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== Download ==
== Download ==


* [https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/WingCommanderDemo.lha WingCommanderDemo.lha]: Original release (484 kB)
* [https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/WingCommanderDemo.lha WingCommanderDemo.lha]: Original BBS release (484 kB)
* [https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wingc_trailer.zip wingc_trailer.zip]: Amiga Floppy Disk Image (ADF) (551 kB)
* [https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wingc_trailer.zip wingc_trailer.zip]: Pre-configured Amiga Floppy Disk Image (ADF) file from AMI Center One (551 kB)


== Links ==
== Links ==

Revision as of 04:50, 4 February 2024

Wing Commander Preview
Amiga-demo-03.png
Platform Amiga OS
Engine 3space, Origin FX
Release Date on or before August 11, 1992 (first referenced)
Language English


Wing Commander Preview is a rolling demo of Wing Commander Amiga. It is roughly based on the Now Showing demo. It features a briefing, takeoff and landing plus a cockpit which displays three sets of rotating ship sprites. It was released by Mindscape via BBS on or before August 11 1992. In 1997, it was included on the CD-ROM version of Street Racer to promote the Acid Software release of the game. The demo does not have sound.

Differences

  • The preview uses 64-color Extra Half-Brite (EHB) mode while the final version of the game uses the standard 16-color mode.
  • Colonel Halcyon's uniform is grey with a green undershirt and a red insignia.
  • The pilots running during the scramble are noticeably closer together.
  • During the takeoff and landing cutscenes the Hornet cockpit slides forward instead of lifting up. It displays more damage than the game allows during landing.
  • The Hornet cockpit is incomplete and does not have any active instrumentation.
  • The landing sequence shows the Hornet landing upside down and then backwards.

Screenshots

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