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Goku found a neat spread in the latest issue of PC Gamer. The magazine is celebrating its 150th issue in July (Goku also has a time machine), and they've named the 150 greatest moments in PC gaming to match. Wing Commander received several mentions. Wing Commander 3 was one of PC Gamer's first big stories and graced the cover of the publication's seventh issue. The game's stellar 96% review still remains one of the highest in PC Gamer history. There were several other Wing Commander and Origin related covers in the years that followed. Privateer 2, one of the series' most underappreciated games, also received a nod for its all-star cast.
* Privateer 2: The Darkening's full motion video sequences boast a star-studded cast that includes Clive Owen, John Hurt, David Warner, Amanda Pays, Brian Blessed, Jurgen Prochnow, and Christopher Walken. (March 1997)

* December 1994 - First CD-ROM edition, with over 300MB of demos! 300MB provides space for 21 demos, including Wing Commander III, Dragon Lore, and Blackthorne.

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Our readers who are also fans of the Discworld series have something in common with that series' author. Apparently Terry Pratchett is a fan of the Wing Commander series. That might not be big news, but he's apparently a big enough fan that the alt.fan.pratchett Newsgroup FAQ makes a special mention of it.

He also used to own an Amstrad, and is a fan of the classic isometric perspective games, Batman and Head Over Heels, as well as being a ZX-81 maniac. He is a declared fan of the Wing Commander series and also is quite fond of the game Doom. Future historians of computer science will probably look upon his extensive collection with awe.

According to dejanews the group which he posts to the 3rd most is alt.games.tombraider so he probably plays that as well.


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