Remember When?

By the early nineties, the CD drive was on its way to phasing out floppies. Single-speed CD drives were spinning hits like Myst and Wing Commander. SEGA released an add-on attachment for its popular Genesis console, the SEGA-CD to modest fanfare, thanks in no small part to lackluster titles that include the now-infamous Night Trap.

Star*Soldier Gloss: Page 30

This is the Star*Soldier gloss for the first maneuvers page:

CONCEPT: These pages were planned early on, as a maneuvers page was integral to Claw Marks... and Wing Commander Arena relies even more on 'special' maneuvers which are somewhat akin to those found in a fighting game. As you can see we're using original Scimitar line art positioned in different ways -- that's because several games (including Super Wing Commander!) reuse the classic 'Scim as the example fighter for these articles. Other elements (arrows and such) are taken from the SWC manual.

REFERENCES-

• "T. Bruckner" - Thomas Bruckner, Wing Commander Prophecy (fan) editor par excellence.
• "clan halls... mounted bones" - Another reference to the 'I shall mount your bones in my hall!' taunt from Privateer.
• "Satellite Techniques" - Apparently focus groups had trouble with the satellites, which is why this was added.