HOLD DOWN THE LEFT SHIFT KEY AND LEFT CLICK ON THE ROUND SPEAKER

Italian:

.- -... -... .- ... ... .-  -.-. .... .. .- ...- . ... .. -. .. ... - .-. .-   . ... -.-. .... .. .- -.-. -.-. .. .- .- .-.. - --- .--. .- .-. .-.. .- -. - . - --- -. -.. ---

ABBASSA CHIAVE SINISTRA E SCHIACCIA ALTOPARLANTE TONDO

French:

-- .- .. -. - . -. . --.. . -. ..-. --- -. -.-. . .  .-.. .-   - --- ..- -.-. .... . ... .... .. ..-. -   --. .- ..- -.-. .... .   . - -.-. .-.. .. --.- ..- . --..   ... ..- .-.   .-.. . .... .- ..- - .--. .- .-. .-.. . ..- .-.

MAINTENEZ ENFONCEE LA TOUCHE SHIFT GAUCHE ET CLIQUEZ SUR LE HAUTPARLEUR

Spanish:

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MANTEN APRETADA LA TECLA MAYUSCULA IZQUIERDA Y PULSA EL BOTON IZQUIERDO SOBRE EL ALTAV