Category:Wing Commander: Armada
| Wing Commander: Armada | |
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| Platform | MS-DOS PC-98 |
| Engine | RealSpace |
| Release Date | September 22, 1994 |
| Label | N/A ARMADACD |
| Language | English |
Description
The life of a seasoned starfighter pilot isn't all glory and adventure. After years of following orders and losing ships and friends, you are now the sole commander, responsible for heading up a momentous strike against your enemy's homeland - either the Empire of Kilrah or the heart of the Confederation. This war requires real strategy, not just hotshot piloting, and you have to determine where to fight, how to fight, and what ships will get the job done. In ''Wing Commander Armada'', you have the freedom to build your own universe, your own missions and your own campaign.<br><br> '''Never play the same game twice as you explore, fortify and mine hundreds of planets in an infinite number of randomly generated universes'''<br><br> '''Maximize your field of vision by flying in invisible cockpit mode'''<br><br> '''Pit yourself against a sinister computer, or use a modem or network to combat a player across the country'''<br><br> Key Features: * Choose from 3 levels of play - intense dogfight scenarios, strategic search-and-destroy battles, or extended campaigns to destroy an opposing home world. * Pit yourself against a friend, computer, or with a friend against the computer - via modem or network. * Live life on the edge as a topnotch Terran or Kilrathi pilot and fly up to 10 different ships. * Customize taunts and controls with ''Armada's'' built-in audio file integrator and keyboard configuration utility. * Carefully plot tactical moves to stop your enemy cold - but beware, the tides of war may swiftly turn your next move into your last!<br><br>
System Requirements
Armada CD
- Computer - Wing Commander Armada CD requires at least an Intel486/33+ MHz or 100% compatible system with MS-DOS version 5.0 or higher and a double speed CD-ROM drive.
- Network - Network play requires NetBIOS. (Novell networks also require IPX.COM.)
- Modem - Modem play requires a 9600-baud or faster modem (16550 UART Alpha Chip recommended).
- Serial Card - 16550 UART Alpha chip recommended for external modem play.
- Video Card - VGA video card (VESA local bus or PCI recommended).
- Hard Drive - You must have a minimum of 3 megabytes of free hard drive space (13 megs for 4 meg systems) on your hard drive to install and play this game.
- CD-ROM drive - You must have a double-speed CD-ROM drive with MS-DOS CD-ROM extension 2.1 or higher required. (We recommend 350 milliseconds or faster seek time.)
- Joystick (Optional) - We highly recommend playing with a joystick for the best Wing Commander Armada CD experience.
- Mouse - Wing Commander Armada CD requires a Microsoft or 100% compatible mouse using Microsoft software driver version 7.0 or higher, Logitech software driver version 6.0 or higher, or 100% compatible software driver.
- Memory - Wing Commander Armada CD uses 560K of conventional RAM (base memory) and 2592K (4 meg machines) or 6144K (8 meg systems) of expanded memory (EMS). You must have a minimum of 4 megs RAM installed in your machine to install the game to your hard drive. You must have 8 megs RAM to play the game directly from the CD-ROM drive.
You must load NetBIOS to play over the network, as well as your mouse, sound and CD-ROM drivers.
Box Contents
US Release, CD-ROM Version
- Play Guide manual
- Voices of War manual
- Wing Commander Armada Reference Card
- Wing Commander Armada Install Guide
- Wing Commander Armada Strategy Guide advertisement
- Wing Commander III Is Your System Ready? advertisement
- New Releases from Origin catalog
- CD-ROM (1)
US Release, 3.5" HD Diskette Version
- Play Guide manual
- Voices of War manual
- Wing Commander Armada Reference Card
- Wing Commander Armada Install Guide
- Wing Commander Armada Strategy Guide advertisement
- Wing Commander III Is Your System Ready? advertisement
- New Releases from Origin catalog
- Origin's 1994 CD-ROM Exchange/Update Policy
- 3.5" HD Diskette (6)
Wing Commander Armada Manual & Voices of War (VEBE) (1.8 MB)
Note that the Armada VEBEs are an old alternative to PDF files that may take some tweaking to install on newer systems. VEBE (Vermont Electronic Book Engine) must be installed, and must be run under win 95/98 compatability mode in Windows XP.
Credits
| Role | Name | Source |
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| Programming | ||
| Space Flight | Jeff Everett | Game |
| Jeff Grills | Game | |
| Chuck Karpiak | Game | |
| Strategy System | Jeff Grills | Game |
| Jeff Everett | Game | |
| Chuck Karpiak | Game | |
| Modem Support | Jeff Grills | Game |
| Network Support | Chuck Karpiak | Game |
| Jeff Grills | Game | |
| Digital Support | Aaron Martin | Game |
| Additional Programming | Rob Corell | Game |
| Donavon Keithley | Game | |
| Wendy White | Game | |
| Artwork | ||
| Art Director | Denis Loubet | Game |
| RealSpace Objects | Dean McCall | Game |
| Paul Steed | Game | |
| Cockpits | Elizabeth Pugh | Game |
| Damon Waldrip | Game | |
| Armada Intro | Jake Rodgers | Game |
| Additional Artwork | David Lawell | Game |
| Chris Douglas | Game | |
| Craig Halverson | Game | |
| Micael Priest | Game | |
| Music & Digital FX | ||
| Music | Midian | Game |
| Digital FX | Kirk Winterrowd | Game |
| John Tipton | Game | |
| Digital Speech Processing | Martin Galway | Game |
| Design | ||
| Original Concept and Design | Jeff Everett | Game |
| Whitney Ayres | Game | |
| Additional Design | Jeff Grills | Game |
| Denis Loubet | Game | |
| Quality Assurance | ||
| Product Support Manager | Kay Gilmore | Game |
| QA Supervisor | Donna Mehnert | Game |
| QA Project Leader | Dan Orzulak | Game |
| Testers | James Flores | Game |
| Jason Habel | Game | |
| Kevin Kushner | Game | |
| Bill LaCoste | Game | |
| Starr Long | Game | |
| Jeremy Mappus | Game | |
| Chaitanya Marvici | Game | |
| Jennifer Mason | Game | |
| Marc Petrick | Game | |
| Ben Potter | Game | |
| Jeff Shelton | Game | |
| Anthony Sommers | Game | |
| Eddie Stringer | Game | |
| David Thacker | Game | |
| Reece Thornton | Game | |
| Todd Wachhaus | Game | |
| Forest Yule | Game | |
| Documentation | ||
| Writer | Tuesday Frase | Game |
| Production | ||
| Producer | Chris Roberts | Game |
| Associate Producer | Jean-Marc Chelma | Game |
| Director | Jeff Everett | Game |
Advertising
- Wing Commander Armada Sell Sheet
English
Reviews
PC
Computer Gaming World review, issue 125, December 1994.
PC Zone, issue 19, October 1994
Press Items
Gaming Magazines
Versions
Ports
FM Towns
Same as the PC release.
PC-9821
Same as the PC release. The PC98 was a Japanese computer that ran special versions of MS-DOS and Windows 95.
Windows 3.1
Origin contracted Windward Studios to port Wing Commander Armada to Windows 3.1. David Thielen completed the project but it was never released. His online resume states: "Ported Origin’s Wing Commander Armada from DOS to Windows. Increased the resolution form 320x200 to the screen resolution, limited only by the CPU speed." Wing Commander Armada for Windows has never been located; Mr. Thielen does not have a copy.
Strategy Guides
Re-Releases
- Electronic Arts Presents CD-ROM Classics (US)
- Electronic Arts Presents (US)
- CD-ROM Classics (Europe)
Screenshots
Sales Sheet
Pre-Release
Development
Patches / Addons
Origin
Fan Made
- Dragon Patch
- Excalibur Patch
- Excalibur Patch Patch
- Gravis Ultrasound Patch
- MyJEMM
- NetBIOS Binary
- New Ships
Editing Tools
Music
Manuals and Game Documentation
Controls
Afterburner Tab Fire guns Space Fire missile Enter Accelerate + Decelerate - Full stop Backspace Look left F2 Look right F3 Look forward F1 Look behind F4 Chase view F5 Battle view F6 Missile view F8 Cycle weapons W Cycle guns G Cycle targets T Lock target L Damage HUD D Autopilot A Comms select C Nav Map N Eject Ctrl-E
Cutscenes
Ships
Terran Confederation
- Fighters
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- Capital Ships
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Empire of Kilrah
- Fighters
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- Capital Ships
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Game Modes
Gauntlet
The Gauntlet is a pair of fifteen mission campaigns with a story told via text-based briefings. Players can select either Human Confederation or Empire of KIlrah for a different set of missions with a parallel story. It can be played alone or with a second player acting as your wingman.
Screenshots
Scoring
The gauntlet measures Speed, Accuracy and Score. The leaderboards display the top five overall Scores and the top five Speeds for each mission. This data is faction agnostic with Confederation and Kilrathi sharing the same leaderboards. The Speed leaderboard for mission 1 is shown when the gauntlet is selected. Thereafter, the game displays the previous mission after it is completed or failed.
Speed
Speed measures the amount of time that passes between takeoff and landing. It is displayed in seconds to the fourth decimal place. The game stores the top five speeds achieved in each of the fifteen missions shared between factions in the TIMES. file. If the file is not present the game will generate a fresh copy with the base scores when it opens.
The Wing Commander Armada Patch 1.0 introduces a bug to the speed scoring. When a password is used the game stores the amount of time flying the transfer mission as the speed data for the previous mission. This allows players to set speed records of only a few seconds for the first fourteen missions.
Accuracy
Accuracy measures how often the player hits a target in each mission. It is displayed as a percentage rounded to the nearest integer after each mission. Accuracy data is not stored. Guns fired at a carrier are counted as misses. The accuracy score does not take into account missiles.
Score
Score measures your total number of fighter kills across the entire gauntlet. Every kill is worth 35 points. Ramming fighters and shooting down your own wingmen count towards the score. Kills scored by wingmen, kills scored by AI friendly fire and the carrier at the end do not count towards the score. The score is provided at the conclusion of the gauntlet either when you are killed or after the winning cutscene.
The game stores the top five speeds achieved in each of the fifteen missions shared between factions in the SCORES. file. If the file is not present the game will generate a fresh copy with the base scores when it opens. Achieving the top Score on the leaderboard, 5000, is not possible. The Confederation and Kilrathi gauntlets have 114 and 123 fighters (including wingmen) each so the highest possible scores are 3990 and 4305 respectively.
Leaderboard
| # | Callsign | Score |
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| 1 | Litespeed | 5000 |
| 2 | jefftep | 4000 |
| 3 | ~Chuck | 3000 |
| 4 | DanO | 2000 |
| 5 | Faustus | 1000 |
Missions
Armada
Campaign
Wingmen
Weapons
Guns
Mass Accelerator Gun (Kilrathi)
Missiles
Subcategories
This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
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- Wing Commander: Armada missions (empty)
- Wing Commander: Armada Press (1 F)
Pages in category "Wing Commander: Armada"
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