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{{infobox Game Landing
|name = Wing Commander: Academy
|image = Image:academyfronthigh.jpg
|faction = terran
|engine = [[engine:=Origin FX]]
|platform = [[platform:=MS-DOS]]
|releasedate = [[release date:=August 27, 1993]]
|language = [[language:=English]]
|retailprice= [[price:=49.95 USD]]
}}
{{#set:media=game}}


==Description==
[[image:academybackhigh.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Box Back Cover]]
'''A Stand-Alone Game — No previous ''Wing Commander'' experience necessary.'''<br><br>
As a student at the TCSN Academy, you custom-design and fly unique combat, rescue, and search and retrieval missions from the CyberSchool's holographic simulator. In the ''Wing Commander'' tradition, the game features a dynamic musical score, improved bit-mapped graphics, and a dazzling array of customizing options. But ''Wing Commander Academy'' is not another cinematic extravaganza — it's an intense dogfighting marathon.<br><br>
* Custom-design a variety of missions that match your skill level as you place fighters, capital ships, mine fields, asteroid fields, data pods and ejected pilots - up to 10 in each of the four action spheres.
* Save up to 24 games to disk and trade with your friends or upload them to bulletin boards to challenge others.
* Request random missions where each action sphere yields an unknown number of enemy ships with pilots of varying skill levels.
* Climb into the cockpits of the new Confederation ''Wraith'' or Kilrathi ''Jrathek'' fighters for a new combat experience.
* Select a cybernet wingman — from a frightened cadet to a hotshot veteran.
* Fly from the cockpit or try the chase plane view for a new perspective on the intense dogfighting action.
* Sharpen your combat skills as you compete for high-point honors.
* Engage the "Gauntlet" - a dogfighting marathon with 15 progressively difficult levels of attacking ships - including three flights of fighters in each level.<br><br>
==System Requirements==
===Original Release (1993)===
'''MS-DOS''': 386SX, 386, Intel486™ or 100% compatible PC system<br />
'''REQUIRED''': 2 megs RAM, hard drive, MS-DOS 5.0 or higher<br />
'''SUPPORTS''': DOS 6.0 and DOUBLE SPACE<br />
'''GRAPHICS''': 256-color VGA<br />
'''MUSIC/SOUND EFFECTS''' (optional): Ad Lib®, Sound Blaster®, Roland® LAPC-I/MT-32, or 100% compatible sound board<br />
'''DIGITIZED SPEECH and SOUND EFFECTS''' (optional; limited speech and sound effects in game): Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound board
===Digital Release (2013)===
'''System''': Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10<br />
'''Processor''': 1.8 GHz<br />
'''Memory''': 512 MB RAM<br />
'''Graphics''': 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended)<br />
'''Storage''': 2GB HDD
==Box Contents==
* [[Wing Commander Academy Manual]]
==Credits==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Role
! Name
! Source
|-
!colspan="3"|Production
|-
!Producer
|[[Thomas Blom]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!Executive Producer
|[[Dallas Snell]]
|Documentation
|-
!colspan="3"|Development
|-
!Programmer
|[[Jeff Everett]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!
|[[Brent A Thale]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!Artist
|[[Whitney Ayres]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!
|[[Glen Johnson]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!Music
|[[John Tipton]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!
|[[Kirk Winterrowd]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!Sound Effects
|[[Marc Schaefgen]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!colspan="3"|Quality Assurance
|-
!QA Project Leader
|[[Perry Stokes]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!Playtester
|[[Marshall Andrews]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!
|[[Charles Angel]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!
|[[Russel Byrd]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!
|[[Jerrold Harrington]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!
|[[Andrew Hofmann]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!
|[[Bill LaCoste]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!
|[[Starr Long]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!
|[[Rik Packham]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!
|[[Scott Shelton]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!colspan="3"|Packaging
|-
!Documentation
|[[Kristen Vaughan]]
|Game, Documentation
|-
!Editing
|[[David Ladyman]]
|Documentation
|-
!Documentation Design
|[[Al Carnley]]
|Documentation
|-
!Cover Art
|[[Chris Douglas]]
|Documentation
|-
!
|[[Jake Rodgers]]
|Documentation
|-
!Box Design
|[[Jennifer Davis]]
|Documentation
|-
!colspan="3"|Thanks
|-
!Special Thanks
|The Wing Commander I and II Teams
|Game
|}
==Advertising==
===Key Art===
<gallery>
Image:WCA_Key_Art.jpg
</gallery>
===Marketing Flyer===
<gallery>
Image:WCA_Ad_Slick_Front.png
Image:WCA_Ad_Slick_Back.png
</gallery>
===Print Advertising===
<gallery>
Image:cgwad02high.jpg
Image:Tilt_-_no119_-_novembre_1992_-_page101.jpg
</gallery>
==Versions==
==Re-Releases==
==Screenshots==
===Pre-Release Screenshots===
<gallery>
Image:ACTION.gif
Image:ENTRY.gif
Image:SELECT.GIF
</gallery>
===GOG Release Screenshots===
<gallery>
Image:WCA_GOG_Promo_01.jpg
Image:WCA_GOG_Promo_02.jpg
Image:WCA_GOG_Promo_03.jpg
Image:WCA_GOG_Promo_04.jpg
Image:WCA_GOG_Promo_05.jpg
Image:WCA_GOG_Promo_06.jpg
Image:WCA_GOG_Promo_07.jpg
Image:WCA_GOG_Promo_08.jpg
Image:WCA_GOG_Promo_09.jpg
Image:WCA_GOG_Promo_10.jpg
Image:WCA_GOG_Promo_11.jpg
Image:WCA_GOG_Promo_12.jpg
</gallery>
===Community Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:WCAca-Logo.png
File:WCAca-menu.png
File:WCAca-build.png
File:WCAca-wingman.png
Image:academyscreenshot04.gif
Image:academyscreenshot07.gif
Image:academyscreenshot08.gif
Image:academyscreenshot09.gif
Image:academyscreenshot10.gif
</gallery>
==Development==
===Team Shirt===
The Wing Commander Academy team shirt features a university seal drawn by Origin System artist [[Paul Steed]]. The seal features planets, spacecraft, a book and an armored Kilrathi head. The text reads "established 1993" in reference to the release year of the game and gives the Latin slogan "fac Ut gaudeam" which translates literally as "do it so I may be happy." The source of the slogan is the 1991 language book ''Latin for Even More Occasions'' by Henry Beard which gives "Age. Fac ut gaudeam." as a translation of Clint Eastwood's ''Sudden Impact'' catch phrase "Go ahead, make my day."
<gallery>
Image:WCA_Team_Shirt_1.JPG
Image:WCA_Team_Shirt_2.JPG
Image:WCA_Team_Shirt_3.jpg
</gallery>
==Patches / Addons==
===Fan Made===
{{#ask: [[Category:Wing_Commander:_Academy_Patches]] [[creator::!Origin Systems Inc.]]
| ?download=
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| link=none
}}
==Miscellaneous Files==
{{#ask: [[Category:Wing_Commander:_Academy]] [[Category:Miscellaneous Files]]
| ?download=
| format=ul
| template=DownloadList
| link=none
}}
==Press==
===Previews===
===Reviews===
===Other===
==Music==
==Manuals and Game Documentation==
{{#ask: [[Category:Wing_Commander: Academy Manuals and Game Documentation]]
| ?download=
| format=ul
| template=DownloadList
| link=none
}}
== Controls ==
<pre>
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
Tactical view F7
Missile view F8
Tail view F9
Cycle weapons W
Cycle guns G
Jump J
Cycle targets T
Lock target L
Damage HUD D
Autopilot A
Comms select C
Nav Map N
Eject Ctrl-E
</pre>
==Cheats==
* '''Start the game with "wca ERTS" at the command line to enter debug mode.'''
*: Alt-Del destroys target. Alt-Insert destroys all enemies. Alt-I increases enemy intelligence. Ctrl-I decreases enemy intelligence.
* '''Start the game with "wca ERTS -k".'''
*: Same as above, plus invincibility.
* '''Start the game with "wca ERTS -z".'''
*: Same as above, plus invincibility, except for collisions.
Note that "ERTS" must be in ALL CAPS for the cheat to work.
==Cutscenes==
==Ships==
===Terran Confederation===
* Fighters
{| border="0" align=center cellspacing="10"
|-
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2ferret-vdu.gif|link=P-64 Ferret]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2epee-vdu.gif|link=F-54 Epee]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2rapier-vdu.gif|link=F-44 Rapier II]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2sabre-vdu.gif|link=F/A-76 Longbow]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2broadsword-vdu.gif|link=A-17 Broadsword]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2crossbow-vdu.gif|link=A-18 Crossbow]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2morningstar-vdu.gif|link=F-95 Morningstar]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wcawraith-vdu.gif|link=F-97 Wraith]]</CENTER>
|-
|<CENTER>[[P-64 Ferret]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[F-54 Epee]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[F-44 Rapier II]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[F-57 Sabre]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[A-17 Broadsword]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[A-18 Crossbow]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[F-95 Morningstar]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[F-97 Wraith]]</CENTER>
|}<!--end wikitable-->
* Capital Ships
{| border="0" align=center cellspacing="10"
|-
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2freetrader-vdu.gif|link=Free Trader]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2clydesdale-vdu.gif|link=Clydesdale]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2gilgamesh-vdu.gif|link=Gilgamesh]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2waterloo-vdu.gif|link=Waterloo]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2confederation-vdu.gif|link=Confederation]]</CENTER>
|-
|<CENTER>[[Free Trader]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Clydesdale]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Gilgamesh]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Waterloo]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Confederation]]</CENTER>
|}<!--end wikitable-->
* Installations
{| border="0" align=center cellspacing="10"
|-
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2cdepot-vdu.gif|link=Supply Depot]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2starbase-vdu.gif|link=Space Station]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2starbase-vdu.gif|link=Star Base]]</CENTER>
|-
|<CENTER>[[Supply Depot]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Space Station]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Star Base]]</CENTER>
|}<!--end wikitable-->
===Empire of Kilrah===
* Fighters
{| border="0" align=center cellspacing="10"
|-
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2sartha-vdu.gif|link=Sartha]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2drakhri-vdu.gif|link=Drakhri]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2jalkehi-vdu.gif|link=Jalkehi]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2grikath-vdu.gif|link=Grikath]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2strakha-vdu.gif|link=Strakha]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc1bloodfang-vdu.gif|link=Bloodfang]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2gothri-vdu.gif|link=Gothri]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wcajrathek-vdu.gif|link=Jrathek]]</CENTER>
|-
|<CENTER>[[Sartha]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Drakhri]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Jalkehi]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Grikath]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Strakha]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Bloodfang]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Gothri]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Jrathek]]</CENTER>
|}<!--end wikitable-->
* Capital Ships
{| border="0" align=center cellspacing="10"
|-
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2dorkathi-vdu.gif|link=Dorkathi]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2dorkathi-vdu.gif|link=Kamekh]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2ralatha-vdu.gif|link=Ralatha]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2fralthra-vdu.gif|link=Fralthra]]</CENTER>
|-
|<CENTER>[[Dorkathi]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Kamekh]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Ralatha]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Fralthra]]</CENTER>
|}<!--end wikitable-->
* Installations
{| border="0" align=center cellspacing="10"
|-
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2kdepot-vdu.gif|link=Supply Depot]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[File:wc2kmang-vdu.gif|link=Star Base]]</CENTER>
|-
|<CENTER>[[Supply Depot]]</CENTER>
|<CENTER>[[Star Base]]</CENTER>
|}<!--end wikitable-->
==Missions==
===The Gauntlet===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Wave
! Opponents
! Skill Level
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 1
|-
!Wave 1
|1 [[Sartha]]
|1
|-
!Wave 2
|1 [[Drakhri]]
|1
|-
!Wave 3
|1 [[Jrathek]]
|1
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 2
|-
!Wave 1
|2 [[Sartha]]
|1
|-
!Wave 2
|2 [[Drakhri]]
|1
|-
!Wave 3
|2 [[Jalkehi]]
|1
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 3
|-
!Wave 1
|2 [[Grikath]]
|1
|-
!Wave 2
|2 [[Strakha]]
|1
|-
!Wave 3
|3 [[Ferret]]
|1
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 4
|-
!Wave 1
|1 [[Wraith]]
|1
|-
!Wave 2
|2 [[Epee]]
|1
|-
!Wave 3
|3 [[Sabre]]
|1
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 5
|-
!Wave 1
|3 [[Epee]]
|1
|-
!Wave 2
|1 [[Sabre]]
|1
|-
!Wave 3
|3 [[Broadsword]]
|1
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 6
|-
!Wave 1
|1 [[Dorkathi]]
|1
|-
!Wave 2
|2 [[Crossbow]]
|1
|-
!Wave 3
|1 [[Morningstar]]
|1
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 7
|-
!Wave 1
|1 [[Wraith]]
|1
|-
!Wave 2
|2 [[Jrathek]]
|1
|-
!Wave 3
|3 [[Drakhri]]
|2
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 8
|-
!Wave 1
|3 [[Jalkehi]]
|2
|-
!Wave 2
|2 [[Morningstar]]
|2
|-
!Wave 3
|2 [[Sabre]]
|2
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 9
|-
!Wave 1
|4 [[Grikath]]
|3
|-
!Wave 2
|4 [[Strakha]]
|3
|-
!Wave 3
|3 [[Crossbow]]
|3
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 10
|-
!Wave 1
|4 [[Rapier]]
|2
|-
!Wave 2
|5 [[Epee]]
|2
|-
!Wave 3
|7 [[Ferret]]
|2
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 11
|-
!Wave 1
|5 [[Grikhath]]
|3
|-
!Wave 2
|4 [[Wraith]]
|2
|-
!Wave 3
|4 [[Rapier]]
|3
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 12
|-
!Wave 1
|6 [[Jrathek]]
|2
|-
!Wave 2
|2 [[Dorkathi]]
|2
|-
!Wave 3
|9 [[Drakhri]]
|3
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 13
|-
!Wave 1
|5 [[Crossbow]]
|2
|-
!Wave 2
|4 [[Morningstar]]
|4
|-
!Wave 3
|6 [[Epee]]
|2
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 14
|-
!Wave 1
|6 [[Jrathek]]
|4
|-
!Wave 2
|7 [[Ferret]]
|4
|-
!Wave 3
|10 [[Sartha]]
|4
|-
!colspan="3"|Level 15
|-
!Wave 1
|7 [[Morningstar]]
|4
|-
!Wave 2
|8 [[Wraith]]
|3
|-
!Wave 3
|8 [[Jrathek]]
|4
|-
|}
==Weapons==
===Guns===
===Missiles===
==Wingmen==
[[Category:Games]]

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