Red Baron Arcade is like the "Final Destination" of videogames. The only people who should look into this game are diehard dogfight fans who don't mind some major flaws. The rest of us should prep our parachutes.
Presentation - 5.5
Graphics - 3.0
Sound - 7.0
Gameplay - 5.5
Lasting Appeal - 4.5
Overall -
The 2009 GameStooge Awards continue with the fifth part of the Awards – the worst games of 2009, as well as the best mobile games.
Best iPhone Game: Zen Bound
Best Mobile Game: Townsmen 6: Revolution
Biggest Disappointment: The Conduit
Most Dead on Arrival: Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
Worst Digital Game: NBA Unrivaled
Worst Game: Terminator Salvation
Developer Mad Otter Games has acquired the rights to Dynamix's classic World War I-era flight combat games Red Baron, Red Baron II, and Red Baron 3D -- but the company needs help tracking down the games' source code itself.
According to a news post on its official website, the studio is offering a $1,500 reward to the first person to deliver the complete original C/C++ source code to any of the three games.
The rights were almost certainly acquired from Sierra -- now effectively Activision -- which bought Dynamix in 1990. Earlier this year, Sierra released a poorly-received new game, Red Baron Arcade, to PlayStation 3 via PlayStation Network.
Multiplayer packs in a handy Deathmatch mode and a number of other usual suspects, all of which are fun for about five minutes before you're kicked in the face by lag issues and the sheer lack of people willing to play the game online. Just avoid it altogether.
