Game Boy Advance

Wing Commander: Prophecy

Trivia

In the German gaming magazine PC Player (issue 01/1999) Wing Commander: Prophecy was named as "Best Space Action Game in 1998".

Wing Commander: Prophecy was never intended to have multiplayer. This is according to Billy Cain, who made the statement during a presentation entitled "Developers are from Jupiter, Marketers are from Saturn: Learn the Secret Codes for Working with a Marketing Team" at Game Developers' Conference (GDC) 2005. According to Cain, at some point, the marketing department asked that multiplayer be added as a feature to the game, and pre-emptively began mentioning it in project advertisements. However the development team had never had any time, or even intention to implement multiplayer features of any kind. As a result, Wing Commander: Prophecy shipped for PC without multiplayer.

This is the first Wing Commander which was not directed by Chris Roberts.

Origin intended Wing Commander Prophecy to have two sequels within the same story continuum named Revelation and Apocalypse.

As of this writing, the Secret Ops add-on can be downloaded from www.patches-scrolls.de/ - click the Dos\Windows link and go to W and click Wing Commander Prophecy links. The file is a fairly [!!] large 112 mb download. Also available is the German language version @ 128 mb.

The in-game techno music Kasey refers to are actually completely original "instrumental" tracks composed specifically for the game by Cobalt 60. But they do not appear in the soundtrack cd, they can only be found on the Secret Ops add-on, or in the simulator missions on the original Prophecy.

The only songs included both in the game and in the soundtrack are Cobalt 60's "Prophecy (TerminalMix)" which plays when you finish the game, and "Darwin Was Right", which is actually one of the simulator/secret ops tracks, but re-mixed, extended, and with lyrics.

Actually quite a bit of the soundtrack CD's music ended up in the game, esp. in the free (but limited-time offer) add-on, Secret Ops. The music is especially noticeable upon launching a mission.

Included with some boxes was the "Wing Commander Universe" map/ poster. I say some boxes because there's no indication of it being included anywhere, and I've been told that it's a bonus that came out with the first batch of copies of the game. Either way if you have it, Keep it!

There is a soundtrack available for this game released by EDEL Ameria Records (http://www.edel.de). Billing itself as "music inspired by the game" the cd features licensed material from Industrial/ dance bands like KMFDM, Rammstein, Fear Factory, Juno Reactor, Junkie XL, Paradise Lost, Eskimos & Egypt, Brooklyn Bounce and completely original material from Die Krupps, Das Ich, Project Pitchfork and Cobalt 60.