WC3 Video Review Dates Back to Early 1995 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Update ID

Swizzley has posted a vintage video review for Wing Commander 3. This might not sound like a big deal, but in February 1995 this would have been on the bleeding edge of multimedia technology. A full ten years before YouTube first came online, something like this was a very rare treat. Video downloads were painful on dialup, so these were distributed on disc with Interactive Entertainment Magazine. They were one of the first to include CD-ROMs with material like this, so we got some really cool features such as this video review of WC4, an early '90s Richard Garriott interview and neat Privateer 2 / WC4 high tech previews. Today we're used to carefully timed embargoes lifting days before a global launch, but this would have represented a lightning fast turnaround at the time (recorded in December to hit newstands in January). The humor doesn't always age well, but it's still a fascinating time capsule of the era.
This review is from Interactive Entertainment Magazine (Episode 10 - February 1995) . A multimedia CD-ROM magazine which ran for 23 issues. More information about the magazine and download links for the discs can be found at demu.org

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