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Man, Wing Commander I & II were some games. I'm not sure that I ever finished either one on my own, but they seemed really deep and ahead of their time. The campaign/soap opera aspect was great too...I would kill for updated console versions.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 13 October 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

They also had talking cats in jump suits.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 13 October 2005 17:04 (twenty years ago)

The music during the run-to-the-hangar red-lights-flashing sequences was FUCKING AWESOME. I loved the first 3, never played the 4th. WC3 starred Mark Hamill. That's fucking awesome too.

― adam (adam), Thursday, 13 October 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

I liked the fact that you could just fuck the mission and fly off into infinite space if you wanted, blow up your teammates, bomb your own capitol ship, etc.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 13 October 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

I would get very annoyed if my wingperson took any of my kills (or any kills at all), thus screwing up my total on the little blackboard in the bar. So I'd kill them, leading to those fun funeral scenes and all their names crossed out. Fuckers.

― adam (adam), Thursday, 13 October 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)

Haha. Sometimes in Wing Commander II I would just fly around and see if my wingpeople would win the mission on their own.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

I only played the first one, but man did I ever love it.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:04 (twenty years ago)

Wing Commander 2, along with ballblazer and zelda I, may be my favorite game ever.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

I was on Origin's mailing list for a few years and had the mailer ad for Wing Commander on my wall for about 2-3 years before i actually got the game. LOVED it to death. Finally had something that looked like it could meet the promise of something like Star Wars Arcade. SO pissed that i needed an EGA monitor to play it. No good on my 8088 system with CGA graphics.

of course, X-Wing came out in 1993, so....

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

Getting drunk in the bar and then the controls being reversed during a Kalrathi attack, don't drink and fly, boys.

― Navek Rednam (Navek Rednam), Friday, 14 October 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

PRIVATEER

― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Saturday, 15 October 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

Heh heh... those funeral scenes were awesome. "I'll carry on for you, Iceman." SEEING AS HOW I SHOT YOU DEAD IN A LONELY CORNER OF SPACE AND ALL

― Vic Fluro (Vic Fluro), Saturday, 15 October 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

I was looking for old SNES games in a store the other day and saw the SNES version of Wing Commander. Did anyone have this, and is it playable?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 28 October 2005 12:44 (twenty years ago)

I had it and liked it a lot. The flight is a little crude (its no pilotwings or starfox) but it is fun. Look online to learn all the key combos.

― jdubz (ex machina), Friday, 28 October 2005 16:42 (twenty years ago)

six years pass...

so this thing is a fan-created game inspired by & in the universe of WC3

its out in a couple weeks, freeware, and actually looks kind of rad

Pilots, man your planes!
Wing Commander Saga: The Darkest Dawn concludes a forty-year galactic struggle between the Terran Confederation and the Kilrathi Empire, an imperialistic, xenophopic alien race.
-Relive the adventure of Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger
-Step in the shoes of a rookie Terran pilot and play your part to save humanity from extinction
-Strap into the most advanced starfighters humanity has to offer
-Dogfight against several dozen types of enemy fighters, bombers, and capital ships
-Participate in a diverse range of missions ranging from routine patrols to major fleet operations.
-Immerse yourself in the Wing Commander universe that has been a staple in science fiction since 1990
-Take the fight to the Kilrathi homeworlds and conclude the Galactic War once and for all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N1w9Xw0j0I

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 08:07 (fourteen years ago)

i mean it's not gonna be a Great Game but as a lifelong WC3 stan i'm pretty excited

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 08:09 (fourteen years ago)

'Advanced' graphics and gameplay?

holyshit!

― Summer Slam! (Ste), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 09:54 (fourteen years ago)

fighting cats in space

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 14:33 (fourteen years ago)

WILL IT RUN ON 2008 MACBOOK

― adam, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 14:41 (fourteen years ago)

i love that they proudly say ELEVEN THOUSAND LINES OF DIALOGUE

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:01 (fourteen years ago)

Still much love for WC

― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 8 March 2012 06:47 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzioZBTUIU

still amazing. best enjoyed w/

http://www.atarimagazines.com/v7n6/gravis.jpg

― adam, Thursday, 8 March 2012 15:50 (fourteen years ago)

that reminds me both how awesome and how hard/frustrating WC games can be

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:56 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, definitely in the category of games I played the shit out of without actually really getting good at. Definitely cheated to the ending a few times.

― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:01 (fourteen years ago)

ha i never finished wc3

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 8 March 2012 20:45 (fourteen years ago)

man i loved the first game

never had a computer good enough at the right time to play any of the following

― goole, Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:04 (fourteen years ago)

wc2 was the only one i actually owned and played a ton (was introduced to wc1 at a friend's house, his russian immigrant dad was great at it)

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:32 (fourteen years ago)

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