Category:Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom | |
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Platform | Dos & Windows |
Release Date | Feb 1996 |
Description
System Requirements
Computer. | Wing Commander IV requires at least an IBM 486 DX/2 66+MHz or 100% compatible system, and MS-DOS version 5.0 or higher. Pentium™ machines are recommended for SVGA spaceflight. |
Video Card. | VESA-compliant SVGA (640x480). A local bus or PCI video card is required. |
Hard Drive. | You must have a minimum of 30 MB free on your hard drive to install and play this game. |
CD-ROM Drive. | You must have at least a double-speed CD-ROM drive with a transfer rate of 300,000 bytes/second or higher. |
Mouse. | Wing Commander IV requires a Microsoft or 100% compatible mouse using Microsoft software driver version 7.0 or higher or 100% compatible software driver. |
Memory. | Wing Commander IV uses 360K (368,640 bytes) of conventional RAM (base memory) and 7000K (7,168,000 bytes) of either extended memory (XMS) or expanded memory (EMS). You must have a minimum of 8 megabytes of RAM installed in your machine. We recommend using an XMS setup for machines with only 8 megs RAM. |
Box Contents
MS-DOS
English
- (6) CDs (your game!)
- Wing Commander IV Introduction (40 pp.) with basic installation instructions, Tutorial, Option Screen information, detailed Installation Help, directions for Creating a Boot Disk (p. 11) and Troubleshooting answers to possible problems (p. 32)
- The Price of Freedom (48 pp.) giving you an expanded version of what happened between Wing Commander III and Wing Commander IV.
- Playguide (32 pp.) telling you how to play the game and set game options.
- Reference Card (4 pp.) listing all keyboard, mouse and joystick commands in the game.
- Registration Card — we'd love to know who you are!
- Catalogs and other advertising, describing the worlds of gaming opportunities EA provides.
Russian
Windows
Sony PlayStation
- How To Play The Sony Playstation Game "Wing Commander IV"
- Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom Battle Book
- Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom New Officer's Handbook
Credits
Team
Advertising
Versions
DOS / Windows 95 CD
Windows 95 DVD
Same as the PC Windows 95 version, but with high quality video sequences - as clear as a real movie rather than higher compression Xan movie.
Ports
DVD (double sided)
Created for bundling with a Creative Labs Encore DVD kit. Same as the PC (Win95) version, but with high quality video sequences - as clear as a real movie rather than higher compression Xan movie.
Macintosh
Identical to the initial PC release.
Playstation
Cuts out a significant amount of video and missions (no Circe Series, for instance). Ground missions replaced with new space-based missions with similar objectives. Briefing videos altered slightly to represent this.
Strategy Guides
Re-Releases
Screenshots
Development
Patches / Addons
Origin
- 16 bit SVGA Patch (English)
- 16 bit SVGA Patch (German & French)
- Colorado Spectrum Joystick Patch (Wing Commander IV)
- Joystick Patch (Wing Commander IV)
- PC Demo Patch
- Windows 95 Upgrade
Fan Made
- Compatibility Super Patch
- DVD Upgrade Patch
- DirectDraw Hack
- GOG WC4 Video Patch
- GPL MPEG-2 decoder filter
- Hellcat Upgrade
- Play DVD Version Without DxR Board
- Windows 95 Upgrade Windows 2000 Patch
- Wing Commander 4 HD Video Pack
- Wing Commander IV DVD Windows 2000 Patch
- Wing Commander IV DVD Windows 2000 Patch with alternate mpeg2.dll
Editing Tools
- HCl's Movie Viewer
- IFF Extractor
- Mission Editor (Wing Commander IV)
- PSX Video Extraction Tool
- Ship Editor
- WC3, WC4 File Extractor
Miscellaneous Files
- 3D Models in 3D Studio Format
- Black Lance Logo (.MOV)
- Border Worlds Logo (.MOV)
- CD Covers for WC4 Movie CDs
- Collection of Maniac Sounds
- Collection of Pliers Sounds
- Collection of Pliers Sounds for Mac
- Collection of Sounds for the WCIV Mac Demo
- Easter Egg Sound
- PlayStation Sound Effects
- Set of WC4 CD or DVD Cases
- Tank Model for Lightwave
- WC4 Audio Pack
- WC4 DVD Videos Pack 1
- WC4 DVD Videos Pack 2
- WC4 DVD Videos Pack 3
- WC4 DVD Videos Pack 4
- WC4 Gameflow Audio
- Wing Commander IV Script
Music
High quality background music
- Main Title, Space Ambush and Combat by George Oldziey
- The Borderworlds by George Oldziey
- Telamon, The Dead Planet by George Oldziey
- Blair and Tolwyn Prepare for Battle by George Oldziey
- Confronting Tolwyn, War Averted, Tolwyn's Death by George Oldziey
- Engage by George Oldziey
- So, You Think You've Won by George Oldziey
- End Music by George Oldziey
Thanks to Mad Hatter. (Details, more)
Various tracks
- Credits by George Oldziey
- Final Mission by George Oldziey
- Victory by George Oldziey
- End Music by George Oldziey
- End Credits by George Oldziey
- Inflight Music
- More Inflight Music by George Oldziey
- Inflight by George Oldziey
- Inflight 1 by George Oldziey
- Inflight 2 by George Oldziey
- Inflight 3 by George Oldziey
- Inflight 5 by George Oldziey
- Inflight 6 by George Oldziey
Cheats
PC
- In flight, press Alt-O.
- Select invincibility.
- Start the game with "wc4 -chicken" at the command line to enter debug mode. You should see the message "Chicken mode: [ON] Boc Boc!" during game start-up.
- Ctrl-W destroys your target. Ctrl-Alt-W destroys all enemies on the radar. Alt-F displays framerate.
- Start the game with "wc4 -mitchell" at the command line to get the message "Mitchell don't work here no more. He work for Bazooka Joe now." during game start-up.
- Start the game with "wc4 -mitchell2" at the command line to get the message "I told you he don't work here no more! You call Bazooka Joe! during game start-up."
- Start the game with "wc4 -test" at the command line to get the message "Test okay!!!" during game start-up. The game then crashes.
PlayStation
- At the Wing Commander copyright screen, press Up, Down, Down, Up, R2.
- Press R1 or R2 to select a game level.
Manuals and Game Documentation
- How To Play The Sony Playstation Game "Wing Commander IV"
- Wing Commander IV Manual
- Wing Commander IV Manual Russian
- Wing Commander IV Reference Card
- Wing Commander IV Shipstats
- Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom Battle Book
- Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom New Officer's Handbook
- Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom Playguide
Cutscenes
Behind The Scenes Of WCIV Carlos Mendonça found something really neat that we don't recall seeing before - seven behind the scenes videos from the set of Wing Commander IV! They were found in the January 1996 copy of Multimedia World Live! and are a mixture of interviews, behind the scenes action, and even a blooper video. Here they are in their original form of 320x240 12 frames/sec Cinepak video and 8 bit sound.
- blair2.avi - Interview with Mark Hamill.
- maniac1.avi - Interview with Tom Wilson 1.
- maniac2.avi - Interview with Tom Wilson 2.
- wing1.avi - Behind the scenes, interviews with Chris Roberts, Mark Hamill, Malcolm Macdowell, Tom Wilson, Jason Bernard.
- wing3.avi - Wing Commander IV trailer.
- wing4.avi - Briefing blooper.
- wing5.avi - Those damn doors again.
Ships
Terran Confederation
- Fighters
- Capital Ships
- Installations
Black Lance
Fighter |
Capital Ship |
Installation |
Pirate
- Fighters
- Capital Ship
Union of Border Worlds
- Fighters
- Capital Ships
- Installations
Empire of Kilrah
- Fighters
- Capital Ships
- Installation
Missions
Weapons
Guns
Missiles
Subcategories
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