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== Transcript ==
== Transcript ==


NARRATOR: In a thousand years, the Empire of ilrah never met a race it couldn't conquer... ...until it met Man! Now Mankind battles the evil Kilrathi... ... for the fate of a thousand worlds...
<B>NARRATOR</B>: In a thousand years, the Empire of ilrah never met a race it couldn't conquer... ...until it met Man! Now Mankind battles the evil Kilrathi... ... for the fate of a thousand worlds...


HALCYON: We blow this one, and a million colonists on Dakota IV pay the price! So lets go get them!
<B>HALCYON</B>: We blow this one, and a million colonists on Dakota IV pay the price! So lets go get them!


UNNAMED TECHNICIAN: You
<B>TECHNICIAN</B>: Glad to see you made it back alive, sir.


NARRATOR: In 2654 AD, Mankind needs a hero... Can YOU meet the Challenge?
<B>NARRATOR</B>: In 2654 AD, Mankind needs a hero... Can YOU meet the Challenge?


== Recording ==
== Recording ==

Revision as of 16:25, 4 February 2024

Wing Commander Preview
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Platform Amiga OS
Engine 3space, Origin FX
Release Date August 6, 1992
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 August 6 1992. In November 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 cutscene shows the Hornet landing upside down and then backwards.
  • There is one fewer flight deck crewman during the landing cutscene.

Screenshots

Transcript

NARRATOR: In a thousand years, the Empire of ilrah never met a race it couldn't conquer... ...until it met Man! Now Mankind battles the evil Kilrathi... ... for the fate of a thousand worlds...

HALCYON: We blow this one, and a million colonists on Dakota IV pay the price! So lets go get them!

TECHNICIAN: Glad to see you made it back alive, sir.

NARRATOR: In 2654 AD, Mankind needs a hero... Can YOU meet the Challenge?

Recording

Characters

Speaking

Non-Speaking

Ships

Terran

Kilrathi

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