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== PC Releases == | == PC Releases == | ||
=== MS DOS === | === MS DOS === | ||
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* [[Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom]] | * [[Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom]] | ||
=== SegaCD === | === SegaCD / MegaCD === | ||
The Sega CD was called the Mega CD in Europe and Japan. | |||
* [[Wing Commander]] | * [[Wing Commander]] | ||
=== Super Nintendo (SNES) === | === Super Nintendo (SNES) === | ||
The Super Nintendo was called the Super Famicom in Japan. | |||
* [[Wing Commander]] | * [[Wing Commander]] | ||
=== Xbox Live Arcade === | === Xbox Live Arcade === | ||
* [[Wing Commander: Arena]] | * [[Wing Commander: Arena]] | ||
== Unreleased Games == | |||
=== SNES === | |||
[[File:Wc2snes-7.png|thumb|Wing Commander II SNES ''featured full-color comm images.'']] | |||
* [[Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi (SNES)]] | |||
: Wing Commander II was developed but never released. The decision was financial in nature: sales of Super Nintendo consoles declined more than had been expected for the 1994 holiday season and Wing Commander II was a large game which required a more expensive type of SNES cartridge. Review copies were apparently sent to magazines and the finished master was shipped to Pony Canyon in Japan. No copies of the game have been located. | |||
: The game is considered the last 'holy grail' of Wing Commander fandom; locating and preserving a copy is a major goal of WCNews.com. | |||
== Cancelled Games == | == Cancelled Games == | ||
* [[Privateer 3]] | * [[Privateer 3: Retribution]] | ||
* [[Privateer Online]] | * [[Privateer Online]] | ||
* [[Wing Commander Online]] | * [[Wing Commander Online]] | ||
[[Category:Wing_Commander_Encyclopedia]] | [[Category:Wing_Commander_Encyclopedia]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:32, 15 August 2013
| Name | Released on | Platform | Engine | Language | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wing Commander | 26 September 1990 20 November 1992 1 March 1993 24 March 1994 14 November 2006 25 August 2011 | Amiga CD-32 FM Towns MS-DOS Macintosh SegaCD / MegaCD Super Nintendo (SNES) | Origin FX | English Japanese | |
| Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi | 4 September 1991 | FM Towns MS-DOS Super Nintendo (SNES) | Origin FX | English Japanese | |
| Wing Commander Academy | 27 August 1993 | MS-DOS | Origin FX | English | |
| Wing Commander: Privateer | 23 September 1993 2 June 2011 | MS-DOS | Origin FX | English | |
| Super Wing Commander | 23 March 1994 16 March 1995 | 3DO Macintosh | English Japanese | ||
| Wing Commander: Armada | 22 September 1994 | MS-DOS PC-98 | RealSpace | English | |
| Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger | 8 December 1994 | 3DO MS-DOS Macintosh Playstation (PSX) | RealSpace | English Japanese | T |
| Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom | 4 February 1996 14 October 1997 3 April 2012 | MS-DOS Macintosh Playstation (PSX) Windows 95 | RealSpace | English German | M |
| Privateer 2: The Darkening | 9 December 1996 January 1997 4 November 1997 | MS-DOS Windows 95 | English French German | M | |
| Category:Wing Commander: Prophecy | 12 December 1997 14 October 1998 | Windows 95 | Vision | English | T |
| Wing Commander: Secret Ops | 1998 | Windows 95 | Vision | English German | |
| Wing Commander: Prophecy (GBA) | 28 May 2003 | Game Boy Advance | English | ||
| Wing Commander: Arena | 25 July 2007 | XBox Live Arcade | English |
PC Releases
MS DOS
- Wing Commander
- Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
- Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
- Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (CD Edition)
- Wing Commander: Privateer
- Privateer 2: The Darkening
- Wing Commander: Academy
- Wing Commander: Armada
- Origin FX
Windows 95
- Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga
- Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (CD and DVD Editions)
- Wing Commander: Prophecy
- Wing Commander: Secret Ops
- Privateer 2: The Darkening
Console Releases / Ports
3DO
Amiga
CD32
FM Towns
FM Towns is a Japanese computer. They were the first computers to ship with CD-ROM drives standard -- so the FM Towns ports of many early Origin games have full speech (Ultima 6 is the famous one).
Gameboy Advance (GBA)
Macintosh
PC 98
The PC98 was a Japanese computer that ran special versions of MS-DOS and Windows 95.
Playstation (PSX)
SegaCD / MegaCD
The Sega CD was called the Mega CD in Europe and Japan.
Super Nintendo (SNES)
The Super Nintendo was called the Super Famicom in Japan.
Xbox Live Arcade
Unreleased Games
SNES
- Wing Commander II was developed but never released. The decision was financial in nature: sales of Super Nintendo consoles declined more than had been expected for the 1994 holiday season and Wing Commander II was a large game which required a more expensive type of SNES cartridge. Review copies were apparently sent to magazines and the finished master was shipped to Pony Canyon in Japan. No copies of the game have been located.
- The game is considered the last 'holy grail' of Wing Commander fandom; locating and preserving a copy is a major goal of WCNews.com.
Cancelled Games
Subcategories
This category has the following 21 subcategories, out of 21 total.
O
P
- Privateer Online (empty)
S
- Special Operations 1 (empty)
- Special Operations 2 (empty)
T
- The Secret Missions (empty)
- The Secret Missions 2: Crusade (empty)
W
- Windows 95 (empty)
- Wing Commander Online (empty)
- Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga (empty)
Pages in category "Games"
The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
