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Wing Commander Prophecy
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Platform Windows 95
Engine Vision
Release Date December 12, 1997
October 14, 1998 (Gold Edition)
Language English
Rating ESRB: T


Description

Box Back Cover

Wing Commander Prophecy is a computer game and a direct sequel to Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It was followed by Wing Commander: Secret Ops in 1998.

Wing Commander: Prophecy pushed the cutting edge of technology with 3D accelerator cards. The game was designed for the 3dfx Glide technology which is no longer prominent, its use of 3d hardware makes it stand out in the graphics department many years after its release. The cinematic storyline focuses on young Lieutenant Lance Casey aboard the newly commissioned TCS Midway. Commodore Christopher Blair is overseeing the ship's maiden voyage when strange signals are detected from the Kilrah System. An alien fleet is pouring out of an artificial jump gate and seems to be fulfilling a Kilrathi prophecy about the end of the universe. Casey and company must halt the invasion force and learn more about their enemy to counter future incursions.

System Requirements

While the system requirements state a joystick is required, you can also play the game with the mouse or keyboard.

Standard System

  • Pentium 166MHz
  • Windows 95/Windows 98 and DirectX 6.0
  • 32MB RAM
  • DirectX 6.0-compatible 2MB PCI or AGP video card that supports 16-bit color
  • 150MB free hard drive space
  • DirectX 6.0-compatible sound card
  • Joystick

Hardware-Accelerated System

  • Pentium 133MHz
  • Windows 95/Windows 98 and DirectX 6.0
  • 32MB RAM
  • 4MB PCI/AGP/3Dfxª DirectX 6.0-compatible or Direct3D supported video card*
  • DirectX 6.0-compatible or Direct3D 3Dfx card with Glide version 2.43 or later installed
  • 150MB free hard drive space
  • DirectX 6.0-compatible sound card
  • Joystick

Please note that Direct3D requires 4MB of video RAM. Supported Direct3D video chipsets include:

  • ATI Rage Pro
  • Intel i740
  • Matrox Mystique
  • Permedia 2
  • Rendition 2200
  • Riva 128

For information on how to run the game on modern hardware and operating systems, please visit the Tech Support section. Requests for help can be posted to the Tech Support Forum.

Box Contents

PC

Prophecy Gold

Credits

Advertising

Preview

Computer Gaming World issue 156, July 1997.

Reviews

PC

Computer Gaming World nr 165, april 1998

Versions

Windows 95 CD

The original release for PC.

Windows 95 CD Deluxe

Includes everything the original release had plus a 16 page Hint Book and an audio CD with one track: Cobalt 60 Prophecy Theme (Terminal Mix)

Windows 95 DVD

Never mass produced or sold. Created for bundling with a Creative Labs Encore DVD kit, but never materialized.

Prophecy Gold

Ports

Game Boy Advance

Entire game redone as a handheld port. Video sequences are done as either fly-rendered segments or talking heads. Has a multiplayer mode.

Strategy Guides

Screenshots

Development

WCP Pitch Book – Digitally Remastered!

Wing Commander 5 Game Design Document

Storyboard

Pre-Release


Trailers -


Behind the Scenes See Holovids section.


During the 2003 E3 Expo, the CIC's very own Chris Reid visited the Destination Software booth where Prophecy GBA was running. While he was there, he conducted something of an impromptu interview with some Destination employees.. and he got it all on camera! Interview See Holovids section.

Patches / Addons

Origin

Fan Made

Editing Tools

Miscellaneous Files

Music

Gameplay Score

Tracks provided by Top Dollar. Thanks to LeHah. (Details)

Orchestral tracks

Tracks extracted from the game

Thanks to Mad Hatter. (Details)


Thanks to IceFire. (Details)

Various tracks

Thanks to Sam and Dan Todd of Through the Looking Glass.

Track names provided by Origin's Amazing Johnny Guentzel.

More Tracks

Manuals and Game Documentation

Controls

PC

Afterburner		Tab
Toggle Afterburner	`
Roll Left		Q
Roll Right		W
Fire guns		Space
Fire missile		Enter
Accelerate		+
Decelerate		-
Full speed		~
Full stop		Backspace
Match target speed	Y
Look left		F2
Look right		F3
Look forward		F1
Look behind		F4
Chase view		F5
Battle view		F6
Tactical view		F7
Missile camera		F8
Victim camera		F9
Track camera		F10
Cycle weapons		M
Cycle guns		G
Full guns		F
Drop decoy		E
Wasp booster		B
Syncronize guns		Ctrl-G
Special guns		H
Rear turret 		H
Tractor beam		H
Select all hardpoints	B
Cycle targets		T
Select nearest target	U
Cycle components	R
Disable Smart-Targeting	Ctrl-S
Auto-slide		Caps Lock
Toggle Auto-slide	/
Lock target		L
Damage HUD		D
Shield HUD		S
Autopilot		A
Comms select		C
Nav Map			N
Power menu		P
Eject			Ctrl-E
Options Menu		Ctrl-O

Gameboy Advance

Move Cursor			Directional (D) Pad
Speed Up Cursor			Right Shoulder Button
Confirm/Modify Items		A Button
Cancel Item			B Button
Pause Game			Start Button
Skip Chat/Movie/Autopilot	Start Button
Adjust Difficulty		Title Screen Options
Save/Load			Ready Room Hot Spot
Erase Save Games		Title Screen Options
Yaw/Pitch Movement		D-Pad
Fire Guns			A Button
Fire Missiles/Rockets		B Button
Drop ECM Decoy			Select Button
Activate Afterburners		Left + Right Shoulders
Increase/Decrease Speed		Right Shoulder + Up/Down D-Pad
Roll Right/Left			Right Shoulder + Right/Left D-Pad
Cycle Guns			Left Shoulder + A Button
Cycle Missiles/Rockets		Left Shoulder + B Button
Charge Mass Driver		Hold A Button (Release to Fire)
Eject!				Start, then Eject
Communications			Start, then Comms
Autopilot			Automatic (Destroy all Enemies)

Cheats

PC

  • Type "alswantsmoreships" in the simulator selection screen. Press Z.
    Lets you fly Nephilim and Kilrati ships.
  • In flight, type "moretunes". You may have to hold the shift key down.
    Change background music by pressing Page Up and Page Down.
  • In flight, type "dynomite" to enter debug mode. You may have to hold the shift key down.
    Ctrl-I enables invincibility. Ctrl-F12 destroys your target. Ctrl-C turns collisions off.
  • In simulator mission 0, approach the Confed Base. Destroy the fighter that appears.
    Adds a waypoint.
  • In simulator mission 2, type "dynomite". You may have to hold the shift key down.
    Adds a waypoint.

GameBoy Advance

  • At the Prophecy splash screen with the flashing "Press start" text, enter Up, Down, A, B, Left, Right, L, L, R, R, B, A
    God Mode (invulnerability)
  • At the Prophecy splash screen with the flashing "Press start" text, enter R, L, A, A, A, B, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up, A
    Alien ships can be viewed from the tactical database in the Midway's rec room.
  • At the Prophecy splash screen with the flashing "Press start" text, enter Up, Up, L, R, Down, Down, A, A, B, A
    All missions are available from the Flight History terminal.

Cutscenes

Ships

Terran Confederation

  • Fighters
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Wcptigershark-vdu.gif
Wcpwasp-vdu.gif
Wcppanther-vdu.gif
Wcpvampire-vdu.gif
Wcpshrike-vdu.gif
Wcpdevestator-vdu.gif
F-106 Piranha
F/A-105 Tigershark
F-110 Wasp
F-108 Panther
F-109 Vampire
TB-81 Shrike
TB-80 Devastator
  • Capital Ships
Wcpcsm-vdu.gif
Wcpseahawk-vdu.gif
Wcpcondor-vdu.gif
Wcphercules-vdu.gif
Wcppelican-vdu.gif
Wcpmidway-vdu.gif
Training missile
SR-51 Seahawk
SAR-23 Condor
Hercules
C-9 Pelican
Midway-class heavy carrier
  • Installations
Wcpcargopod-vdu.gif
Wcpcargopod-vdu.gif
Wcpcargopod-vdu.gif
Wcpconfedcommrelay-vdu.gif
Wcpconfedcommrelay-vdu.gif
Cargo container
Ejected pilot
Jump buoy
Relay station
Starbase

Kilrathi

  • Fighters
Wcpdralthi-vdu.gif
Wcpvaktoth-vdu.gif
Dralthi IV
Vaktoth
  • Capital Ships
Wcpcorvette-vdu.gif
Wcpfralthiii-vdu.gif
Corvette
Fralthi II
  • Installation
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Kilrathi station

Nephilim

  • Fighters
Wcpstingray-vdu.gif
Wcpskate-vdu.gif
Wcpskatecluster-vdu.gif
Wcpremora-vdu.gif
Wcpray-vdu.gif
Wcplamprey-vdu.gif
Wcpmoray-vdu.gif
Wcpmanta-vdu.gif
Wcpdevilray-vdu.gif
Wcpsquid-vdu.gif
Stingray
Skate
Skate Cluster
Remora
Ray Node Cluster
Lamprey
Moray
Manta
Devil Ray
Squid
  • Capital ships
Wcpcsm-vdu.gif
Wcbarracuda-vdu.gif
Wcptriton-vdu.gif
Wcporca-vdu.gif
Wcphydra-vdu.gif
Wcpleviathan-vdu.gif
Wcpkraken-vdu.gif
Wcptiamat-vdu.gif
Capital ship missile
Barracuda
Triton
Orca
Hydra
Leviathan
Kraken
Tiamat

Missions

Wingmen

Terran Confederation

2nd Lt Lance Casey

Commodore Christopher "Maverick" Blair

Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall

Chief Petty Officer Rachel Coriolis

Captain Eugene Wilford

Commander Patrica Drake

Colonel Jacob "Hawk" Manley

1st Lt Jean “Stiletto” Talvert

Lt. Commander Aurora Finley

Colonel John "Gash" Dekker

Major Karl “Spyder” Bowen

2nd Lt Max “Maestro” Garret

1st Lt. Terrence “Zero” O’Hearn

Jack "Dallas" Slayton

1st Lt. Liam Anderson

Captain Amber “Amazon” Elbereth

Charles "Bishop" Karpiak

Milford "Bookworm" Wattley

1st Lt. Jack “BoomBoom” Kabeli

Timothy "Bullet" Bell

2nd Lt. Renata “Comet” Drake

Christopher "Cowboy" Graf

Lt. Col. Bradley “Drago” Patrick

Leonard "Duke" Cunningham

Chris "Falcon" Cummings

1st Lt. George “Giant” Booker

Kris "Goblin" Pelley

Hal "Hellion" Milton

William "Howdy" Van Horn

Josh "Jumpstart" Barnett

Wade "Kingpin" Swanson

Kemo "Kona" Maluaani

Jay "Lawyer" Fitzgerald

John "Majestic" Guentzel

Mark "Mustang" Vearrier

Darren "Mutant" Conrad

Toshiro "Ninja" Majumi

Jonathan "Ogre" Crane

Marc "Pinpoint" Wright

Major David “Pops” Williford

Ivan "Posse" Krotchevsky

1st Lt. Chris “Professor” Rankin

Franklin "Ranger" Costa

Randall "Rattler" Russell

1st Lt. Wendy “Redline” Akers

Grant "Rogue" McDaniel

Monique "Roulette" LeCroix

Sir David "Royal" Edinbrugh

Capt. Danielle “Sprite” McCumber

Stephen David "Stardust" Nash

1st Lt. Alton “Steel” Listich

Brian "Sultan" Sutton

Dana "Sunflower" Blankenship

Tara "Swan" Tomiko

Morgan "T-Bone" Crow

Robert "Twilight" Irving

Todd "Twitch" Gaffney

Capt. Angela “Veil” Hendrick

Lane "Viking" Boyd

Christopher "Warlord" Dybbuk

Andy "Wiley" Brunke

Caleb "Wyvern" Frost

Ryan "Zombie" Coolidge

Weapons

Guns

Confederation

Laser cannon

Charging mass driver

Mass driver

Tachyon gun

Ion cannon

Particle cannon

Plasma cannon

Bomber turret

Stormfire Mk. 2


Confederation Capital Ship

Hull-mounted anti-matter guns

Triple mount Mk4 heavy plasma cannon

Triple mount Mk2 heavy carticle cannon

Mk4 heavy plasma cannon

Mk2 heavy particle cannon

Dual mount tachyon cannon

Dual mount heavy laser cannon

Single mount heavy laser cannon


Alien

Light burst maser

Quantum disruptor

Light plasma

Heavy plasma

Shield killer cannon

Heavy maser

Gorgon heavy

Turreted maser

Turreted plasma


Alien Capital Ships

Capital ship plasma

“Hellbore” cannon

Missiles

Confederation

Friend or foe missile “Pilum IV”

Image-recognition missile

Long range image recognition

Enhanced long range image recognition “Artemis”

Turreted image recognition

HARM

Long range HARM

Enhanced long range HARM

Light torpedo “Valiant”

Enhanced light torpedo “Lancer”

Torpedo

Enhanced torpedo “Pike”

Heat-seeking missile

Dumbfire

Rocket pod “Dragonfly”

Swarmer pod

Tracker MIRV

Missile mine


Confederation Capital Ship

Dual mount anti-fighter missile turret

Ship-to-ship torpedo launchers


Alien

Charybdis mine

Cerberus missile

Hades missile

Medusa missile

Turreted medusa missile

Proteus missile

Poseidon torpedo

Scylla mine clusters

Development

Liam Anderson

Christopher Blair

Lance Casey



Rachel Coriolis

Jack "Dallas" Slayton

John "Gash" Dekker

Patricia Drake

Extras


Aurora Finley

Jacob "Hawk" Manley

Maxwell "Maestro" Garrett

Todd "Maniac" Marshall

Karl "Spyder" Bowen

Jean "Stiletto" Talvert

Eugene Wilford

Terrence "Zero" O'Hearn

Off Set Pictures

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