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Sci Fi Focus > Encyclopedia > Wing Commander
Wing Commander is a series of space combat games in which the player takes the player takes the role of a human space fighter pilot battling the alien Kilrathi, a species of cat-like aliens.
There have been various spin-offs from the games, including various books by William R. Forstchen, Christopher Stasheff, Mercedes Lackey and Ellen Guon, a movie, the *WING COMMANDER MOVIE*, and a TV series, *WING COMMANDER ACADEMY*.
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Origin Systems
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- 16-bit movies shot on film, using detailed Hollywood sets and a panning camera.
- Support throttle and rudder in Windows 95 version.
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"Heart-pounding space action." - Computer Gaming World. From the back of the box: "The Kilrathi war may be over, but back home nothing is the same. There's trouble in the Border Worlds. Civil War seems imminent. You have to decide how to save the Confederation - or if it should be saved at all! The latest epic of the Wing Commander saga applies improved cinematic techniques and photo-realistic graphics to a story of intrigue, betrayal and death. Never before has Hollywood been so completely under your control." |
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Click Here | - Professional actors Mark Hammil (Star Wars), John-Rhys Davies, Malcolm McDowell, Tom Wilson, Ginger Allen and more
- Enormous 4 CD-ROM Set w/ SGI rendered graphics
- DOS, Windows 95/98 DOS Mode
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The war against the Kilrathi is going badly for the Confederation. Its flagship, the Concordia, has been destroyed, battles are lost on all fronts. War hero Colonel Christopher Blair is transferred to the old carrier Victory. Take the role of Blair and ensure the success of the Confederation's last-ditch attempt for victory: the destruction of the Kilrathi homeworld . Professionally scripted and filmed in Hollywood, Origin's multi-million dollar production combines the entertainment of film with the interactivity of computer gaming. The result is a truly spectacular spaceflight adventure! Adrenaline, romance, humor and danger are all combined in Wing Commander III. This sequel to the award willing bestsellers Wing Commander completes the turbulent grounds of the Terran Kilrathi war. The final showdown is at hand, only you can write the ending. With its SGI rendered graphics, flawless gameplay and gripping plot & sounds Wing Commander III will keep you rivited for hours and hours of fantastic gameplay. Wing Commander III plays directly from your CD player saving you valuable hard disk space! Its IMMENSE with 4 HUGE PACKED CDROM's. |
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ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
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Click Here | - Includes Wing Commander 2, expansion packs and speech pack on one enormous CD!
- Rare deluxe edition
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Your carrier, the Tiger's Claw, is destroyed by Kilrathi stealth fighters. You are blamed for the loss of the ship. After being demoted you are transferred to a space station far off the front lines where you are supposed to spend the rest of your career. However, ten years later, you are able to save the Confederation flagship, the Concordia, from a Kilrathi attack. On the ship, you meet many old friends. Back in the cockpit, it's up to you to stop the Kilrathi and prove your innocence in the destruction of the Tiger's Claw. Wing Commander II is very similar to its predecessor. The space flight sequences are almost the same; there are new ships and new weapons. The main difference is the storyline, which is told in many cinematic sequences. This deluxe edition comes with Wing Commander II, Wing Commander II Special Operations 1 & 2 expansion sets and the speech accessory pack all on one enormous CD! Great for collectors! |
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Origin
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Electronic Arts, Inc.
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Click Here | - Includes Wing Commander 1, 2 and 3 remastered for Windows 95. Users of more recent operating systems, such as XP or Vista, should note that this product can be unstable and require extensive adjustment to work properly.
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Origin Systems Inc.
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- Includes Digitized Speech
- Full Original Edition (NOT Gold Classics!!)
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The offshoot Privateer was a significant departure from the Wing Commander series. It met with mixed reactions if only for this reason, but in retrospect, most fans have nothing but kind words to say about it. Privateer cast you not as a pilot fighting the good fight against the evil Kilrathi, but as a shady mercenary looking to profit from the conflict. The game looked and played somewhat like Wing Commander II, with space dogfights interjected by animated story sequences. But beyond that superficial resemblance, Privateer was very different from its predecessors. The structure of the game was much more open-ended. In the interest of earning money to soupe up your ship (or rather, to buy a better one as soon as you could), you could elect to take on all kinds of different assignments, from transport to routine patrols to surgical strikes. You'd earn your keep if you succeeded, but part of it you'd invariably spend on repairs. Eventually, you'd pick up a more lucrative assignment, and this would eventually lead into a plot surrounding an enigmatic alien intelligence. Along the way, you'd face the Kilrathi, and if you got on the bad side of the law, you might find yourself up against Confed pilots as well. Privateer, with emphasis both on space combat and on economics and role-playing, added a further element of depth to the Wing Commander series, even as it expanded the universe to show the seamier side of things running parallel to Confed's war effort. Privateer shipped with a supplemental speech accessory pack. Origin later published the add-on Righteous Fire, in which the hero had to get to the bottom of a fanatical conspiracy, if only to recover his ship's stolen alien weapon. Righteous Fire also added powerful new technologies, which made it a must for privateers not satisfied that their ship was the best in the galaxy. |
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Origin
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- Best PC Arcade Action Game of 1990!
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You're a starfighter pilot, the best of the best, but nothing in your training prepared you for action this hot. Deepspace dogfights against Kilrathi aces are deadly, and the future of humanity is on the line each time you fly! Wing Commander puts you in the middle of the most intense starship action you've ever experienced! |
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Origin Systems, Inc.
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Origin Systems Inc
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