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Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
Wc2front.jpg
Release Date Fall 1991


Introduction

Wing Commander II was one of many evolutionary steps in the Wing Commander series. WC2 used an upgraded version of the original Wing Commander's flight engine, but the story and presentation were drastically overhauled. Routine conversations in the bar, mission briefings and post-flight debriefings were often replaced with casual interludes, dramatic exchanges and emergency events that sent the game in unpredictable directions. The story took our hero, Christopher Blair, from exile to the front lines of the Enigma Sector where he had to prove his innocence for the destruction of the TCS Tiger's Claw. Old friends and new characters were brought to life with real recorded voices in an optional speech pack. Wing Commander II sold sound cards to a generation of PC gamers and almost single handedly made the SoundBlaster a household name. The game's introduction was a breathtaking forebearer of the cinematic turn the industry would take a few short years later.

Ten years ago, you were the Hero of Vega Sector, idol of millions - the starfighter pilot who single-handedly turned the tide of a major Kilrathi invasion.

Then something went wrong.

You were disgraced, court-martialed and transferred to a backwater outpost. For years, your lightning-quick reflexes and instinctive dogfighting tactics went to waste while the Kilrathi killed your closest friends on the front lines.

But Mankind still needs a hero, now more than ever before. And you're still the best pilot in the Galaxy. You've got just one chance to prove yourself, just one chance to keep the Terran homeworlds from falling to the massed armada of the Empire of Kilrah.

Thank you can handle it, flyboy?

Description

Box Back Cover

System Requirements

Box Contents

Credits

Advertising

Versions

  • Deluxe Edition: Included WC2, SO1, & SO2
  • Deluxe Edition CD: Included WC2, SO1, & SO2
  • Kilrathi Saga Edition: Windows 95 support, SO1 & SO2 freely downloadable

Ports

FM Towns

Has Redbook CD audio tracks instead of MIDI files. Otherwise identical.

SNES

Wing Commander 2 for the Super Nintendo tops the list of ultra rare games that we'd love to get our hands on. It was fully developed back in the mid nineties but held up before release. It had nifty color comm vids and a streamlined "action" interface. The following scan is a full preview that GamePro conducted way back in May 1995.

Strategy Guides

Re-Releases

Screenshots

Development

Patches / Addons

Origin

Fan Made

Editing Tools

Miscellaneous Files

Music

Tracks from Origin Audio CD Volume 1

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

High Quality tracks

Various tracks

Manuals and Game Documentation

Cheats

DOS Edition

  • Start the game with "wc2 Origin" at the command line to enter debug mode.
    Alt-Del destroys target. Alt-Ins destroys all enemy fighters on the radar.
  • Start the game with "wc2.exe Origin -k".
    Same as above, plus invincibility.

Kilrathi Saga Edition

  • With invincibility off, open wc2.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
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Wc2epee-vdu.gif
Wc2rapier-vdu.gif
Wc2sabre-vdu.gif
Wc2broadsword-vdu.gif
P-64 Ferret
F-54 Epee
F-44 Rapier II
F-57 Sabre
A-17 Broadsword
  • Capital Ships
Wc2freetrader-vdu.gif
Wc2clydesdale-vdu.gif
Wc2gilgamesh-vdu.gif
Wc2waterloo-vdu.gif
Wc2confederation-vdu.gif
Free Trader
Clydesdale
Gilgamesh
Waterloo
Confederation
  • Installations
Wc2cdepot-vdu.gif
Wc2starbase-vdu.gif
Wc2starbase-vdu.gif
Supply Depot
Space Station
Star Base

Empire of Kilrah

  • Fighters
Wc2sartha-vdu.gif
Wc2drakhri-vdu.gif
Wc2jalkehi-vdu.gif
Wc2grikath-vdu.gif
Wc2strakha-vdu.gif
Wc1bloodfang-vdu.gif
Wc2gothri-vdu.gif
Sartha
Drakhri
Jalkehi
Grikath
Strakha
Bloodfang
Gothri
  • Capital Ships
Wc2dorkathi-vdu.gif
Wc2dorkathi-vdu.gif
Wc2ralatha-vdu.gif
Wc2fralthra-vdu.gif
Dorkathi
Kamekh
Ralatha
Fralthra
  • Installations
Wc2kdepot-vdu.gif
Wc2kmang-vdu.gif
Supply Depot
Star Base

Missions

Weapons

Guns

Missiles