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
System requirements	Red Alert; DOS or Windows 95/98, 266 MHz Processor, 8 MB RAM, 350 MB HDD space, 2x CD-ROM Drive
Inputs	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 available in the 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. The Remastered Collection was released on 5 June 2020.

New units

• Volkov
• Chitzkoi
• Nikos Stavros
• Tesla Tank (prototype version)
• Advanced Tactical Submarine
• Prototype Nuclear MiG (enemy unit, can be obtained by ordering 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 mirror
• 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, Counterstrike and The Aftermath missions

Red Alert Allied In the Thick of It Five to One Dead End Ten to One Tanya's Tale Iron Curtain Infiltration Sunken Treasure Protect the Chronosphere Extract Kosygin Suspicion Evidence Naval Supremacy Takedown Focused Blast No Remorse Soviet Lesson in Blood Guard Duty Covert Cleanup Behind the Lines Distant Thunder Bridge over the River Core of the Matter Elba Island Liability Elimination Overseer Sunk Costs Capture the Tech Centers Capture the Chronosphere Soviet Supremacy Cut On the Prowl   Counterstrike, The Aftermath and Retaliation Allied Greece Crackdown Down Under Controlled Burn Evacuation Siberia Fresh Tracks Trapped Wasteland Personal War Italy Harbor Reclamation In the Nick of Time Caught in the Act Production Disruption Poland Monster Tank Madness Time Flies PAWN Negotiations Absolute M.A.D.ness Soviet Ukraine Mousetrap Paradox Equation Nuclear Escalation Legacy of Tesla Austria Proving Grounds Besieged Soviet Soldier Volkov & Chitzkoi Top O' The World France Testing Grounds Let's Make a Steal Test Drive Don't Drink the Water Spain Grunyev Revolution Brothers in Arms Shock Therapy Situation Critical Deus Ex Machina Ant missions Discovery Rescue! Hunt! Exterminate!