Red Baron (1990 video game)

Red Baron
Cover art
Developer(s)Dynamix
Publisher(s)Sierra On-Line
Designer(s)Damon Slye
Programmer(s)Paul Bowman
Artist(s)Mark Peasley
Platform(s)MS-DOS, Amiga, Mac OS
Release
  • NA: December 31, 1990[1]
  • EU: December 1990
  • EU: 1992 (Amiga)
  • NA: 1992 (Mac)
Genre(s)Air combat simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Red Baron is a combat flight simulation video game for MS-DOS created by Damon Slye at Dynamix. It was published by Sierra On-Line in 1990. The game was ported for Amiga and Macintosh computers in 1992.

The game is set on the Western Front of World War I. The player can engage in single missions or career mode, flying for either the German Air Service or the Royal Flying Corps. In the course of the game the player might find themselves either flying in the Red Baron's squadron Jasta 11, or encountering him as an enemy above the front.

An expansion pack, Red Baron: Mission Builder, was released in 1992. A port of the game for the Nintendo 64 was announced,[2][3] but was later cancelled.[4]

  1. ^ Stone, Tim (2013-10-25). "The Flare Path: Slye And The Familiar Stone". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  2. ^ "Ultra 64 'Dream Team'". GamePro. No. 80. IDG. May 1995. p. 138.
  3. ^ "Red Baron" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 79. Sendai Publishing. February 1996. p. 73.
  4. ^ "Let the Games Begin!". GamePro. No. 97. IDG. October 1996. p. 37. Note that Sierra On-Line's Red Baron is no longer coming to the N64.