2010.158 (June 7, 2010)

Have Fun Exploring the Sega CD Claw Marks

CrazySpence noticed the instructions to the Sega CD version of Wing Commander 1 were missing from the Game Manuals section, so he went out and found one by way of SegaFans.com. The Sega CD port was especially notable for its addition of full speech throughout the game. The basic controls have been posted for a while, but the back page of today's copy includes different layouts for three-button and six-button controllers. This should be especially cool for people who don't own the Sega variant, so they can see all the unique stuff compared to stock Claw Marks. Download it here (33 meg PDF).

Everyone Should Have a Wing Commander Weekend

Earok had a long weekend on his hands and D-Fend Reloaded on his computer. The result was an action-packaged weekend full of Wing Commander 2. He's covered the experience in a 'retrospective' article at Earok's Arcade. Sounds like a productive weekend to me! Thanks to Hurleybird for spotting this one.

I had planned to be productive this weekend. I was going to do my blog posts for the week, tidy everything up, sort the bills, reply to outstanding emails, do some more XNA tutorials etc.
Yet, for some reason I felt compelled to play Wing Commander II. I had it on an old Creative Labs OEM CD and thanks to the magic of DosBox I was able to play it again for the first time in perhaps a decade or more.