Snoopy and the Red Baron
Snoopy and the Red Baron is a 1983 Atari 2600 shooter in which Snoopy, from Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip, flies his doghouse into battle against his old enemy, the Red Baron. It was made by Atari, programmed…
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Richard Dobbis was an Atari programmer who co-wrote Snoopy and the Red Baron (1983) with Nick Turner, with graphics by Sam Comstock. It was the first video game based on Charles Schulz’s Peanuts: Snoopy flies his doghouse against the Red Baron, catching the treats the Baron drops and trading hits until one of them goes down. Atari aimed it at younger players, and it beat Atari’s Bugs Bunny game in play-testing, which helped get that one shelved.
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