Thanks to the ambitious fan project Chrono Divide, nostalgic gamers can now experience the real-time strategy classic Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (originally released in 2000) directly in a web browser without the need for any installation. The developers successfully recreated the original title, enabling a seamless cross-platform gaming experience. This endeavor, which began as a feasibility study, has already fully unlocked the game’s multiplayer mode, reports The WP Times citing heise.
Chrono Divide is functional on standard browsers like Chrome, Edge, and Safari; while Firefox is compatible, developers advise against using it due to potential performance issues. The port supports multiplayer games across all compatible platforms, including mobile devices. Currently, all original multiplayer maps and various modifications are accessible. However, the single-player campaign known from the original game is not yet fully implemented and remains under active development. To utilize the game, interested users need the original Red Alert 2 files, which are legally available via a link provided on the Chrono Divide website leading to the Internet Archive.
The long-term goal of the project is to achieve feature parity with the original Red Alert 2 engine in the browser version. The necessity for this independent implementation arises because, although publisher Electronic Arts released the GPL source code for several other Command & Conquer titles (including Tiberian Dawn and Renegade) earlier this year, Red Alert 2 was not part of that release. The Command & Conquer series, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary and is considered a cornerstone of the RTS genre, continues to receive sustainable support and revival through such dedicated community projects.
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