This is an archive of official screenshots, photos, cover art ideas, promo images and other images that were made during the development stages of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2.
Community-made edits of these images are not allowed, unless otherwise stated.
The bulk of the images is sourced from tomsons26's Red Alert 2 beta archive.
Concept art[]
Allied character costume concepts
Soviet character costume concepts
Alpha stages[]
(Pre-)April 2000 screenshots[]
These images, in somewhat lower quality, were found on the official Red Alert 2 fansite kit that is available on Westwood Studios' FTP server (a mirror is available at Bachsau.com). They were taken in or prior to April 2000.
The four-legged Eiffel Tower was replaced in the final game with a three-legged version
Early and middle alpha stages, assorted[]
A heavily manipulated screenshot with mirrored infantry sprites
E3 2000 map 1
E3 2000 map 1
Late alpha stages, assorted[]
Variant of a screenshot with final Soviet construction yard sprite incorrectly flipped
Variant of the former with the appropriate contemporary Soviet construction yard sprite
Beta stages[]
Icelan[]
While this was a public beta test session, taking screenshots was not allowed.
Prima Strategy Guide, mid-2000 stage[]
The official Prima Strategy Guide used screenshots from several late beta stages. This is seen especially in the clashing cameo styles, a different Soviet HUD, and elements of the techtree that are not available in the released missions, such as the Allied Service Depot and Allied battle lab (dubbed "tech center") in Hail to the Chief.
Skirmish map Pinch Point
GameStar, late beta stage[]
By this point, most of the gameplay, missions and unit/building art was final, and only cameos and the HUD were different from the released version. The NightHawk Transport was referred to as "Nighthawk Gunship", and the "Soviet" Engineer cameo remains.
Hail to the Chief
Hail to the Chief
Hail to the Chief
Dark Night
Liberty
Deep Sea
City of Lights
Late beta stages, assorted[]
Screenshots with textless cameos and tracked IFVs are earlier.
Big Apple
Chinese skirmish menu, showing a different option arrangement
Chinese settings menu
Chinese ingame pause menu, Allied scheme
Hail to the Chief
Chrono Defense (all assets final, only FPS counter proves this is a development build)
September 2000 beta test[]
The string font and art are finalized, with only the Allied HUD showing remains of earlier beta versions. The cameos show that the ones in the released version were made right before the ship date.
Cover art concepts[]
Released cover art, showing actor Igor Jijikine, October 2000
"Censored" released cover art, September 2001
Actor Igor Jijikine posing for the cover art
Logos[]
Beta logo
Final logo
Miscellaneous[]
Background image used in alpha builds
