Chronoshift
Bottom-up C++ rewrite of Command & Conquer: Red Alert that uses the original game data. Archived.
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- Original
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996)
- Platform
- MS-DOS
- Method
- Rewrite
- Provenance
- Human-led · Repo created 2018, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
- Status
- archived
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Team
- TheAssemblyArmada
- Started
- 2018-10
- Runs on
- Windows, Linux
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Command & Conquer: Red Alert you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt by TheAssemblyArmada. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.
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