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Released: 1997-01-15

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Product Description
Knowledge is power, and this book has power to spare. Add it to your arsenal for:
Exclusive intelligence maps for every mission
Tactics for multiplayer and AI play
Brass-tacks details on every game element--troops, weaponry, etc.
Side-by-side comparisons of Allied and Russian forces
And more!Original Command & Conquer missions also included!
About the Author

Joe Grant Bell is the author of numerous electronic entertainment titles including MechWarrior 2: The Official Strategy Guide, and Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Official Strategy Guide.

Product Details
Command & Conquer: Red Alert Secrets & Solutions: The Unauthorized Edition (Secrets of the Games Series)
  • Paperback: 10 pages (1997-01-15)
  • Publisher: Prima Games; 1997-01-15
  • Label: Prima Games
  • Studio: Prima Games
  • ISBN: 0761507043
  • Sales Rank in Books: #3162364

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written with excellent tactics, January 28, 2002
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Michael Casey (Brisbane, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Command & Conquer: Red Alert Secrets & Solutions: The Unauthorized Edition (Secrets of the Games Series) (Paperback)
The explanations of strategies in this guide are incredibly straightforward and concise. And the strategies themselves - unlike those in most other guides I've seen - are specific and always work. Take this paragraph from the 10th Soviet mission walkthrough:

"Your Spy Plane should become available in the meantime: Send it a short distance west of the visible water. You should expose the (Turret- and an AA Gun-guarded) Radar Dome complex. Send a Yak to hit the oil drums around the AA Gun, destroying it. Then hit the Turrets with MIGs. Impressive."

I'll say. Works so well it feels like the game designers planned it that way.

The previous review states the guide's major weaknesses- poor maps and limited multiplayer strategy coverage. The maps look like a child's scribbles with computer generated icons superimposed on them. However, they are useful in letting you know what areas are important for a particular mission, and what path you should follow in non-base...Read more

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2.0 out of 5 stars Poor graphics and elementary strategy, June 8, 1997
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This review is from: Command & Conquer: Red Alert Secrets & Solutions: The Unauthorized Edition (Secrets of the Games Series) (Paperback)
The maps are poorly drawn and hard to follow. It tells how tocomplete the missions, but lacks multiplayer tactics beyond thebasics.
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