To my knowledge, there are at least eight different versions of Sopwith. If you discover more, please contact me and I'll add it to the site.
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Version
Name |
Description |
Author |
| The original Sopwith, created by Dave Clark of BMB Compuscience, Canada. (Requires the slowdown utility "Moslo" to work on today's computers) |
David
Clark |
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| An update of the original Sopwith, created by Dave Clark of BMB Compuscience, Canada |
David
Clark |
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| Essentially a modified version of Sopwith 1 with identical gameplay. Only the title screen, with the multiplayer feature option, has been altered. The question of who altered it and why is a mystery. Requires Moslo to play. |
??? |
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| A clone of Sopwith2 with altered text by "Frank and Jeff" with comments about "Barry." |
"Frank
and Jeff" |
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| A modified version of Sopwith2 by "ah251@torfree.net" that has a changed map, music, and text. It is very difficult to beat a level in Sokwith due to object placement. There is a hidden easter-egg in Sokwith where the outline of the map looks like a... well... you'll have to find out for yourself! |
Ah251@torfree.net |
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| A modified version of Sopwith2 by "Samor" that replaces the landscape with rectangular shapes, and alters the music and text. |
Samor |
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| A heavily modified version of Sopwith2 by the original programmer, Dave Clark. |
David
Clark |
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| An Italian clone of Sopwith2 with altered text ("Aereo" means "Airplane") and no visual multiplayer options. Thanks to Marco for the find! |
??? |
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| Jornand de Buisonjé's new Sopwith version, with Internet Multiplayer capabilities! (Requires Winsock Extensions (sockvxd.exe) to play multiplayer) | Jornand
de Buisonjé |
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| Simon Howard's Sopwith port for numerous OSes, hosted through Source Forge | Simon Howard |
It's now easy to design your own Sopwith mods with two utilities:
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Utility
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Description
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Author
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| A simple map editor written in Qbasic (You can read the instructions to run it here.) |
Andrew
Durdin
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| A much more advanced level designer in Visual Basic that can import any Sopwith EXE file, make changes using a pen-tool, and export a recompiled Sopwith game with the new map. |
Matt
Zebrowski
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And one more honorable mention:
| A side-scrolling Sopwith-esque DOS game with colorful graphics and great gameplay. |
Shawn
LeBlanc
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If you create a killer map for Sopwith and want me to post it, email me at sopwith@classicgaming.com