Wing Commander Preview
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| 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
Recording
- Download: Pix_Wing_Commander_Amiga_Demo.mkv
Characters
Speaking
- Colonel Peter Halcyon
- Unnamed Tiger's Claw Technician
- Unnamed Tiger's Claw Spacecraft Director
- Unnamed Tiger's Claw Tractor Driver
- Unnamed Tiger's Claw Flight Deck Crewman
Non-Speaking
- Christopher Blair
- Major Michael "Iceman" Casey
- Major James "Paladin" Taggart
- Captain Ian "Hunter" St. John
- 2nd Lieutenant Todd "Maniac" Marshall
- 1st Lieutenant Mariko "Spirit" Tanaka
Ships
Terran
Kilrathi
Download
- WingCommanderDemo.lha: Original BBS release (484 K)
- wingc_trailer.zip: Pre-configured Amiga Floppy Disk Image (ADF) file from AMI Sector One (551 K)
- Street_Racer.zip: 1997 Street Racer ISO (66M)
