Last Updated- 6/9/97
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Anyone want to play a new campaign on Red Alert? A custom made Soviet Campaign called Crimson is out. Its alright if you beat the two other campaigns and want to play more. If you've ever made a single player mission, you'll know that it takes a lot of time editing and testing it. Takes a week of work to make a really good mission. Just imagine making an entire campaign of 14 maps! (or whatever # of maps are on it). The people who made Crimson must have no life or something! :)
| Map | Author | Info | What I think of it. |
| Devastation | Cataclysm | Up to 6 players I think. Hardly no water. LOTS of ore. Lots of ridges. | I have made a bunch of crummy maps and this is one of the few I made that I like. I like how each player gets their own 'ridge area' and how the ore is spread out in the middle of the map to prevent base takeover strategies. |
| HJK2 | Dr.Frank | Lots of ore, lots of ridges. Similiar to Crystal Garden. No water. Up to 6 players. | This map fixes the starting position problems that were evident in the first HJK. |
| RA Showdown | Commando1.1(?) | No water. Lots of ore. up to 8 players. FFAs can NOT be played on this map and there can be up to 2 teams. | The best part about this map is that you start out right next to your teammate. Other then that, I think the map goes downhill from there. There doesn't seem to be enough room for you and your teamate to build a large base. Also the design in the middle of the map seems flawed. There is only one path to get to both sides of the map and that seems pretty stupid. HJK at least had turns and twists to keep things different but RA Showdown doesn't have enough design in the map to have different types of battles and such. Its starting to become popular among kali so you might want to get it in case you want to play in team games. |
| Echo Quadrant | Who cares? | Plenty of water. A small to medium amount of ore. Up to 4 players. | A good decent map. The sides are even with ore though but this is a good map to prevent tank rushes and allow the Allied players to use their boats. Could use a little bit more ore, I think. The ore is not distibuted evenly on the map, though. |
| Conquest | Cataclysm | Up to 8 players. Water is around the map. Plenty of ore. Lots of bridges. | The breakup of the map is nice I think. I like all the bridges in this one since you can simply blow them all up if you don't want people to get through.The water along the outside of the map allows for the Allies to use their boats so the Allies have a chance against the Soviets in this map. The problem with this map is lack of space. |
| Checkmate | Unknown | Up to 4 players,. Water in the center as well as islands. Good amount of ore. | This is one of the best maps I've seen. Its similiar to Echo Quadrant but improves that map's many errors. There is more ore, the chokepoints between land areas are not as severe, and the water layout was well done. I like this map a lot better then Echo Quadrant. |
| Hjk 3 | Cataclysm | Lots of ore, up to 8 players. Lots of ridges. | I'm tired of the bugs that were in hjk2. This map fixes those bugs. |
| Focused Blast 2 | Kelleton
(Modified by Cataclysm) |
In this map, you play INSIDE a building. There is no ore on the map. To get money, just sell your buildings | This is a great map to play 'No Bases' on. Although you will have endless amounts of money, the trick to winning is space. You must conquer lots of territory to win. |
| Crystal Shores | Cataclysm | Up to Four players. Lots of water. Lots of ore. | This map shares the same design as echo quadrant, but I've removed the superfluos things on the map such as lots of the trees and bridges. I've replaced the ore with gems to 'liven' the map up. :) |
Single Player Maps
These are maps that are CUSTOM single player maps. Westwood didn't give use the ability to create our own single player maps but we made them anyway! :) To make a single player map one must do lots of text editing and a lot through the process of trial and error. You have to have patience to create a singleplayer map. Since not many people are making single player maps there is a considerable lack of good quality single player maps. Here's a few I like.
| Final Fight | It'll say who it is when you play it. | You are allied player against Soviet. Some water, plenty of ore. The tech level is quite high for a single player map, I just wish it were a bit higher. | This mission starts off great, but finishing it to the end becomes a pain. |
| Kick Butt | I forgot. | You're allied against Soviet. The ore amount is decent, just far enough to drive your ore trucks crazy :) | This mission is hard. You have to watch out for boats and cruisers as well. |
Special Coded Maps
Dr.Frank made a map with special coding but it sucked so much I'm not going to put it up. I've made one, and its still in beta form. If you're wondering what the 'specail coding' is, you'll find out when you play this map in skirmish (do NOT look at in the RA Editor)
If you want info about the map click on the link below.
If you have a good map, send it to me. I'll also take single player map missions so send those as well.
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