Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (game)

In the game, the player must control the Sopwith Camel aircraft on which Snoopy flies. He has a health scale, which is replenished with pop, as well as a trick scale, which is restored over time. All in all, Snoopy's mission is given three lives. With the loss of all lives, the mission begins anew. The game is divided into six locations, each of which, in turn, is divided into missions. The main goal of the game is to complete missions and open new zones. For completing mission assignments, as well as collecting balls and letters, Snoopy receives ranks at the end of the mission. The highest rank is the general. To get it, you need to collect all the letters and balls, complete all the basic and additional missions, while not losing a single life. Throughout the game, Snoopy will come across enemies and bosses whom he must destroy to complete the mission and advance the story. For coins that can be collected during missions, you can buy upgrades to the aircraft, as well as buy secondary tools that are necessary for completing story missions. The opportunity to buy secondary guns opens when collecting a sufficient number of balloons of the desired color. Also, letters are scattered across missions from which words are built. Having collected the word from the letters, you can buy an airplane in the store for the battle mode, in which all the planes of the game enter into a duel. In battle mode, you can also play personally for the Red Baron.

The first location of the game is the Island Airfield . The troops of the Red Baron, represented by the Flying Circus, attacked the island. Snoopy is forced to repulse the blue squadron of fighters, airships, gimlets, combat boats, crawler robots, and air mines. Having repelled the first attack on the island, Snoopy faces the Red Baron, who, in his Fokker Dr.I triplane , intends to personally destroy the annoying dog. Snoopy, realizing that he could not win this battle, was forced to retreat to the airfield, where the Baron would not get him. During this clash, the Baron loses an important document. Snoopy was ordered to intercept the document before being returned to Baron by his subordinates. Snoopy manages to do this, as well as repel the attack of spy copters at the airfield. He is instructed to escort the allied airship, with Baron’s document on board, to a safe area, protecting him from attacks by enemy fighters. Snoopy's next goal is to protect the cargo ship from enemy attacks, as well as escort three trucks loaded with cargo to the Allied base. In this, combat boats, crawlers, and tanks of the Baron’s troops will interfere with him. After delivering the cargo to the Allied base, the Baron's troops launch an attack on the Allied corn storage, using submarines and combat boats. Having hardly prevented the destruction of the vault, Snoopy finds out that there is a secret base of the Flying Circus on the neighboring island. Due to her presence, attacks on the island have become more frequent. Snoopy is tasked with destroying this base. In this he is assisted by two allied bombers. Having found a secret passage to the territory of the enemy base, which is located in the mouth of the volcano, Snoopy destroys the computer responsible for closing the hatch in the mouth of the volcano, thereby opening the hatch. Immediately after that, the allied bombers drop bombs into the mouth of the volcano, thereby completely destroying the base of the Flying Circus. At this time, the main weapon of the Flying Circus on the island - Battle Battleship , who is the boss of the location , intends to destroy the Allied airfield with the help of numerous guns. The boss is equipped with guns around the perimeter, after the destruction of which, a cannon firing flying mines is activated, and the main gun is deployed, destroying the airfield. The boss is covered by submarines, as well as a blue squadron. Destroy the boss to Woodstock - a yellow bird that flies with Snoopy. To do this, Marcy creates for him a separate mini plane with a machine gun, and attaches it to the Snoopy plane. Not easily destroying the boss, forcing the crew of the battleship to evacuate, Snoopy and Woodstock save the airfield, and expels the Flying Circus from the island.

The second location of the game are Montsek Forests . According to the document that the Baron lost, the base of the Flying Circus is being built in the forests of Montsek. Snoopy's new task is to find and destroy this base. But first, Linus runs a Snoopy race to find out which one is a real air ace. After winning the race and breaking Linus’s plane, Snoopy sets off to find the base of the flying circus. It turns out that a full-fledged base is hidden in the depths of the forest, with the headquarters of the generals at the head. Snoopy attacks the base, preliminarily destroying camouflaged protective weapons, and burning the main gate of the base. After which, he destroys the support for the exit of tanks from the hangars, the blue squadron, as well as the defense systems of buildings. Now Snoopy's task is to destroy the headquarters of the generals. For this, it destroys the pillars of the building, which causes its immediate destruction. Mission Complete. But, trying to escape from the battlefield is the second boss of the game - Creepy Scorpio , the machine that built this base. Its main weapons are two saws on hand, a catapult, firing balls with water, as well as a water hydrant. Snoopy has to destroy this car so that she cannot escape and build a new base for the Flying Circus.

The third location of the game is the Verdun Front , in which there is a long war between the Allied forces and the Flying Circus. Snoopy's task is to protect the vaults of the allies, and to destroy the vaults of the Flying Circus, because it depends on them who will win this war. In this mission, Snoopy confronts a green squadron - airplanes firing balls of water that cause great damage, tanks, gimlets, and also defense systems. By the middle of the confrontation, when half of the circus depots were destroyed, two allied bombers flew in to reinforce Snoopy. In contrast to them, late airships of the Flying Circus with mines arrive on the battlefield. Snoopy's task is to cover the allied bombers while they destroy the circus depots, and at the same time protect the depots from mines of airships. The battle ends with the destruction of the last warehouse of the Flying Circus. Snoopy's next task is to restore communications on the Allied front, and also to destroy the base on the Front of the Flying Circus. However, he can’t fly over to the enemy’s side - the enemy’s radar is working, and Snoopy will easily knock down defense systems if they detect him. He has to bypass, flying through the gorge, at an altitude at which the radar will not be able to detect it. Having flown around the enemy’s base on the reverse side, it destroys the radar defense systems, thereby taking the enemy by surprise. After which, Snoopy, with the help of allies, destroys the hangars of the Flying Circus, completely knocking him from Verdun. However, the Flying Circus has the last weapon left - Major Catastrophe - the third boss , a giant tank armed with cannons to the teeth, and having a flamethrower setup. Again, Woodstock is forced to fight him. Realizing that the tank’s armor is strong enough and it is impossible to destroy it with basic weapons, and the tank intends to move to the Allied front and destroy their bases, Snoopy and Woodstock decide to destroy the tank by cunning: while the tank stopped on the bridge, trying to destroy Snoopy and Woodstock, Woodstock destroys bridge piers, due to which the tank sinks, falling into the river. The war on Verdun is won.

The fourth location is the Matterhorn Mines - the troops of the Red Baron are located on their territory, and he also personally monitors it. Snoopy was again forced to fly into the abyss, so that another radar would not detect it, and the Baron did not detect the presence of a dog at the base. Having destroyed the radar, Snoopy discovers a landing strip on which all types of fighters are located - a blue squadron, a green squadron, and also a purple squadron - a new type of fighter attacking with Roman candles. After destroying all the fighters in the strip, Snoopy sees a large train of the Flying Circus traveling by rail and follows it. The train is an intermediate mini boss. It carries parts for the new weapons of the Red Baron - guided missile aircraft, as well as a resource called Unobtanium. Snoopy must prevent the train from reaching its destination, and destroy it before it arrives at the right place. Train cars are protected by weapons that produce mines, like the first boss, with cannons, as well as a freezing cannon. Having destroyed the train, Snoopy enters the village where the base of the Flying Circus is located. Having destroyed water towers and current generators, Snoopy sets fire to the buildings in which the secret archives of the Flying Circus are located. A heavy airplane was sent to destroy Snoopy, which has a huge cannon in the center and also releases mines. Having knocked down an airplane, Snoopy is forced to fly into the mine passage, flying away from the falling airplane. The wreckage of the airplane blocks the exit from the mine, and Snoopy is forced to set off to explore it. It turns out that the mine is the secret base of the Circus, where unobtanium is mined. Exploring the mine, Snoopy finds the password for the central door deep in the mine, and discovers the fourth boss - Driller , a huge combine harvester digging the mine. A difficult battle begins - the armor of the robot is almost invulnerable, it can shoot with electric shock, as well as break off boulders that will fly to Snoopy with a drill and attack with a drill. When the robot took the earth into his bucket arms and blinded it into one big lump to throw at Snoopy, Snoopy destroys the supports of his hands, causing the earth to fall on the robot, creating a crack in his armor, after which Snoopy destroys it . The plans of the Red Baron are frustrated.

The fifth location is Verdun vent . Exploring Verdun’s mouth, Snoopy finds the Baron’s base hidden in the mountain. Having destroyed all the equipment at the base, Snoopy discovers a convoy that is carrying an important load to the supply warehouse. Snoopy's task is to destroy this convoy, as well as the supply base. He succeeds, thereby undermining the activities of the Baron in the mouth of Verdun. It turns out that in the vent of Verdun there is another base, but in order to get on it, Snoopy must fly through the field of air mines. He succeeds. It destroys ships and buildings that provided the supply of resources, and also destroys the railway, finally interrupting the supply of resources. Ultimately, he will battle in the pit of Verdun, against the blue and purple squadrons, submarines and combat boats. When the victory is almost in Snoopy's hands, the fifth boss emerges from the secret gorge in the mountain - the Flying Circus Aircraft Carrier , whom Woodstock is forced to fight again. The ship is armed with cannons to the teeth, and also launches all fighter squadrons against Snoopy. As a result, it turns out that there is a weak spot on board the ship, shooting at which it can be destroyed. But the aircraft carrier is covered by submarines, as well as two airplanes, similar to an airplane from the Matterhorn mines. With difficulty, Woodstock drowns the aircraft carrier, freeing Verdun’s mouth from the Flying Circus. But, as soon as the aircraft carrier was sunk, a giant air fortress rises from the water, on the nose of which the face of an eagle is depicted, and it in shape resembles an airship with wings and a tail. Snoopy and Woodstock are chasing after her.

The last location is Soaring Fortress . This fortress is the main base of the Red Baron, and it is on it that Snoopy's allies are imprisoned. To save them, Snoopy decides to destroy the fortress by shooting down the propellers that allow her to keep the height. Having destroyed the protection of the propellers and the propellers themselves, Snoopy believes that the work is done, but not so simple: after the destruction of the propellers and the lowering of the floating fortress, the jet engines are turned on, which allow the fortress to stay in the air. At the fortress, all defensive weapons are activated, and all fighter squadrons attack Snoopy. Having destroyed them, Snoopy deciphers the cipher, enters the password into the code lock located at the bottom of the hovering fortress, thereby opening the hatch, and allowing the allies to escape from the fortress. At the same time, the Red Baron himself flies out of the disarmed fortress. The last battle begins. Two of the three allies cannot fight the Baron, as their planes are out of order. After a short duel, the Baron shot down the plane of Snoopy's last ally, but he manages to eject. Now Snoopy and Red Baron are left face to face. After a lengthy duel, Snoopy emerges victorious from her, damaging the Red Baron's triplane. After that, the Baron takes the trump card from the sleeve - from the soaring fortress the very guided missile-plane is launched, the details of which were carried by a train in the Matterhorn mines. Linus is tied to a rocket, and the rocket flies straight to the main allied base. Snoopy's task is to free Linus and prevent the rocket from reaching its destination. By destroying the rocket's jet engines, Snoopy slows it down, allowing Linus to catapult. Now Snoopy must destroy the gyro of the rocket so that it loses control and falls into the ocean. To do this, he destroys the missile body, thereby destroying its defense. But, as soon as he flies up to the gyroscope and begins to destroy it, the Red Baron reappears, and tries to repair the gyroscope, and at the same time destroy Snoopy. However, Snoopy destroys the Red Baron triplane. The Baron himself manages to catapult, and goodbye promises the dog that he will return and take revenge. Snoopy successfully destroys the gyroscope, and the rocket falls into the water.

The finale . The flying circus is finally destroyed, the allied base is safe, the allies are saved. Snoopy returns to the base, where he is met as a hero. Then Snoopy wakes up: all the events that took place in the game were only his dream. Waking up, he, on a typewriter, begins to write a book about his adventures in a dream.

The PlayStation Portable version received generally positive reviews, while the PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows versions received average reviews, according to the Metacritic video game aggregator site . ^{[13] [14] [15]}

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