Category:Wing Commander
Wing Commander | |
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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
- Blueprints
- Claw Marks
- Secret Missions SNES Manual
- Super Wing Commander Claw Marks
- Super Wing Commander Playguide
- WC I Install Quickstart Guide
- WC I Reference Card
- WC I SNES Text Instructions
- WC I Secret Missions 2 Reference Card
- WC I Secret Missions Joan's Supplement
- WC I Secret Missions Reference Card
- WC I Super Famicom Manual
- Wing Commander MegaCD Manual
- Wing Commander SNES Manual
- Wing Commander SegaCD Manual
Credits
Advertising
SNES
Review
SNES
Versions
Deluxe Edition: Included WC1, SM1, & SM2
Deluxe Edition CD: Included WC1, SM1, & SM2
Ports
SNES
Strategy Guides
CIC Online Guide Wing Commander I & II: The Ultimate Strategy Guide
Re-Releases
Screenshots
Development
Computer Gaming World article about professional artists working on video games -- which, it's hard to believe, was a fairly new concept at the time. The exciting aspect for Wing Commander fans, however, is the picture seen below (left): a landscape which was designed for but not used in the original Wing Commander. The caption reads: "'Water World' (Glen Johnson) Landscape removed from Wing Commander." Where could it have appeared? It's anyone's guess -- but a water planet, Hurricane, does appear in one of Wing Commander's winning/losing cutscenes -- it's pictured below (right)
Patches / Addons
Origin
- Amiga CD Patch (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/CdBS Wcp2 1.lha)
- CD32 Patch (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/WCPatch.lha)
- Install Patch (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wcinstal.zip)
- Joystick Patch (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wcjyptch.zip)
Editing Tools
- 3D Ship Viewer (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wc1viewer 0.2.zip)
- Mission Editing Information (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/mission1.zip)
- Ship Graphic Viewer (Wing Commander) (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wc1view.zip)
- Taunt Editor (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/editcm.exe)
- WC1, WC2 and Privateer editing information (https://download.wcnews.com/files/other/info.zip)
- WCEDIT (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wc1edit6.zip)
- WCSAV (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wc1sav.zip)
- WCVIEW (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wcview.zip)
- Wing Commander Mission Editor (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wce release2.zip)
Miscellaneous Files
- 2000 PC Gamer Coverdisk Release (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wc pcgamer.zip)
- Intro Animation (https://download.wcnews.com/files/fans/howie day wcintro.avi)
- Magic DosBox Template for Android
- Scimitar Flight Animation (https://download.wcnews.com/files/fans/scimitar.avi)
- Unpacked MODULE.000 file (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wc1mod0.zip)
- WC1 Box Winamp skin (https://download.wcnews.com/files/fans/wc1ampv11.zip)
- Wing Commander Vector Logos (https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing1/wc1 vector logos.zip)
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
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
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
Manuals and Game Documentation
- Blueprints
- Claw Marks
- Kilrathi Saga Manual
- Secret Missions SNES Manual
- Super Wing Commander Claw Marks
- Super Wing Commander Playguide
- WC I Install Quickstart Guide
- WC I Reference Card
- WC I SNES Text Instructions
- WC I Secret Missions 2 Reference Card
- WC I Secret Missions Joan's Supplement
- WC I Secret Missions Reference Card
- WC I Super Famicom Manual
- Wing Commander Collectible Trading Card Game Manual
- Wing Commander Help File
- Wing Commander MegaCD Manual
- Wing Commander SNES Manual
- Wing Commander SegaCD Manual
Cheats
DOS Edition
- Start the game with "wc Origin" at the command line to enter debug mode.
- Alt-Del destroys target. Alt-Ins destroys targetted enemy wing.
- Start the game with wc.exe Origin -k.
- Same as above, plus invincibility.
Kilrathi Saga Edition
- With invincibility off, open wingcmdr.cfg. Make sure it contains -k -b. Turning invincibility back on may cause your name to change back to CHEATER.
- Player name is no longer replaced with "CHEATER" when invincibility is enabled.
Cutscenes
Ships
Terran Confederation
- Fighters
- Capital Ships
Empire of Kilrah
- Fighters
- Capital Ships
- Installations
Missions
Clicking on the system name will bring you to the first mission in that system.
Weapons
Guns
Missiles
Subcategories
This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
W
- Wing Commander Press (3 F)
Pages in category "Wing Commander"
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