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* There just isn't much to this game. Even with the updated versions, you see everything the game has to offer after about a minute. | * There just isn't much to this game. Even with the updated versions, you see everything the game has to offer after about a minute. | ||
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Sopwith - DOS - Tarmac.png|Preparing for takeoff. | Sopwith - DOS - Tarmac.png|Preparing for takeoff. | ||
Sopwith - DOS - Bombing.png|Bombing my opponent's tarmac. | Sopwith - DOS - Bombing.png|Bombing my opponent's tarmac. | ||
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| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFydiMvzlt0 youtube.com/watch?v=SFydiMvzlt0] - Longplay. | ||
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Revision as of 22:13, 22 June 2018
Sopwith is an airplane shooter game developed by David L. Clark and published by BMB Compuscience in 1984 for MS-DOS. An updated release was published in 1986, and the author released a special edition in 2000.
When I first played this game, it was titled "Red Baron" and was included in a shovelware release by Keypunch Software. Their version was identical to the original release, just re-titled and had the multiplayer removed since it used a patented protocol.
Contents
Status
Each version of this game has since been released as freeware. I have beaten the original Sopwith in single player mode, but not the 1986 upgrade or the Author's Edition.
Reviews
- Overall: 3/10
- Best Version: DOS
Good
- For the time, the game is pretty cool. You can make permanent craters in the landscape with your bombs, have a dogfight with an AI opponent, and bomb enemy targets.
- The upgrades in the later editions are pretty cool and increase the challenge.
Bad
- The game is graphically challenged and lacks decent audio.
- The AI is extremely difficult due to its suicidal nature.
- The multiplayer uses a proprietary system that is no longer supported, so it remains unplayable.
Ugly
- There just isn't much to this game. Even with the updated versions, you see everything the game has to offer after about a minute.
Media
Screenshots
Preparing for takeoff.
Bombing my opponent's tarmac.
Videos
- youtube.com/watch?v=SFydiMvzlt0 - Longplay.
Download
Links
- sopwith.org - Fan site.
- mobygames.com/game/dos/sopwith - MobyGames (Original Version).
- mobygames.com/game/red-baron___ - MobyGames (Red Baron Version).
- mobygames.com/game/dos/sopwith- - MobyGames (Sopwith 2).
- mobygames.com/game/dos/sopwith-the-authors-edition - MobyGames (Author's Edition).
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopwith_(video_game) - Wikipedia.
