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== Baen Books ==
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This book guide is divided into two major sections: '''Novels''' and '''Guides'''.
 
* '''Novels''' include the two series of officially authorized Wing Commander fiction - Baen Book's seven book run and HarperCollins' three book movie spinoff series.
 
* '''Official Guides''' are those authorized by Origin Systems, Inc. Origin published at least one strategy guide for every Wing Commander game, excluding Wing Commander Academy.  '''Unofficial Guides''' are hint books published without corporate approval. They were especially popular around the release of Wing Commander III and IV... their quality ranges from excellent to being the most awful book ever published.
 
From Aachen to Zwuschen, '''Germany''' is full of weird and wonderful things... and no where is this better exemplified than in its large collection of Wing Commander books. From translated Wing Commander novels and guides with awesome new covers to original hint books with F-15s on them, Germany is the Wing Commander book collector's holy land. A subsection of this book guide is dedicated to '''unofficial German hint books'''.
 
Two '''unpublished''' Wing Commander strategy guides were assigned ISBN numbers - which has confused many online vendors into believing that they exist. The ''Veteran Pilot's Guide to Wing Commander III'' (Bernie Yee) and ''Origin's Official Guide to Wing Commander Prophecy Gold'' (Chris McCubbin) do not exist.
 
== Novels ==
 
=== Baen Books ===
 
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| [[Image:Freedomflight_high.jpg|150x240px|link=Wing Commander: Freedom Flight]]
| [[Image:Freedomflight_high.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander: Freedom Flight]]
| [[Image:Endrun_high.jpg|150x240px|link=Wing Commander: End Run]]
| [[Image:Endrun_high.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander: End Run]]
| [[Image:Fleetaction_high.jpg|150x240px|link=Wing Commander: Fleet Action]]
| [[Image:Fleetaction_high.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander: Fleet Action]]
| [[Image:Heartofthetiger.jpg|150x240px|link=Wing Commander: Heart of the Tiger]]
| [[Image:Heartofthetiger.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander: Heart of the Tiger]]
|-
|-
| [[Wing Commander: Freedom Flight|Freedom Flight]]
| [[Wing Commander: Freedom Flight|Freedom Flight]]
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|-
| [[Image:Priceoffreedom.jpg|150x240px|link=Wing Commander: The Price of Freedom]]
| [[Image:Priceoffreedom.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander: The Price of Freedom]]
| [[Image:Actionstations.jpg|150x240px|link=Wing Commander: Action Stations]]
| [[Image:Actionstations.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander: Action Stations]]
| [[Image:Falsecolors_high.jpg|150x240px|link=Wing Commander: False Colors]]
| [[Image:Falsecolors_high.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander: False Colors]]
|-
|-
| [[Wing Commander: The Price of Freedom|The Price of Freedom]]
| [[Wing Commander: The Price of Freedom|The Price of Freedom]]
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== HarperCollins ==
 
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=== HarperCollins ===
 
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| [[Image:Movienovel.jpg|150x240px|link=:Category:Wing_Commander_Movie_Novelization]]
| [[Image:Movienovel.jpg|x250px|link=:Category:Wing_Commander_Movie_Novelization]]
| [[Image:Movienoveljunior.jpg|170x240px|link=:Category:Wing_Commander_Movie_Junior_Novelization]]
| [[Image:Movienoveljunior.jpg|x250px|link=:Category:Wing_Commander_Movie_Junior_Novelization]]
| [[Image:Pilgrimstars.jpg|150x240px|link=:Category:Wing_Commander:_Pilgrim_Stars]]
| [[Image:Pilgrimstars.jpg|x250px|link=:Category:Wing_Commander:_Pilgrim_Stars]]
| [[Image:Pilgrimtruthcoversmall.jpg|150x240px|link=:Category:Wing_Commander:_Pilgrim_Truth]]
| [[Image:Pilgrimtruthcoversmall.jpg|x250px|link=:Category:Wing_Commander:_Pilgrim_Truth]]
|-
|-
| [[:Category:Wing_Commander_Movie_Novelization|Movie Novelization]]
| [[:Category:Wing_Commander_Movie_Novelization|Movie Novelization]]
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== Official Guides ==


== Unofficial Guides ==
== Guides ==
 
=== Official Guides ===
{| style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 50px 5px;" align="center"
|-
| [[Image:Wc12guide-new.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander I & II: The Ultimate Strategy Guide]]
| [[Image:Privateerplaytesters-new.jpg|x250px|link=Privateer Playtesters' Guide]]
| [[Image:Armadaplaytesters-new.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander: Armada Playtesters' Guide]]
|-
| [[Wing Commander I & II: The Ultimate Strategy Guide|Wing Commander I & II: <br/> The Ultimate Strategy Guide]]
| [[Privateer Playtesters' Guide|Privateer <br/> Playtesters' Guide]]
| [[Wing Commander: Armada Playtesters' Guide|Wing Commander: Armada <br/> Playtesters' Guide]]
|}
 
 
{| style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 50px 5px;" align="center"
|-
| [[Image:Og-e4.jpg|x250px|link=Origin's Official Guide to Wing Commander III]]
| [[Image:Acgwc3.jpg|x250px|link=The Authorized Combat Guide to Wing Commander III]]
| [[Image:Wc4guide-new.jpg|x250px|link=Origin's Official Guide to Wing Commander IV]]
|-
| [[Origin's Official Guide to Wing Commander III|Origin's Official Guide to <br/> Wing Commander III]]
| [[The Authorized Combat Guide to Wing Commander III|The Authorized Combat Guide to <br/> Wing Commander III]]
| [[Origin's Official Guide to Wing Commander IV|Origin's Official Guide to <br/> Wing Commander IV]]
|}
 
 
{| style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 50px 5px;" align="center"
|-
| [[Image:Og-e7.jpg|x250px|link=Origin's Official Guide to Privateer 2: The Darkening]]
| [[Image:Og-e8.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander Prophecy: The Official Strategy Guide]]
|-
| [[Origin's Official Guide to Privateer 2: The Darkening|Origin's Official Guide to <br/> Privateer 2: The Darkening]]
| [[Wing Commander Prophecy: The Official Strategy Guide|Wing Commander Prophecy: <br/> The Official Strategy Guide]]
|}
 
 
{| style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 50px 5px;" align="center"
|-
| [[Image:Og-e9.jpg|x250px|link=Official Authorized Wing Commander Confederation Handbook]]
| [[Image:Starlog_page_00.jpg|x250px|link=Starlog Movie Hits Wing Commander]]
|-
| [[Official Authorized Wing Commander Confederation Handbook|Official Authorized Wing Commander <br/> Confederation Handbook]]
| [[Starlog Movie Hits Wing Commander|Starlog Movie Hits <br/> Wing Commander]]
|}
 
=== Unofficial Guides ===
==== English ====
{| style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 50px 5px;" align="center"
|-
| [[Image:Uog-e1.jpg|x250px|link=Secrets of the Wing Commander Universe]]
| [[Image:Uog-e2.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander III: The Ultimate Strategy Guide]]
|-
| [[Secrets of the Wing Commander Universe|Secrets of the <br/> Wing Commander Universe]]
| [[Wing Commander III: The Ultimate Strategy Guide|Wing Commander III: <br/> The Ultimate Strategy Guide]]
|}
 
 
{| style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 50px 5px;" align="center"
|-
| [[Image:Uog-e3.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander IV: Unauthorized Secrets & Solutions]]
| [[Image:Uog-e4.jpg|x250px|link=Totally Unauthorized Wing Commander IV Strategy Guide]]
|-
| [[Wing Commander IV: Unauthorized Secrets & Solutions|Wing Commander IV: <br/> Unauthorized Secrets & Solutions]]
| [[Totally Unauthorized Wing Commander IV Strategy Guide|Totally Unauthorized <br/> Wing Commander IV Strategy Guide]]
|}
 
 
==== German ====
===== Markt & Technick Buch und Software Series =====
 
{| style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 50px 5px;" align="center"
|-
| [[Image:Newgermanp2.jpg|x250px|link=Das Privateer Piloten Handbuch]]
| [[Image:Germanwc3gt.jpg|x250px|link=Die Wing Commander III Piloten Power]]
|-
| [[Das Privateer Piloten Handbuch|Das Privateer <br/> Piloten Handbuch]]
| [[Die Wing Commander III Piloten Power|Die Wing Commander III <br/> Piloten Power]]
|}
 
 
{| style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 50px 5px;" align="center"
|-
| [[Image:Germanwc4gfront.jpg|x250px|link=Wing Commander IV: The Unofficial Guide]]
| [[Image:Gpriv2guide.jpg|x250px|link=Der Profi-Guide: Privateer 2 The Darkening]]
|-
| [[Wing Commander IV: The Unofficial Guide|Wing Commander IV: <br/> The Unofficial Guide]]
| [[Der Profi-Guide: Privateer 2 The Darkening|Der Profi-Guide: <br/> Privateer 2 The Darkening]]
|}
 
===== DATA Becker Series =====
{| style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 50px 5px;" align="center"
|-
| [[Image:Pilotenhandbuch.jpg|x250px|link=Das Wing Commander Piloten Handbuch]]
| [[Image:Spielefuhrer-wc3.jpg|x250px|link=Spieleführer: Wing Commander III]]
| [[Image:Spielefuhrer-wcp.jpg|x250px|link=Spieleführer: Wing Commander Prophecy]]
|-
| [[Das Wing Commander Piloten Handbuch|Das Wing Commander <br/> Piloten Handbuch]]
| [[Spieleführer: Wing Commander III|Spieleführer: <br/> Wing Commander III]]
| [[Spieleführer: Wing Commander Prophecy|Spieleführer: <br/> Wing Commander Prophecy]]
|}
 
===== NBG Verlag Series =====
{| style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 50px 5px;" align="center"
|-
| [[Image:Gguide1.gif|x250px|link=Clue-Book: Wing Commander IV The Price of Freedom]]
| [[Image:Newgermanyp2-2.jpg|x250px|link=Clue-Book: Privateer 2 The Darkening]]
| [[Image:Gguide2.gif|x250px|link=Spieleführer: Wing Commander Prophecy]]
|-
| [[Clue-Book: Wing Commander IV The Price of Freedom|Clue-Book: <br/> Wing Commander IV <br/> The Price of Freedom]]
| [[Clue-Book: Privateer 2 The Darkening|Clue-Book: <br/> Privateer 2 <br/> The Darkening]]
| [[Clue-Book: Wing Commander V Prophecy|Clue-Book: <br/> Wing Commander V <br/> Prophecy]]
|}
 
===== Others =====
* [[Wing Commander - Das Herz des Tigers Lösungsbuch]]
* [[Wing Commander - Der Preis der Freiheit Lösungsbuch]]
* [[Wing Commander 3 & 4 Lösungsbuch]]
 
=== Unpublished ===
* Veteran Pilot's Guide to Wing Commander III
* Origin's Official Guide to Wing Commander Prophecy Gold


[[Category:Wing_Commander_Encyclopedia]]
[[Category:Wing_Commander_Encyclopedia]]

Latest revision as of 19:48, 25 April 2013


This book guide is divided into two major sections: Novels and Guides.

  • Novels include the two series of officially authorized Wing Commander fiction - Baen Book's seven book run and HarperCollins' three book movie spinoff series.
  • Official Guides are those authorized by Origin Systems, Inc. Origin published at least one strategy guide for every Wing Commander game, excluding Wing Commander Academy. Unofficial Guides are hint books published without corporate approval. They were especially popular around the release of Wing Commander III and IV... their quality ranges from excellent to being the most awful book ever published.

From Aachen to Zwuschen, Germany is full of weird and wonderful things... and no where is this better exemplified than in its large collection of Wing Commander books. From translated Wing Commander novels and guides with awesome new covers to original hint books with F-15s on them, Germany is the Wing Commander book collector's holy land. A subsection of this book guide is dedicated to unofficial German hint books.

Two unpublished Wing Commander strategy guides were assigned ISBN numbers - which has confused many online vendors into believing that they exist. The Veteran Pilot's Guide to Wing Commander III (Bernie Yee) and Origin's Official Guide to Wing Commander Prophecy Gold (Chris McCubbin) do not exist.

Novels

Baen Books

Freedomflight high.jpg Endrun high.jpg Fleetaction high.jpg Heartofthetiger.jpg
Freedom Flight End Run Fleet Action Heart of the Tiger


Priceoffreedom.jpg Actionstations.jpg Falsecolors high.jpg
The Price of Freedom Action Stations False Colors


HarperCollins

Movienovel.jpg Movienoveljunior.jpg Pilgrimstars.jpg Pilgrimtruthcoversmall.jpg
Movie Novelization Junior Novelization Pilgrim Stars Pilgrim Truth


Guides

Official Guides

Wc12guide-new.jpg Privateerplaytesters-new.jpg Armadaplaytesters-new.jpg
Wing Commander I & II:
The Ultimate Strategy Guide 		Privateer
Playtesters' Guide 		Wing Commander: Armada
Playtesters' Guide


Og-e4.jpg Acgwc3.jpg Wc4guide-new.jpg
Origin's Official Guide to
Wing Commander III 		The Authorized Combat Guide to
Wing Commander III 		Origin's Official Guide to
Wing Commander IV


Og-e7.jpg Og-e8.jpg
Origin's Official Guide to
Privateer 2: The Darkening 		Wing Commander Prophecy:
The Official Strategy Guide


Og-e9.jpg Starlog page 00.jpg
Official Authorized Wing Commander
Confederation Handbook 		Starlog Movie Hits
Wing Commander

Unofficial Guides

English

Uog-e1.jpg Uog-e2.jpg
Secrets of the
Wing Commander Universe 		Wing Commander III:
The Ultimate Strategy Guide


Uog-e3.jpg Uog-e4.jpg
Wing Commander IV:
Unauthorized Secrets & Solutions 		Totally Unauthorized
Wing Commander IV Strategy Guide


German

Markt & Technick Buch und Software Series
Newgermanp2.jpg Germanwc3gt.jpg
Das Privateer
Piloten Handbuch 		Die Wing Commander III
Piloten Power


Germanwc4gfront.jpg Gpriv2guide.jpg
Wing Commander IV:
The Unofficial Guide 		Der Profi-Guide:
Privateer 2 The Darkening
DATA Becker Series
Pilotenhandbuch.jpg Spielefuhrer-wc3.jpg Spielefuhrer-wcp.jpg
Das Wing Commander
Piloten Handbuch 		Spieleführer:
Wing Commander III 		Spieleführer:
Wing Commander Prophecy
NBG Verlag Series
Gguide1.gif Newgermanyp2-2.jpg Gguide2.gif
Clue-Book:
Wing Commander IV
The Price of Freedom 		Clue-Book:
Privateer 2
The Darkening 		Clue-Book:
Wing Commander V
Prophecy
Others

Unpublished

  • Veteran Pilot's Guide to Wing Commander III
  • Origin's Official Guide to Wing Commander Prophecy Gold

Subcategories

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