Wing Commander Preview

Wing Commander Preview
Platform	Amiga OS
Engine	3space, Origin FX
Release Date	on or before August 11, 1992 (first referenced)
Language	English

Wing Commander Preview is a rolling demo of Wing Commander Amiga. It is roughly based on the Now Showing demo. It features a briefing, takeoff and landing plus a cockpit which displays three sets of rotating ship sprites. It was released by Mindscape via BBS on or before August 11 1992. In 1997, it was included on the CD-ROM version of Street Racer to promote the Acid Software release of the game. The demo does not have sound.

Differences

• The preview uses 64-color Extra Half-Brite (EHB) mode while the final version of the game uses the standard 16-color mode.

• Colonel Halcyon's uniform is grey with a green undershirt and a red insignia.

• The pilots running during the scramble are noticeably closer together.

• During the takeoff and landing cutscenes the Hornet cockpit slides forward instead of lifting up. It displays more damage than the game allows during landing.

• The Hornet cockpit is incomplete and does not have any active instrumentation.

• The landing sequence shows the Hornet landing upside down and then backwards.

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Download

• WingCommanderDemo.lha: Original BBS release (484 kB)
• wingc_trailer.zip: Pre-configured Amiga Floppy Disk Image (ADF) file from AMI Center One (551 kB)

Links

• Pix's Origin Adventures review
• YouTube recording