Playstation's 30th Anniversary Remembered with Origin Hit List

The original Sony Playstation turned 30 this week, and fans have been coming up with creative ways to celebrating the milestone. LOAF wrote up his own take on the event with a rundown of Origin games that were made for the system, including two famous Wing Commander titles!

March 1996: Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger. Ported from the PC original by Electronic Arts. A solid adaptation but the fantastic 3DO version puts it to shame! Had a fancy localization and big push in Japan but couldn't find an audience.

December 1996: Crusader: No Remorse. Ported from the PC by Realtime Associates. Sorely lacking the SVGA graphics of the PC version. Plans to follow it with a port of No Regret were dropped but an early build exists!

March 1997: Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss. Ported by Infinity Entertainment from the PC original. Only released in Japan, this version started life as a Sega CD project. The 3D is significantly updated here!

May 1997: Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. Ported from the PC original in-house with help from Lion Entertainment. Really slick port that features support for the massive PlayStation Analog Joystick! Sadly cuts a fair amount of footage.

March 1998: Zero Pilot: Fighter Of Silver Wing. REAL weird one: this is a licensed rework of Origin's Pacific Strike developed by Soliton and published by Sony. Spawned a series of sequels for the PS2 and PSP!

Finally, Wing Commander fans might also be interested in looking at Electronic Arts' Darklight Conflict (June 1997). This one came VERY close to being reworked into a Wing Commander Academy (TV show) tie-in game!