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Red Baron

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This page is for the game developed by Dynamix. For the game developed by Davilex Games, see Red Baron (2005).

Red Baron
Red Baron cover
Developers
Dynamix
Publishers
Retail Sierra On-Line
Digital Mad Otter Games
Release dates
DOS December 19, 1990
Mac OS (Classic) June 1992
Windows (DOSBox) October 8, 2009[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Shooter, Simulation, Vehicle combat
Vehicles Flight
Themes Europe, Historical, World War I
Series Red Baron
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Red Baron guide on StrategyWiki
Red Baron on MobyGames
Red Baron on Wikipedia
Red Baron
Red Baron 1990
Red Baron II 1997
Red Baron 3D 1998

Red Baron is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, shooter, simulation and vehicle combat game in the Red Baron series.

The EGA/Tandy version is available for free.[citation needed]

General information

Wings of Honor (classic) - Fan site dedicated to WW1 flight simulators. Also the officially sanctioned site for the Red Baron series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Some releases also include A-10 Tank Killer.
DOS
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
VGA version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] Bundled with Red Baron: Mission Builder and Red Baron 3D.
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Part of "Red Baron Pack".
Windows
Developer website (unavailable)
DRM-free
Available for free. EGA/Tandy version.
DOS
The freeware version of Red Baron does not come with a manual.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Mission Builder
DOS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\
Mac OS (Classic)
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/263940/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\
Mac OS (Classic)
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/263940/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options menu (EGA/Tandy version).
In-game options menu (EGA/Tandy version).

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Retail only; download for digital releases.

Network

Multiplayer types

Connection types

Issues fixed

Stuck at "Insert Disk X" (DOSBox, EGA/Tandy version)

Instructions[citation needed]

Copy the contents of Disk 2 and 3 to the installation folder.

Missing install to Harddisk option

When running INSTALL.COM, if the option "Copy Baron to Hard drive" does not appear, ensure the disks are properly labelled. For a 2 disk set, they should be labelled "RBDISK1" and "RBDISK2", and for a 3 disk set "RBDISK1", "RBDISK2" and "RBDISK3".

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA, MCGA, Tandy, EGA, VGA EGA/Tandy and VGA are sold as separate versions.

Mods

A collection of mods can be found here.

System requirements

Original release

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088 10 MHz (EGA/Tandy)
Intel 386DX (VGA)
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 MB
Video card (GPU) CGA, MCGA (4 Colour), Tandy, EGA (16 Colour), VGA (256 Colour)
1 MB of VRAM

Red Baron with A-10 Tank Killer

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) Intel i386
System memory (RAM) 2 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VGA/256
Other Windows 3.1 for On-Line documentation


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/263940/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (263940) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References