MobyRank MobyScore
SNES
...
2.9
Amiga
81
3.6
Sega CD
...
2.7

Description

The Confederation have been at war with the Kilrathi for the past 20 years, and you're just now joining the Vega campaign. You're a 2nd Lieutenant just out of the Academy, with some good work under your belt. You're posted to Tiger's Claw, the flagship of the Confederation Fleet. Will you help the Confederation to victory, or go down in infamy?

Wing Commander is a space combat simulator interspersed with shipboard dialogs. Onboard the ship, you can save/load game, visit the bar to get the latest gossip, or go on to the next mission briefing, and the 3D space combat part.

The 3D space combat have you sitting in the cockpit, where you control the craft like roll, turn, up/down, afterburner, as well as fire guns and launch missiles. There are four different crafts on the Confed side, each with different flight characteristics and armament. You will have a wingman on each mission, and you should keep the wingman alive as the wingman will help you if you issue the right orders. You can also taunt the enemy. You'll be fighting several different types of enemy fighters and capital ships, and even combat a few Kilrathi aces.

When the mission is complete, land back onboard the ship and get ready for the next one. The campaign tree have both winning and losing paths.

Wing Commander featured a hybrid bitmap/3D graphics engine that allowed even 286's to display detailed 3D graphics to an extent never before possible. With EMS available, it can display even more detailed graphics and in-cockpit animations.

Alternate Titles

  • "银河飞将" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
  • "Wingleader" -- Working Title
  • "Squadron" -- Working Title

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User Reviews

The one and only DOS Zovni (8842)
No other game mixes the nail biting action of Wing Commander with the awesome, yet underrated storyline. An all time classic! DOS PsOmA (28)
A worthy start to a long and successful series. DOS Trixter Bronze Star Contributing Member (8887)
A game that won't appear ever again! DOS Boston Low (52)
An all time classic, still great after all these years DOS Shadowcaster (240)
A classic, landmark masterpeice DOS Rick Jones (108)
An excellent example where the sum is greater than all the parts DOS Kasey Chang (3719)
The game that began it all, and made a long series of hatred for Kilrathi. DOS Dragoon (94)
One of those all-time classics everyone should play. DOS WizardX (118)
The best space combat sim of it's time, and my favourite still. DOS Jeff Sinasac (317)

The Press Says

Retrogaming.it DOS Mar, 2008 10 out of 10 100
CU Amiga Amiga Dec, 1992 89 out of 100 89
Amiga Power Amiga Jan, 1993 88 out of 100 88
Amiga Joker Amiga Jan, 1993 86 out of 100 86
AmigaInfo Amiga May, 1997 84 out of 100 84
Amiga Format Amiga Mar, 1993 83 out of 100 83
Game Players Sega CD Jul, 1994 82 out of 100 82
GamePro Sega CD Jul, 1994 4 out of 5 80
Digital Press - Classic Video Games SNES Dec 28, 2005 6.5 out of 10 65
Super Play Magazine UK SNES Mar, 1993 60 out of 100 60

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Amazing non-linear story from a space simulator? 9 FrakesJoe (NSDSP) (7)
Nov 11, 2008
Need help landing. 6 Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (12559)
Nov 08, 2008
How Many Floppy Diskettes? 6 Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (12559)
May 21, 2008

Trivia

Wow...a blast from the past for me. Here are a couple of points of "trivia" for Wing Commander:

1) If you look at the "weapons ratings" you will notice that some are rated in "ESK's". This stands for "Earth Shattering Kabooms!", as per the Marvin the Martian cartoon.

2) In Wing 1, the Player Character had no name...no one ever addressed you as "Lt. So and So". Well, in later WC games, the main character has a last name of Blair.

In the original game, when the portrait for the PC was created, his black hair was "highlighted" with lots of streaks of blue (there was a limited color pallete). Within Origin, he came to be referred to as "BlueHair" when discussing him. I firmly believe that was the basis for "Blair" in later releases of the game.


This entry was contributed by Trixter Bronze Star Contributing Member (8887), NGC 5194 (17267), Satoshi Kunsai (1862) and quizzley7 (21223)
 

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