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This was also sold as "The Red Baron". I've looked online to see why it had two names, but haven't found a reason. Anyone know why?

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The "Red Baron" version was just from a company that sold freeware games and changed all the names presumably hoping that nobody would notice.

http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Strike_F...

Interesting. So the Sopwith code was always out there?

The site mentions Striker. I assume it is this Striker? https://www.mobygames.com/game/33720/striker/screenshots/dos... I also had that game. It claims Striker is a copy of Scramble but the Scramble game I find online is significantly different.

I also recognize Flightmare.

Thanks for the memories!

So many games of that era were superficially similar. The helicopter looks similar to Blue Thunder or Fort Apocalypse. The picking up people bit seems similar to Fort Apocalypse. The landscape and launchers might be reminiscent of some of the several Scramble versions. But it doesn't look like a copy of any of them to me.

Wow, that's wild. I feel like you could sue for damages now, but I can't be sure if that was possible then.

There was also a Red Baron by Dynamix. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Baron_%281990_video_game%2...

I loved that game, It felt so advanced for its time.

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