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What you're agreeing to when you use this site and install the game, and the credits owed to the software the game is built on.

Last updated: 7 July 2026

The project, plainly

Red Ace Squadron: Definitive Edition is an independent community restoration of Red Ace Squadron (Small Rockets, 2001), distributed with the permission of one of the original developers. It is not an official Small Rockets product, and it is not affiliated with, sponsored, or endorsed by Criterion Software, Electronic Arts, or Epic Games. Red Ace Squadron is © 2001–2008 Small Rockets; all rights remain with their owners.

Using this website

Installing and playing the game

End-User License Agreement (EULA)

This End-User License Agreement (“Agreement”) governs your installation and use of Red Ace Squadron: Definitive Edition (the “Software”). By installing or playing the Software, you agree to it. If you do not agree, do not install or play.

  1. License. The Software is provided free of charge. The restoration project grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to download, install, and play the Software on computers you control, for personal, non-commercial use.
  2. Ownership. Red Ace Squadron and its original assets are © 2001–2008 Small Rockets and remain the property of their owner; the Software is distributed with the permission of one of the original developers as a community restoration. The restoration project owns the restoration work, launcher, restored assets, and this website. No rights are granted except as expressly stated here.
  3. Restrictions. You may not sell, rent, sublicense, or charge others for the Software; present it as an official or licensed Small Rockets product; distribute modified installers or pass builds off as official; or remove or alter any notices. Reverse engineering is permitted only to the extent applicable law allows despite this restriction.
  4. Online services. Online multiplayer uses Epic Online Services, operated by Epic Games, Inc.; your use of those features is also subject to Epic's terms and privacy policy. Online availability is not guaranteed and may change or end.
  5. Third-party components. The Software includes the third-party components listed in the notices below, each provided under its own license.
  6. No warranty. The Software is provided “AS IS”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. You install and play at your own risk.
  7. Limitation of liability. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the restoration project and the original developers are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or loss of data or profits, arising from your use of the Software. Because the Software is free, total liability is limited to the amount you paid for it — zero.
  8. Termination. This license ends automatically if you breach it, or if a rights holder asks that distribution stop. On termination, stop using and delete the Software.
  9. Changes. This Agreement may be updated; the “last updated” date changes with it and material changes are noted in the site's news section.
  10. Contact. Questions or rights-holder concerns: contact@redacesquadron.com. Our policy is to comply first and discuss second.

Third-party software notices

These notices ship with the game as THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt and are mirrored here. They exist because the restoration stands on other people's good work. 

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RED ACE SQUADRON: DEFINITIVE EDITION - THIRD-PARTY NOTICES
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Red Ace Squadron (c) 2001-2008 Small Rockets.
All rights reserved. Distributed with the permission of one of the
original developers as a community restoration project. "Red Ace
Squadron" and "Small Rockets" are marks of their respective owner.

This product includes third-party software components, listed below.

1. RenderWare(R) Graphics (runtime, embedded in game executables)
   The original 2001 game executables contain an embedded runtime of
   the RenderWare 3 graphics engine, (c) 1993-2004 Criterion Software
   Ltd. RenderWare is a trademark of Criterion Software Ltd., an
   Electronic Arts company. The runtime is present solely as shipped
   in the original licensed game. This project is not affiliated with,
   sponsored, or endorsed by Criterion Software or Electronic Arts,
   and does not distribute the RenderWare SDK.

2. DDrawCompat v0.7.1 (ddraw.dll)
   https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat
   Licensed under the BSD Zero Clause License:
   Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software
   for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.
   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL
   WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
   WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
   AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR
   CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM
   LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
   NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
   CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

3. zlib 1.1.3 (embedded) - (c) 1995-1998 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark
   Adler. Provided 'as-is' without warranty; permission granted to
   use for any purpose including commercial, subject to: 1. origin
   must not be misrepresented; 2. altered versions must be plainly
   marked and not misrepresented as the original; 3. this notice may
   not be removed from any source distribution.

4. libpng 1.0.8 (embedded) - (c) 1995-1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group
   42, Inc.; (c) 1996-1997 Andreas Dilger; (c) 1998-2000 Glenn
   Randers-Pehrson. Distributed under the libpng (zlib-style)
   license; supplied "AS IS". See http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/

5. Independent JPEG Group library (embedded)
   This software is based in part on the work of the Independent
   JPEG Group. (c) 1991-1998, Thomas G. Lane.

6. Epic Online Services SDK - (c) Epic Games, Inc. Used under the
   Epic Online Services Developer Agreement. Epic, Epic Games, and
   Epic Online Services are trademarks of Epic Games, Inc. Additional
   third-party notices for EOS SDK components are reproduced in the
   accompanying EOS third-party notices files.

7. Historical GameSpy SDK code (server executable, non-functional)
   Dormant matchmaking code from the GameSpy SDK ((c) GameSpy
   Industries), licensed to the original developer in 2001. The
   GameSpy service was discontinued in 2014; this code is inactive
   and retained only for binary authenticity.

8. Texture restoration - High-resolution textures in this edition
   are restorations of the original Small Rockets artwork, processed
   with Real-ESRGAN ((c) 2021 Xintao Wang, BSD 3-Clause License,
   https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN). Real-ESRGAN itself is
   not distributed with this product.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Microsoft, Windows, DirectX, DirectDraw, DirectInput and DirectSound
are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies; no Microsoft
components are redistributed with this product.

Website fonts

The site's typefaces are self-hosted under the SIL Open Font License 1.1: Alfa Slab One (© 2016 The Alfa Slab One Project Authors, Reserved Font Name "Alfa Slab"), Cinzel (© 2020 The Cinzel Project Authors), and Alegreya Sans (© 2011 The Alegreya Project Authors).

Takedown contact

Rights holder with a concern? Write to contact@redacesquadron.com and we will respond promptly. Our policy is to comply first and discuss second.