![]() Setup options are limited to the version of the game you have: 256-colour VGA version (left), 16-colour version (right):Īudio choices are restricted to what the program detects you have (denoted by an asterisk *): This is also used to install to hard disk or create backup copies of your original floppies: To configure the game's graphics and audio settings, use INSTALL.EXE. Red Baron does not have any copy protection. The default installation directory is C:\DYNAMIX\BARON, with BARON.BAT as the main file to run to start the game. Fortunately, it's easy to workaround these issues - just manually copy all files from the floppy disks into a directory on your hard disk (don't forget the 'TAPES' subdirectory needs to remain intact in the desination folder structure also) and it will work. If you attempt to install from a subdirectory on your hard disk, you will see this message:Īnd if you try to use SUBST to mimic a subdirectory as a drive letter the install won't fail but only disk 1's contents will get installed into C:\DYNAMIX\BARON. Red Baron can be run directly from the floppy disks or by using the INSTALL.EXE utility you can install the game to your hard disk. A-10 Tank Killer was their first flight simulation title.ġ6-colour version: graphics support for Tandy/PCjr, CGA, EGA, and 4-colour MCGA.Ģ56-colour version: graphics support for VGA only.Īudio support for PC speaker, Tandy/PCjr, Tandy DAC, Thunderboard, PS/1 Audio Card, Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, Pro Audio Spectrum and Roland MT-32/LAPC-I.ġ6-colour version: Two 5.25" 1.2 MB (DS/HD) floppy disks or Three 3.5" 720 KB (DS/DD) floppy disks.Ģ56-colour version: Three 5.25" 1.2 MB (DS/HD) floppy disks or Two 3.5" 1.44 MB (DS/HD) floppy disks.ġ.62 MB (16-colour version without Mission Builder expansion)Ģ.4 MB (256-colour version without Mission Builder expansion) It was succeeded by Aces of the Pacific in 1992.ĭynamix as a company was formed by Damon Slye and Jeff Tunnell in 1984, and developed games for the Apple II and Commodore 64. ![]() ![]() The game won a Simulation of the Year award in 1991. There was even limited multiplayer on The Sierra Network, allowing for 2-4 players to match up for 10 minutes. In the box was a detailed 200-page manual and fold-out maps for each region. The game uses what Dynamix called 3Space to create the Red Baron landscapes, which are historically accurate for the period of the war you are in, including the length of the German-French front, Verdun, Somme, Paris and London. You can fly either for the German Air Service or the Royal Flying Corps. As you succeed in each, you will be promoted up the ranks and be eligible for awards and medals. ![]() You can fly a single mission or take on the Campaign mode which takes you through each mission back-to-back from 1915 to 1918. Red Baron included accurate 3D renditions of each plane and a handy mission recorder allows you to record the action, save it to disk, and even take over flying at any point in the recording. Take to the skies in one of 28 different aircraft, of which the different flying characteristics of each was modeled including G effects, with the goal of defeating the enemy planes in over 40 missions. It is the start of World War 1, with aircraft technology in its infancy. Red Baron is a World War 1 flight simulator, released by Dynamix in 1990 - the same year MicroProse bought the company. Author(s): Damon Slye, Paul Bowman, David McClurg, Lincoln Hutton, Cyrus Kanga, Mark Peasley, Damon Mitchell, Alan McKean, Chistopher Stevens, Nels Bruckner, Piotr Lukaszuk ![]()
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