Red Baron (with A-10 Tank Killer) (Jewel Case)

by SierraOriginals

Product Features

• Fly any of 33 aircraft with accurate flight and intrument characteristics.
• Sign on as a British pilot in the Royal Flying Corps or a German pilot.
• Comes with free A-10 Tank Killer game on the CD!
• PC: DOS, Windows 95/98 DOS Mode

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B000649LPA
• Item model number: 806484330/S648110
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 23, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,520 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Red Baron takes you back to World War 1 to experience first hand the birth of aerial combat. Play a single mission or enlist for the full tour of duty with more than 40 missions played back to back from 1915 through 1918. Engage in close range dogfights, take on zeppelins, escort bombers deep into enemy territory, embark on nighttime undercover missions and go head to head in comabt with such famous aces as the Rewd Baron himself! Includes A-10 Tank Killer. Fly the deadly USA Warthog on 21 missions! Classic title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the all time greats. A Sierra Masterpiece., March 8, 2005

By 

Isackson "Reader/Gamer" (WA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Red Baron (with A-10 Tank Killer) (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

This game probably more then any other flight sim really made flight sims popular. Though the game has had alot of time to age it still plays suprisingly well and is an absolute bargain at the prices it's being offered for here on Amazon - though for many it might be a better idea to try Aces Over the Pacific, Aces Over Europe or the more recently released Red Baron 2, all of which play very similar but are probably a little bit more playable today.

Basically the game starts out with you getting to chose to be either an Allied pilot or a German pilot. When you first start out in the early missions you start out as part of a flight group but when you become an Ace (shoot down 5 planes) you eventually get to lead your own formation of planes or even go solo if you prefer. While it's typical to spend most of your time doing simple recon or escort missions later in the game other aces will often challenge you to dogfight (an aerial deathmatch)and you even get to attempt to destory the legendary Zepelin and chose and customize your own plane (at first you must use primitive planes such as the Fokker Eidenbacker and the Marane Bullet (think flying Geo Metro) but as the war progresses (if you can survive that long) you can fly much more advanced planes such as the Sopwith Camel.

Enjoy

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Gaming, October 10, 2006

By 

M. Oconnell "skruffylooking2" (Connecticut) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Red Baron (with A-10 Tank Killer) (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

This was a state of the art flying simulation back in the days of vintage early 90s MS Flight Sim. This game was unique in that it allowed you do your own things, like moving to different Aerodromes or linking up with new squadrons. You can even customize your aircraft. How cool is that when you're 8 years old? I used to play this for hours on end, and still after many video games later, I keep it in my pile of excellent games to play.