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Wing Commander

General info

Not Amiga Original

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Stats

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Genre

Conversions

Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
Nintendo SNES (Super Famicom)
PC (DOS)
Sega Mega-CD/Sega CD
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Hard Disk Installer

Yes

- HD installer is contained on disk 1.

- At least 1.5MB ram is required to play the HD version.

- The game manual recommends that players disable screensavers before running the HD version.

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1992
Wing Commander
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English, German
3
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1994
Wing Commander
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English, German
3
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1997
Wing Commander
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English, German
3
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Min. Requirements: 1MB ram (1.5MB ram for HD version).
Recommended: 68020 CPU or higher + extra memory (for faster & smoother gameplay).

[2] The original game contents included blueprints for the 4 Confederation fighters in the game: Hornet, Scimitar, Raptor, and Rapier.

[3] The Amiga conversion was written mostly in assembler to increase speed, but shared some 'C' code of the original PC release.

[4] Distributed worldwide by Mindscape and Electronic Arts.


TRIVIA: [1] An early rolling demo of WING COMMANDER used 64 colour extra half-brite (EHB) mode, but the graphics had to be reduced to 16 colours so the final release could run at a decent speed on a standard A500.

[2] The Amiga conversion was delayed due to coder Nick Pelling suffering near-fatal brain disease (viral encephalitis) during development. Recovery was slow as the disease dramatically drained his energy levels and stamina. Mindscape, who oversaw the conversion, supported him during his recovery, however, and decided against enlisting the services of another coder to finish off the game. This was perhaps unsurprising as Pelling had worked miracles up to that point in delivering a conversion of a game that many (including Origin) thought wouldn't be possible on an "underpowered" computer such as the Amiga.

[Source: The One Amiga 46 preview (July 92, pp27-31), courtesy of the Amiga Magazine Rack]

Conversion Notes

Based on 1990 Origin PC (DOS) release.
PC versions: EGA, MCGA, VGA, Tandy

CD32

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1994
Wing Commander
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English, German
1
Unknown

Notes

This version differs from the floppy release in that it has 256 colour graphics. It was only released as part of the Dangerous Streets/Wing Commander compilation.

Conversion Notes

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Box: ECS / OCS
Box scan ECS no. 1

UK/French Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 2

UK/French Release (back)

Box scan ECS no. 3

German Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 4

German Relase (back)

Box scan ECS no. 5

Budget Release (front) [Hit Squad]

Box scan ECS no. 6

Budget Release (back) [Hit Squad]

Box: CD32
Disk: ECS / OCS
Disk scan ECS no. 1

Original Release

Disk scan ECS no. 2

Budget Release [Hit Squad]

Disk scan ECS no. 3

Budget Release [Acid]

Disk: CD32
Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Registration Card (front)

ECS no. 2

Registration Card (back)

ECS no. 3

Manual Cover (Budget)

ECS no. 4

UK Pre-release Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 39, 10/1992, Page 23)

ECS no. 5

German Advert (Amiga Joker 10/1992, Page 15)

ECS no. 6

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 98, 6/1997, Page 28) [Budget, Acid]

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Manual info

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ECS no. 1

Manual (English)

ECS no. 2

Reference Card (English)

ECS no. 3

Manual (German)

ECS no. 4

Reference Card (German)

ECS no. 5

Reference Card Addendum (English/French/German)

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Blueprints

ECS no. 7

Manual (Polish)

CD32

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ECS / OCS

From the CLI, CD to the directory where WC is installed or DF0: if playing from floppy. Now type “Wing h0 Origin&tonic” and press ‘RETURN’. Make sure you type it exactly as shown. Now during play hold down ‘SHIFT’ and press ‘F5’ to destroy any targeted target.

 

s 1-13 Picks the System where you start.

m 0-2 Picks the mission you start at.

-k You are immortal.

 

Numbers of Systems:

1 Enyo 8 Port Hedland

2 McAuliffe 9 Kurasawa

3 Gateway 10 Rostov

4 Gimle 11 Hubbles Star

5 Brimstone 12 Venice

6 Chengdu 13 Hells Kitchen

7 Dakota

CD32

No cheats found.

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Map info

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No maps found.

CD32

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
42 (Mar 1993)
80%
Steve McNally
2
Amiga Computing
59 (Apr 1993)
73%
Ben Styles
1
Amiga Computing
113 (Jun 1997)
90%
Hugh Poynton
Re-release
2
Amiga Force
4 (Apr 1993)
James Price
Steve Shields
0
Amiga Format
44 (Mar 1993)
83%
Derek Davis
2
Amiga Format
59 (May 1994)
8/10
Stephen Bradley
Re-release
1
Amiga Format
97 (May 1997)
81%
Andy Smith
Re-release
1
Amiga Joker
Jan 1993
86%
Richard Löwenstein
2
Amiga Magazine
20 (Mar - Apr 1993)
8/10
Lawrence van Rijn
2
Amiga Power
21 (Jan 1993)
55%
Mark Ramshaw
3
Amiga Power
37 (May 1994)
48%
Jonathan Davies
Re-release
1
Amiga Power
Free Special January 1993
55%
Mark Ramshaw
0
Amiga Style
3 (Jan 1993)
Pavle Vukadinovic
0
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 10 No 4 (Apr 1993)
91%
Phil Campbell
1
CU Amiga
Dec 1992
89%
Tony Dillon
2
CU Amiga
May 1994
70%
Steve Keen
Re-release
1
CU Amiga
May 1997
92%
Martin Davies
Re-release
1
Datormagazin
No 3 (Feb 1993)
91%
Göran Fröjdh
0
The One
50 (Nov 1992)
87%
David Upchurch
4
The One
67 (Apr 1994)
64%
Re-release
1
Amiga Dream
4 (Feb 1994)
85%
Michel Houng
0
Amiga Games
Apr 1994
74%
Hans Ippisch
0
Amiga Power
35 (Mar 1994)
60%
Stuart Campbell
1
The One
65 (Feb 1994)
90%
Matt Broughton
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Format
17 (Dec 1990)
Trenton Webb
Preview
1
Amiga Joker
Aug - Sep 1992
Carsten Borgmeier
Preview (in-depth)
1
Amiga Magazine
19 (Jan - Feb 1993)
Preview
1
Amiga Mania
Nov 1992
Tim Wilkins
Preview
0
Amiga Power
15 (Jul 1992)
Mark Ramshaw
Preview (in-depth)
1
Amiga Power
18 (Oct 1992)
Preview
1
CU Amiga
Apr 1991
Preview
0
The One
46 (Jul 1992)
David Upchurch
Preview (in-depth)
5

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 75%

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