Target Acquired: Microsoft's WC3 Test Copy (May 6, 2024)

[Bandit LOAF]

An eBay find: a copy of Wing Commander III that belonged to Microsoft’s QA folks! I’ll send it back if they promise to get it running in Windows 11.





Microsoft would have used copies like this to playtest compatibility for Windows 95 (and adjust Control+C behavior)!

“Didn’t you already have this one?!” - Sully

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Original update published on May 6, 2024

 

[Dyret]

Cute cat. It's crazy how people apparently don't like black cats.

 

[Bandit LOAF]

Thank you! We adopted Sully and his sister Lumi about a year and a half ago and they're our whole lives now.

Black cats have a proud history in Wing Commander, too - one plays a pretty important role in False Colors!