Command & Conquer: Red Alert (Game.com)

Command & Conquer: Red Alert was an adaptation of the eponymous PC game for the Tiger Electronics Game.com. Like all titles for the system, it was developed in-house by Tiger Electronics. Though showcased in a number of magazines and at E3 2000, the game never saw a release, as the Game.com folded before it was published.
==Development==
In 1997, Tiger Electronics released the Game.com, a handheld console with a touch screen and black-and-white display. The company secured a number of licenses for games for the Game.com, among them Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Evidence of the planned Red Alert port emerged in 1999, when the game was featured in Tiger Electronics's toy fair catalog. Its "unique touch-screen command interface" was mentioned, confirming that this Red Alert version was indeed intended to use the Game.com's touch screen.Tiger Electronics toy fair catalog, 1999 (archived) The catalog included two cropped screenshots. The first one shows the game's start menu, which visually resembles that of the DOS original. A "Vs Mode" is mentioned, suggesting the inclusion of multiplayer. The second still shows the beginning of the first Allied mission, with parts of the top bar being visible.
 The second screenshot also appeared in a special issue of GamePro, which stated that the game would be available in the autumn of 1999."Tiger Game.com A-Z" GamePro Presents: Handheld Video Games, Winter 1999, p. 86 (archived) A similar screenshot was featured in French magazine Consoles+, this time with the side bar being displayed. The bar shows build options for Tanya, the Light Tank, the Allied Tech Center, as well as the Badger Bomber. The magazine referred to the game as Command & Conquer 2: Red Alert."Pocket Pro" Consoles+ #90, July/August 1999, p. 71 (archived) Red Alert was further feature on the Game.com's official website, where it was advertised as a game for teenagers. The website again showed the pre-release screenshot of the first mission of the Allied campaign, as well as cover art resembling that of the North American original Red Alert, albeit with the Game.com's name featured prominently, and Tiger's logo joining that of Westwood. During E3 2000, GameSpot reported that the game was "on display", without specifying whether the game was presented in a playable form.
==Cancellation==
The Game.com was discontinued in 2000, and the port was never released. The extend of Westwood's involvement in the project is unknown, but since Tiger Electronics themselves were the sole developer for the Game.com, the port is likely to have been an in-house project.
==Gallery==
RA1_Game.com_cover_art.jpg|Box art as shown on the Game.com's official website.
Red Alert 1 Game.com ad.png|The Game.com version of Command & Conquer: Red Alert mentioned in the 1999 Tiger Electronics toy fair catalog.
RA GC Consoles+.jpg|Command & Conquer: Red Alert for Game.com featured in Consoles+
RA1 Game.com Consoles.png|The game featured in GamePro, with the text lifted largely from the Game.com's official website.
==References==
==External links==
* Red Alert page on a Game.com fan page on Angelfire listing unreleased games. (archived)
Category:Cancelled Red Alert universe games