GameSpot Looking For Greatest Hero

GameSpot has launched an elaborate competition to see who the greatest video game hero of all time is. Visitors to the site have the opportunity to pick ten of the contenders, and Christopher "Maverick" Blair is in the running. Wing Commander is right on the edge of being included, so your vote counts! Make your decision here.

As the hero of the Wing Commander series, Christopher "Maverick" Blair has devastating space pilot skills and, more importantly, the voice of handsome actor Mark Hamill.

Featured Games

• Wing Commander (PC) 1990
• Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi (PC) 1991
• Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (PC) 1994
• Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (PC) 1995
• Wing Commander: Prophecy (PC) 1997

Making the Game: Debrief

Today we're moving on from Excel files to sexy images -- or, former Visio documents, anyway. This file is a mockup of the 'mission statistics' screen from Wing Commander Prophecy. It may be hard to believe, but the idea of giving a "score" in a Wing Commander game was actually somewhat controversial at the time (please, pay no attention to the 'callsign', either...).

These updates are thanks to John "Captain Johnny" Guentzel, who provided several CD image archives of material used by the Wing Commander Prophecy development team!

Please note that the "Download" link points to an older-style Visio file; these do not open in Microsoft's current Visio viewer. We have converted the VSD into a graphic which can be viewed by clicking on the document thumbnail.

Debrief Download (29 kb) Date: July 23, 1997 Project: Wing Commander Prophecy Donated By: John Guentzel Pages: n/a