It is the first video game based on Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz and was published by Atari, Inc. in 1983.

[3] An alternative notion is to collect "treats" the Red Baron drops while falling, and to avoid skulls and crossbones.

Touching the skulls and crossbones or being shot down will undo the player's progress in collecting treats.

If the player collects all of the treats and downs all of the Red Barons, bonus points are rewarded.

This game play-tested better than the Atari 2600 game Bugs Bunny, therefore Bugs Bunny was shelved, allowing Snoopy and the Red Baron to enter the market.