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Wing Commander
Release Date	Fall 1990

Introduction

Wing Commander I virtually created the space combat simulation genre when it arrived in the fall of 1990. It wasn't the first game where players flew a ship around in space, but it was the first to combine cutting edge graphics, a branching mission tree, complex characters and an exciting storyline. As a rookie pilot aboard the TCS Tiger's Claw, the player was introduced to the viscious feline Kilrathi. Over the course of dozens of missions, the Terran Confederation managed to force the Empire of Kilrah out of the Vega Sector. PC gamers used the original Wing Commander game to show off their powerful new 386 machines to their friends. The game exuded style and polish from the cockpit hand that followed players' joystick movements to the dripping bucket in the barracks.

You're a starfighter pilot, the best of the best, but nothing in your training prepared you for action this hot. Deepspace dogfights against Kilrathi aces are deadly, and the future of humanity is on the line each time you fly!

Wing Commander puts you in the middle of the most intense starship action you've ever experienced outside of a movie theater. But in Wing Commander, you're the star!

Description

System Requirements

Box Contents

Cover art for the Super Famicom port.

Cover art for the Super Nintendo port.

Cover art for the FM Towns port.

Claw Marks - by TC

Blueprints (Details)

Credits

Advertising

Versions

Ports

Strategy Guides

Online Guide

Re-Releases

Screenshots

Development

Mock-up of the original Wing Commander box cover art shown at COMDEX, the Computer Dealers' Exhibition.

Patches / Addons

Origin

Wing Commander Help File (5k) - Text Help File

Install Patch (28k)

Joystick Patch (152k)

Amiga CD Patch (28k)

CD32 Patch (25k)

Fan Made

Tools, Editing and Fan Patches

• Mission Editing Information (12k)
• Ship Graphic Viewer (14k)
• Taunt Editor (84k) - Taunt Editor
• WC1, WC2 and Privateer Editing Info (71k)
• WCEDIT (5k) - Mission Editor
• WCSAV (65k) - Savegame Editor
• WCVIEW (45k) - Ship Editor

Fan Made

• Brief intro animation (1 MB) - by Cyberion, Details
• Intro Animation (5.8 MB) - by [Howard Day], Details
• Scimitar Flight Animation (1MB) - by Rylex, Details
• WC1 Box Winamp skin (346k) - by Mike Rohde, Details

Miscellaneous

• Unpacked MODULE.000 file (12k)

Music

Tracks from Origin Audio CD Volume 1

• Wing Commander - Briefing and Scramble by The Fatman
• Wing Commander - Briefing and Launch by The Fatman
• Wing Commander - Fanfare, The Main Theme by David Govett
• Wing Commander - Flying to Dogfight by The Fatman
• Wing Commander - Regular Combat by David Govett
• Wing Commander - Heroes Funeral by David Govett
• Wing Commander - Swing Commander by The Fatman
• Compilation of the above (9:06) - 7,960k

Thanks to Sébastien Caty and Joe Garrity. (Details, more)

High Quality tracks

• Intro
• Shotglass' bar
• Death and Funeral
• Wing Commander Theme

Live recordings

• Wing Commander Theme (surf music) by The Fatman and Team Fat (2:49) - 2,600K, Details

SegaCD audio tracks

• Track 2 - General Music
• Track 3 - Winning Endgame
• Track 4 - Losing Endgame
• Track 5 - Carrier Destroyed
• Track 6 - General Music
• (Details)

FM Towns audio tracks

• Wing Commander Theme

Various tracks

• Theme
• Bar
• Barracks
• Briefing
• Takeoff(Scramble)
• Flight Patrol
• Flight Strike
• Flight Success
• Flight Rendezvous
• Simulator
• Welcome Back
• Unsuccessful Mission
• Successful Mission
• Halcyon's Office
• Death - Funeral
• Bronze Star
• Silver Star
• Gold Star
• Gold Sun
• 45 MIDIs

Documents

Claw Marks - by TC

Blueprints (Details)

Cutscenes

Ships

Terran Confederation

Fighters

F-36 Hornet	CF-105 Scimitar	F-44 Rapier II	A-14 Raptor

Capital Ships

Drayman	Diligent	Venture	Exeter	Gettysburg	Bengal

Empire of Kilrah

Fighters

KF-227 Salthi	KF-100 Dralthi	Dralthi II	KF-402 Krant	Gratha	Jalthi	Bloodfang

Capital Ships

Dorkir	Lumbari	Ralari	Fralthi	Sivar

Instalations

Supply Depot	Star Post

Missions

Weapons

Guns

Missiles