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A remake of Red Baron....not the lame remake Sierra did but a real new game
with strategic elements and a turning dogfight....
 
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Bartow W. Riggs wrote:
> A remake of Red Baron....not the lame remake Sierra did but a real
new game
> with strategic elements and a turning dogfight....

Check out "Down in Flames" - WWII dogfighting
http://www.battlefront.com/products/dif/

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx
 
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I know of that Mr. Sterckx....

I have the boardgame(s) and enjoy them.

They are not at all WWI though....


<eddysterckx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Bartow W. Riggs wrote:
>> A remake of Red Baron....not the lame remake Sierra did but a real
> new game
>> with strategic elements and a turning dogfight....
>
> Check out "Down in Flames" - WWII dogfighting
> http://www.battlefront.com/products/dif/
>
> Greetz,
>
> Eddy Sterckx
>
 
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I should say card game...


"Bartow W. Riggs" <briggs@surewest.net> wrote in message
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>I know of that Mr. Sterckx....
>
> I have the boardgame(s) and enjoy them.
>
> They are not at all WWI though....
>
>
> <eddysterckx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1107243788.678546.67020@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> Bartow W. Riggs wrote:
>>> A remake of Red Baron....not the lame remake Sierra did but a real
>> new game
>>> with strategic elements and a turning dogfight....
>>
>> Check out "Down in Flames" - WWII dogfighting
>> http://www.battlefront.com/products/dif/
>>
>> Greetz,
>>
>> Eddy Sterckx
>>
>
>
 
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> A remake of Red Baron....not the lame remake Sierra did but a real
> new game with strategic elements and a turning dogfight....

Did you get the 3D addon for Red Baron 2? It was a long time ago, but I
remember it fixing a lot of issues - not just the graphics. If nothing else,
multi-player support was a welcome addition.

Personally, I always preferred Wings. What it lacked in realism, it made up
for in that perfect Biggles-like feeling. It's a shame Cinemaware canned the
Remastered version.
 
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"Bartow W. Riggs" <briggs@surewest.net> wrote in
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> A remake of Red Baron....not the lame remake Sierra did but a real new
> game with strategic elements and a turning dogfight....

Usually I send someone to SourceForge.net to look for remake projects. This
is twice in the same day that I have been surprised. In another newsgroup a
guy posted that he wanted a remake of "RoadWar 2000" (which I totally agree
with) and it wasnt there either.

Gandalf Parker
 
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As i remember the 3d version it was for 3dfx only....


"Hermann" <hr_hesse@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> A remake of Red Baron....not the lame remake Sierra did but a real
>> new game with strategic elements and a turning dogfight....
>
> Did you get the 3D addon for Red Baron 2? It was a long time ago, but I
> remember it fixing a lot of issues - not just the graphics. If nothing
> else,
> multi-player support was a welcome addition.
>
> Personally, I always preferred Wings. What it lacked in realism, it made
> up
> for in that perfect Biggles-like feeling. It's a shame Cinemaware canned
> the
> Remastered version.
>
>
 
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Gandalf Parker <gandalf@most.of.my.favorite.sites> wrote in
news:Xns95F065A4EE1D2gandalfparker@208.201.224.154:

> Usually I send someone to SourceForge.net to look for remake projects.
> This is twice in the same day that I have been surprised. In another
> newsgroup a guy posted that he wanted a remake of "RoadWar 2000"
> (which I totally agree with) and it wasnt there either.

Sometimes the game gets a remake but under a different name so you have to
dig a bit deeper

example : http://triplea.sourceforge.net/

Triple A - stands for Advanced Axis & Allies ...

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx
 
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> As i remember the 3d version it was for 3dfx only....

Yes, but the dgVoodoo Glide wrapper supposedly works well with Red Baron 3D.
Should that fail, modern hardware has made software rendering a feasible
alternative.

Anyway, the graphics fixes were just part of the patch. The other fixes
brought the game close to the quality of Red Baron 1, or as least as close
as I would expect any remake to get. It could be worth a try at least, if
you still have Red Baron 2 lying around.

I wish I could be more specific, but I haven't played either version since
1999 or so.