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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 4:42 am    Post subject: Crimson Skies (2000) Air Pirates Game Reply with quote

Crimson Skies (2000) Air Pirates Game

Crimson Skies is often regarded as a "cult success", commercially successful only to a limited extent. The game has received generally favorable reviews; it has been noted for its high-quality voice acting, gameplay, and atmosphere.


Now an abandonware Game, Try a Google Search
game will require a NoCD fix for Windows 7,8,10,11

No GOG version as yet possibly due to licensing rights issues.

There is an official Patch (recommended) and a 3rd party Graphics Fix patch available.

EDIT:
The 3rd party Graphics Fix patch apparently removed the game protection as it includes a modified game executable.

See links below.

Crimson Skies is set in an alternate history of the 1930s

Nathan Zachary, an adventurous air pirate seeking to rob the affluent of their wealth and power.
Zachary leads his gang of air pirates, the Fortune Hunters, on a quest to gain fame and riches.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Skies_(video_game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Skies

EDIT: Paste links into your Browser if required

If you remember the 1930s Serials, then Crimson Skies is
very much an air pirate flying game in that syle of genre.


Some links

https://www.play-old-pc-games.com/
https://www.play-old-pc-games.com/2016/06/10/crimson-skies/

https://pcgamingwiki.com/
https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Crimson_Skies

https://www.wsgf.org/
http://www.wsgf.org/dr/crimson-skies/en

Crimson Skies FOV Fix
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1669-crimson-skies-fov-fix/
(Archive passwords = pcgw)

Crimson Skies Fix for Widescreen, Ultrawide and Multi-Mon
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1425-crimson-skies-fix-for-widescreen-ultrawide-and-multi-mon/
(Archive passwords = pcgw)
See Install Instructions on Web Page

Crimson Skies fix (csfix)
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/433-crimson-skies-fix-csfix/

Crimson Skies Official patch v1.02
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/62-crimson-skies-patch/



https://www.mobygames.com/game/crimson-skies
https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/crimson-skies/screenshots

https://www.gamepressure.com/games/crimson-skies/z014c8
https://www.gamepressure.com/games/game-downloads.asp?ID=5320

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/914280-crimson-skies
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/914280-crimson-skies/faqs

https://crimsonskies.fandom.com/wiki/Crimson_Skies_Wiki
https://crimsonskies.fandom.com/wiki/Crimson_Skies


Crimson Skies Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTTuJ2r0vjrfXfLbsM6NiJg


Crimson Skies Playthrough Playlist by tails22x
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF464A004839F02F5

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There was also a later Xbox reworked game version

Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge Xbox 2003
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Skies:_High_Road_to_Revenge
https://www.mobygames.com/game/10832/crimson-skies-high-road-to-revenge/


Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Playthrough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1ZPN-uiBIY

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH9bGOKZXU7ZRQmPsGEx4hA

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Some info on the cancelled Crimson Skies 3 game

Crimson Skies 3 [Xbox 360 – Cancelled]
https://www.unseen64.net/2019/01/08/crimson-skies-3-xbox-360-cancelled/


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

some more Crimson skies links


http://blackjackshangar.blogspot.com/

https://crimsonskies.fandom.com/wiki/Crimson_Skies_Wiki

https://firedrake.org/roger/csarchive/
original CS website archive

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Crimson_Skies_(video_game)


https://www.denofgeek.com/games/crimson-skies-producer-says-game-deserved-a-sequel/
December 18, 2017


Crimson Skies 2 Wishlist article
(if they ever did a CS2, features it should include)

Let's reboot Crimson Skies
By Tim Stone March 30, 2013

https://www.pcgamer.com/lets-reboot-crimson-skies/


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 29, 2019 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Probably the most Crimson Skies like game
is the earlier old DOS game (now abandonware) by Rowan Software -

Air Power: Battle in the Skies
(playable in windows with the dosbox emulator)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/air-power-battle-in-the-skies

Another alternate History flight game


Some Youtube Gameplay content

Air Power gameplay (PC Game, 1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-jTs1hcBHs

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The Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) Movie
has some stylistic and plot similarities to the Crimson Skies universe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Captain_and_the_World_of_Tomorrow
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D-aYfrthJc

Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie

After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Crimson Skies (Microsoft Games)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=71332

dgVoodoo2 fix for corrupted text textures - csfix_patch.zip
https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=74402

Makes Csfix usable together with dgVoodoo2.

Requires Crimson Skies game with 1.02 patch, csfix patch applied and dgVoodoo2 installed for Crimson Skies


orginal Csfix
http://timeslip.users.sourceforge.net/
http://timeslip.users.sourceforge.net/current/csfix.7z
3rd party Graphics Fix for Crimson Skies
removes the game protection as it includes a modified
game executable.


dgVoodoo2
http://dege.fw.hu/
http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html


dgVoodoo 2

dgVoodoo 2 is set of old graphics API's for Windows Vista/7/8/10.

They are implemented on Direct3D 11 and they can use different device types as wrapping output:
- Hardware rendering at GPU feature level 11.0 (recommended)
- Hardware rendering at GPU feature level 10.1 (has a minor limitation for DX8/9)
- Hardware rendering at GPU feature level 10.0 (there are some restrictions)
- Software rendering through Microsoft WARP renderer

The following graphics API libraries are implemented:
- Glide 2.11, Glide 2.45, Glide 3.1 and Glide 3.1 Napalm
- DirectX 1-7 (all versions of DirectDraw and Direct3D up to version 7)
- Direct3D 8.1
- Direct3D 9


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My favorite air combat game are the Microsoft combat flight sims. Very fun and very mod friendly. I guess my cds are boxed away somewhere probably my parents house but someday I plan to fly again.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have good memories of CFS2 & 3

As far as I can recall,
the Microsoft combat flight sim games are not on GOG
probably due to licensing issues.


The IL-2 Stormovik games were also good,
and could have more planes in melees than CFS3 on the same hardware
but initially only the Eastern front.
Later Games did the Pacific and Western Europe.


IL-2 Sturmovik (video game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IL-2_Sturmovik_(video_game)

The game is currently distributed as the IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 pack

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IL-2_Sturmovik:_1946
https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/il-2-sturmovik-1946
https://il2sturmovik.com/

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT25k7ZKBBxbrkuaA47DZFA

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 US Aircraft Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI5W-pgFX4g&list=PL7Ops1JUG2khu9BzSwgAztftcIZI1Vlu4



WINGS OVER FLANDERS FIELDS
http://www.overflandersfields.com/index.html

WW1 CFS3 add-on mod



Rise of Flight: The First Great Air War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_Flight:_The_First_Great_Air_War

World War I combat flight simulation
https://riseofflight.com/

Rise of Flight United
https://riseofflight.com/download/

Rise of Flight United is the new free-to-play limited version,
probably pay for full version



How to play Combat Flight Simulator 3 on Windows 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw5uAc4Ln8Y

requires a No-Cd patch

see youtube page for no-Cd link


There maybe some CFS3 content on this website,
Account registration possibly required

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/content.php


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Original soundtrack for the 1999 video game Crimson Skies. Composed, orchestrated and produced by Stan LePard.

https://soundcloud.com/stanlepard/sets/crimson-skies-1999-original-soundtrack

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The Fortune Hunter Ballad (Crimson Skies Theme Extended Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ej2T5QWHI

Fizzi Soda

This is an extended remix of the main theme for the 2000's video game Crimson Skies developed by Zipper Interactive and published by the Microsoft Corporation.

timecodes on youtube page
MP3 download link in the description


Chapters of Songs Used:
0:00 - The Gentleman Pirate
2:07 - Fortune Hunters Unite (Part 1)
3:14 - Heros Of The Air
5:12 - Fortune Hunters Unite (Part 2)
5:49 - An Oral History Of Sir Francis Drake

Stan LePard


Fizzi Soda
https://www.youtube.com/@fizzisoda7113


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Play Any Mission Hint

In the campaign menu, left-click on the microphone on the left side of the screen and type idaho.

A menu will appear in the top right of the screen that will allow you to go to any of the missions of the game.


All Gallery Pictures Hint

In the previous missions screen, click the Rouge & Co. pilot symbol
in the bottom left hand corner and type ispy


Invincibility Hint

Go to the weapons loadout screen and enter I AM THE ACE


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Crimson Skies Review: Microsoft's Dieselpunk Gem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtN2RwknURY

In the early 2000s, Microsoft published a slew of original, multi-media franchises to often mixed success. One of them was the video game adaption of FASA's alternate history tabletop game, Crimson Skies. The infusion of 1930s and dieselpunk aesthetic with fun arcade aerial combat still remains quite good albeit heldback through technical and mechanical fumbles and limitations that only illustrate the potential for something greater.

Salokin


Salokin
https://www.youtube.com/@salokin3087

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Crimson Skies Let's Play
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL53A77D6A7A1EE2B1

Research Indicates


includes

History of Crimson Skies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eck6ufpq04I


Research Indicates
https://www.youtube.com/@ResearchIndicates


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2023 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BOMB: Who let the dogfight?


La Moustache Studio
https://lamoustache-studio.fr/

Dev Blog
https://blog.lamoustache-studio.fr/
(modding info)


Custom skin creation tutorial
https://blog.lamoustache-studio.fr/2014/12/17/custom-skin-creation-tutorial/
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=370926245


Steam BOMB: Who let the dogfight?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/301500/BOMB_Who_let_the_dogfight/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/301500/discussions/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/301500/screenshots/

GENRE: Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation
RELEASE DATE: 1 Aug, 2015


Somewhat similar to Crimson Skies Dieselpunk


BOMB is a combat flight game mixing elements of arcade and simulations, including a rich single-player adventure along with several multi-player modes.

Cool aircraft, big guns, dogfight thrill, single player, multi player, modding support, moustaches and ladies. You'll like it

Forget all serious WW2 air combat games and take part of an epic adventure in an unique world: fly heavily armed aircraft and fight air pirates, destroy ships, tanks, and even zeppelins ! BOMB is first of all a game made for Fun !

Features

Windows, Mac and Linux
9 amazing playable planes
4 full featured cockpits
An epic adventure with 17 missions
4 different environments: desert, fjords, pacific atolls and a bonus one.
Several multiplayer modes: deathmatch, team deathmatch, race, and more to come...
Joystick focused gameplay (playing with a gamepad is fine too)
Experimental Oculus DK1 Support.

See Steam page for Further Info


LaMoustacheStudio
https://www.youtube.com/@LaMoustacheStudio
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Crimson Skies (2000) I Retro Reviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSBaZhIGxog

MrEdders123
Mar 26, 2023
runtime 2:07:10

A retrospective review of Microsoft/Zipper's "Combat Flight Action" title, released for Windows PCs in September 2000. Covers the history of the game, how it plays, its visuals and audio, and finally its story and setting.
As an addendum, I should add that Art Director Heinz Schuller has disputed claims by 1UP and Unseen64 that a "Crimson Skies 3" was ever in development at FASA Studio, but I didn't look too much into it so I left those in the video.

(The official Crimson Skies patch v1.02 fixed the initial release
save game bug)


Time codes on youtube page

00:00 Opening
01:06 Part 1 - Introduction and Overview
08:20 Part 2 - Behind the Scenes
08:37 2.1 - From BattleTech to Board Game
18:39 2.2 - Microsoft Purchase, Development at Zipper
24:17 2.3 - Marketing and Press Coverage
30:18 2.4 - Release and Aftermath
35:19 Part 3 - Gameplay
35:39 3.1 - Gameplay Basics
50:57 3.2 - Gameplay Analysis
1:08:22 Part 4 - Art and Sound
1:08:50 4.1 - Visuals
1:18:20 4.2 - Sound Design and Music
1:25:05 4.4 - Running on Modern Systems
1:29:39 Part 5 - Story and Setting
1:30:02 5.1 - Story Overview and Background Lore
1:43:49 5.2 - Story Analysis
1:59:34 Outro and Acknowledgements


MrEdders123
https://www.youtube.com/@MrEdders123


Crimson Skies Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTTuJ2r0vjrfXfLbsM6NiJg
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 12:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Crimson Skies - Devastator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a826SzLAJ8U

Oct 19, 2024


Timecodes on Youtube Page

00:00 Intro
00:35 The Loss of the American Dream
01:50 Pirates, Privateers, and Militiamen
02:59 A Devastating Debut
06:15 The Devastator in 1937
08:17 Hunting Fortunes with the Fortune Hunters
11:25 Navajo Wisdom
12:04 Patreon Credits
13:09 Credit Credits


Mac's Lore
https://www.youtube.com/@MacsLore


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Aerodex Crimson Skies fan site
https://www.crimsonski.es/


Crimson Skies Subreddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/crimsonskies
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