Help finding an old game! Biplanes and dogfights and stuff.

DampCat · 14 Jun 2011 at 14:56

So this old game i had aaaaaaaaaages ago. I cant remember much of it but you'd fly like biplanes, triplanes (i remember my favourite being the Sopwith Camel) and you would bump into The Red Baron and stuff... i can remember flying for hours over fields and having to follow trajectories i think. It was combat based so you would dogfight with other planes.

Not sure what else to add! Year... around 95-98, something like that!

FARGO · 14 Jun 2011 at 15:03

I'm not sure, was it Hunt for the Red Baron? That may be realatively new though...

Participant · 14 Jun 2011 at 15:03

Red Baron?

Neil79 · 14 Jun 2011 at 15:04

I thought it was Wings at first... but that's older

DougallDogg · 14 Jun 2011 at 15:10

Hmmm if I cast my mind back to the old DOS days there were quite a few WW I & II dogfighting style games. Obviously Red Baron comes to mind as does War Birds but I think the game you are looking for is more than likely Dawn of Aces (lost countless hours to this).

edit: Actualy thinking about it Dawn Patrol sounds just what your after as the single player portion had you taking the roles of various famous "Aces" like the Red Baron and Max Immelmann.

AHarvey · 14 Jun 2011 at 15:15

Wasn't there a new games posted on here, a free one maybe that was based around WW1 dogfighting?

Came with x planes free and you could buy others?

FrenchTart · 14 Jun 2011 at 15:19

Knights of the Sky?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Sky

edit: probably not this as it was more of a war/fighting game than you've described.

Antar Bolaeisk · 14 Jun 2011 at 15:21

Crimson Skies?

Mr-Xoc · 14 Jun 2011 at 15:33

Does sound like Knights of the Sky to me.

ChrisJSY · 14 Jun 2011 at 16:04

Just throwing it out there, chocks away? Much older.

MadMatty · 14 Jun 2011 at 16:27

Dogfight by Microprose. If the red barron is goving you trouble, go after him in the harrier

Knight of the sky was another good ww1 dog fighting game too.

dinger44 · 14 Jun 2011 at 16:36

Wings of Glory? By Origin.

LizardKing · 14 Jun 2011 at 16:36

Sounds like Dawn Patrol

Used to love Knights of the Sky, Wings and Red Baron!

Fred · 14 Jun 2011 at 16:38

AHarvey said:
Wasn't there a new games posted on here, a free one maybe that was based around WW1 dogfighting?

Came with x planes free and you could buy others?

That sounds like Rise of Flight http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18283434

DampCat · 14 Jun 2011 at 18:15

oh my days... it was Dawn Patrol!

Treebiter · 14 Jun 2011 at 23:23

Neil79 said:
I thought it was Wings at first... but that's older

I loved wings. Played it to death on the Amiga. Tried to emulate it recently but the keyboard controls were hard to get used to again. I couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle!

FoxEye · 14 Jun 2011 at 23:27

Mr-Xoc said:
Does sound like Knights of the Sky to me.

Epic game

jim5000 · 15 Jun 2011 at 00:51

Flying corps? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Corps

DampCat · 15 Jun 2011 at 06:26

Nah, Dawn Patrol.

I swear it had Crysis-esque graphics when i was playing it.

LizardKing · 15 Jun 2011 at 09:40

Dawn Patrol was a great game, had to wait a few months to play it as i desperately needed to upgrade my PC.