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Red Baron

Trivia

The free downloadable 16-color version of the game was bundled with the August 1997 edition of PC Multimídia, a Brazilian computer magazine.

The box came with maps and a very big manual with information about the Red Baron, WOI, photo's, aircraft specifications, the lot. A very detailed document !

Players who owned the 16-color version of the game were a couple of months later invited to send away to Dynamix with proof of purchase to obtain free diskettes containing the 256-color version.

Red Baron was named #4 overall among the “150 Best Games of All Time” by Computer Gaming World Magazine (15th Anniversary Issue--November 1996).

Sierra later released the 16-color version of Red Baron as "free demoware" to commemorate the launch of Red Baron II. You can still download it from their website.

This game was made available as freeware to promote and make amends for the late release of Red Baron II. (And the sad thing is, it's a better game than its successor! -- Editor)

This game is a member of Computer Gaming World's Hall of Fame.

Sierra's on-line community known as the ImagiNation Network (INN) featured, among many other games, a multiplayer version of Red Baron. The multiplayer version was popular and attracted quite a following until the network was unfortunately shutdown in 1996. The Red Baron community supported many squardons (some of which still exist today in other on-line flight simulators), inter-squadron wars, and a player-run "SkyWars Council."