Snoopy Flying Ace (found Xbox 360 dogfight game based on "Peanuts"; 2010)

The game's cover art.

Status: Found

Date found: 24 Jul 2022

Found by: Lost Scandinavian Media!

Snoopy Flying Ace is a 2010 dogfighting video game published by Xbox Game Studios and developed by Smart Bomb Interactive (now known as Wildworks) for the Xbox Live Marketplace for the Xbox 360. The game was announced on November 10th, 2008 and released 2 years later on June 2nd, 2010. It is based on the Peanuts comic strip. The plot is about Snoopy being tasked to take down members of the Flying Circus, commanded by Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron. It is also a sequel to the 2006 game Snoopy vs the Red Baron, also developed by Smart Bomb.

Availability

Snoopy Flying Ace has a majority of its content lost (including the full game) and only the demo of the game remains. Because of licensing issues, the game was delisted from the Xbox Live Marketplace on August 12th, 2016, as a result of Wildworks not renewing their license. Due to this, the game cannot be downloaded anymore. It is not backwards compatible with the Xbox One either. However, many videos are up, showing the gameplay. The game's website currently reads "Please get the latest version of the Flash player and/or enable Javascript", however, it can be accessed in BlueMaxima's Flashpoint. With the game being delisted for nearly 6 years now, it is unknown if it will ever resurface in full.

On July 24, 2022, Internet Archive user Lost Scandinavian Media!, uploaded the game. According to them, they found it on their Xbox 360 from back when it was available. The game was uploaded to archive.org as a .zip file with its original folder and data files, the file can be emulated in various emulators for Xbox 360. If the file gets converted to a playable .iso file it can then also be burned to a playable disc.

Gallery

Gameplay of Snoopy Flying Ace.

The game's trailer.

An earlier trailer from 2008.

See Also

TV

• Peanuts (partially found sponsorship ads of animated specials based on comic strip; 1965-1970s)
• It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (found original music recordings of animated Halloween TV special; 1966)
• A Charlie Brown Christmas (non-existent "laugh track cut" of Christmas special; 1965)

Comics

• Peanuts: Oct. 2nd, 1955 (partially lost newspaper comic strip; 1955)

Video Games

• Charlie Brown's All-Stars (lost build of cancelled Peanuts PlayStation 2/PlayStation Portable baseball game; 2007)

External Links

• The demo's download link for those on Xbox 360.
• The demo's download link for those on PC.
• The game's download link on Internet Archive