Wing Commander 2 - With a Little Something Extra (February 9, 2022)

[ChrisReid]

Brian demodulated has posted a wonderful throwback to 1991. He found his old vintage copy of Wing Commander 2 recently, and as awesome as that is alone, it also still had the faded original store receipt. Sometimes unique little bits like that can tell their own nostalgic story - and Brian has one to go along with this buying experience below! If you have an old '90s tale to share about finding WC in stores, drop it in the comments and share. You can find more of Brian's classic gaming stuff at demodulated.com.

I found my old copy of Wing Commander II at my parents' house this weekend. A truly beloved artifact. I can't begin to tell you how immersive this game was for little me. The box includes my very faded original receipt from Steals Direct in Toronto in November, 1991!

Looking at this box again reminds me of the experience. My dad took me to this enormous PC and software superstore, I picked it up off the shelf, took it home, spent 45 minutes installing it, and the game was corrupted. Had to go back to exchange for another copy.

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Original update published on February 9, 2022

 

[wiese.hano]

I had a similar lived experience: It was back in the 90's when I've got WC4 (I believe it was to Christmas). I don't remember exactly, discs 1 haven't been able to be read by our double speed cd rom drive. We organized a cd cleaning kit, but it made things even worse. In the end we bought it completely new. Finally, that worked and gave me a pleasure for hours and hours of playing.

 

[tarsus]

I remember getting wing2 as a christmas present when I was at my grandmas... and I basically ran off to a bedroom and studied the manuals thoroughly for the entire evening avoiding family. I got home and installed it... but was not allowed to play it until the day after... I was so looking forward to flying the broadsword, with 3! three!!! mass drivers. What a time!