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Translated Into: El BarĂ³n Rojo (Spanish)
User Summary: You must discover who it was that shot down the Red Baron during World War I.
Demian's Thoughts:

It's not too surprising that a book about World War I would deal with the Red Baron, and this one does a pretty good job of it, though it might have been stronger had the reader been given an opportunity to know Richtofen better and thus be more emotionally affected by his ultimate demise. Perhaps that's a bit much to ask, though. The book's gameplay is decent; it does a nice job of avoiding the inventory-related infinite loop that I keep complaining about, and its choices often relate back to the data bank in meaningful ways. The book also happens to feature some interesting (and moodily dark) artwork.

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Special Thanks:Thanks to Ryan Lynch for the first printing back cover, title page verso and spine images.
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First printing





Series: Time Machine no. 24
Item: World War I Flying Ace
Author: Mueller, Richard
Illustrators: Fastner, Steve (cover)
Pratt, George (interior)
Date: June, 1988
ISBN: 0553272314 / 9780553272314
Length: 125 pages (plus data bank and data file)
Number of Endings: 1
Cover Price: US$2.50

Second printing





Series: Time Machine no. 24
Item: World War I Flying Ace
Author: Mueller, Richard
Illustrators: Fastner, Steve (cover)
Pratt, George (interior)
ISBNs: 0553168525 / 9780553168525
0553272314 / 9780553272314
Description: Although it lacks an explicit label as such, the pictured copy is likely a book fair or book club edition based on the lack of barcode on the rear cover and the alternate ISBN on the front cover.
Length: 125 pages (plus data bank and data file)
Number of Endings: 1
Cover Price: US$2.50

Microsoft Reader edition

Series: Time Machine no. 24
Item: World War I Flying Ace
Platform: Microsoft Reader
Author: Mueller, Richard
Illustrators: Fastner, Steve (cover)
Pratt, George (interior)
Date: 2001
Length: 125 pages (plus data bank and data file)
Number of Endings: 1

Kindle edition

Series: Time Machine no. 24
Item: World War I Flying Ace
Platform: Kindle
Author: Mueller, Richard
Illustrators: Fastner, Steve (cover)
Pratt, George (interior)
Date: June 10, 2014
Length: 125 pages (plus data bank and data file)
Number of Endings: 1

Ibooks reissue

Series: Time Machine no. 24
Item: World War I Flying Ace
Author: Mueller, Richard
Illustrators: Fastner, Steve (cover)
Pratt, George (interior)
Date: May 1, 2017
ISBN: 1596876352 / 9781596876354
Number of Endings: 1

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Time Machine #24 Map
Thanks to Julien Peter Benney for contributing this map of the book's structure.