Loved this game. Hornets were cool to fly, and Rapier's are better. Raptors ever okay, and Scimitars were old clunkers. There were many story branches depending on your successful or lack of during missions. I think I played them all through.
hey any1 know the name of a spacheship game it aint online its good pretty good graphics u fly a spaceship around planets to defend them against enemies and u can build structures on planets plz reply
Not meant as criticism on this game as I do like the looks of the original Wing Commander as well, but I really would like to see this game being remade in the style of Wing Commander Standoff or preferably with the graphics of Wing Commander Pioneer (look on CIC for both) with all the ingame graphics, ship scenes, character interaction scenes, and 'meanwhile' scenes in 3D.
Also please put in more capships and fighters types as well as torpedoes.
i remember i would always flee really far away from a dogfight - then turn around and shoot at the ships as they chased me - that was the only way i could kill them - i was only 8 at the time
I loved this game. I could never destroy the Kilrathi station in the final mission without losing my wingman : / so I settled for failing that one.
The thing I remember not liking about the game was that aiming was coarse, shifting a couple / few pixels at a time. That made it hard to target Dralthis' engines because at a 90-degree angle they were very thin.
This game just blew me away. Read the handbook (yeah, games came with handbooks back then) under the bench at school and couldn't wait to come home to my amiga again ...
@palegrey ahah handbooks in the 90s were the first thing I did with any game on the car ride home from either a store where I bought it or a blockbuster / rogers where I rented it... unfortunately they seem to be degraded to purely informational and mostly black and white to save on cost nowaday :(
I always loved the Scimitar - far better than the Hornet but not quite as good as the Ferret in WC 2. Mass Drivers were awesome, who needs an overpowered Sabre? :)
Exactly. You got sampled sounds and all you needed to run the game was 512K (although you probably should have at least a full meg to make it smoother).
yeah, the cheesy simulated 3D graphics are hideous by todays standards, but i still find the simplicity of the game play fun. version 2 graphics are much better IMO.
Loved this game. Hornets were cool to fly, and Rapier's are better. Raptors ever okay, and Scimitars were old clunkers. There were many story branches depending on your successful or lack of during missions. I think I played them all through.
myluk1 3 months ago
I'm amazed that this game STILL holds up so well!
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moatddtutorials 7 months ago
I played this game like crazy when I was 10/11 years old, still have the discs and huge strategy guide...good times!
wickedsmack 8 months ago
Galaxy on fire 2 is pretty dam good. (iPod Touch/iPhone only)
TheTechBite 1 year ago
hey any1 know the name of a spacheship game it aint online its good pretty good graphics u fly a spaceship around planets to defend them against enemies and u can build structures on planets plz reply
nemanjanikolic781 1 year ago
got this first for my amiga ggreat but this game and elite2 got me into pc's.
brybish 1 year ago
i love the music in these games. it brings you back
lotsoffun 1 year ago
Not meant as criticism on this game as I do like the looks of the original Wing Commander as well, but I really would like to see this game being remade in the style of Wing Commander Standoff or preferably with the graphics of Wing Commander Pioneer (look on CIC for both) with all the ingame graphics, ship scenes, character interaction scenes, and 'meanwhile' scenes in 3D.
Also please put in more capships and fighters types as well as torpedoes.
TheDutchGhost 1 year ago
Damn those Kilrathi!
valiantjedi 1 year ago
scimitar is the oldest fighter ship in the fleet
TimeTimer3000 1 year ago
i remember i would always flee really far away from a dogfight - then turn around and shoot at the ships as they chased me - that was the only way i could kill them - i was only 8 at the time
TheBlitz1 1 year ago
I loved this game. I could never destroy the Kilrathi station in the final mission without losing my wingman : / so I settled for failing that one.
The thing I remember not liking about the game was that aiming was coarse, shifting a couple / few pixels at a time. That made it hard to target Dralthis' engines because at a 90-degree angle they were very thin.
tohopes 1 year ago
nice callsign.
tohopes 1 year ago
I remember this game =D
Was flippin through a stack of old PC games I found and couldn't remember what this was XD
ri8002 2 years ago
hay when i got this version of the game i couldn't get it to slow down. it just went so fast i couldn't see anything.
naate222 2 years ago
LOL Driving a ship with one hand. ONly Wing COmmander
Shorty15c4007 2 years ago 2
This game just blew me away. Read the handbook (yeah, games came with handbooks back then) under the bench at school and couldn't wait to come home to my amiga again ...
palegrey 2 years ago 8
@palegrey ahah handbooks in the 90s were the first thing I did with any game on the car ride home from either a store where I bought it or a blockbuster / rogers where I rented it... unfortunately they seem to be degraded to purely informational and mostly black and white to save on cost nowaday :(
GodlessMartyr666 1 year ago
The into music sounds a bit like the theme from Star Trek The Next Generation.
koolkitty8989 3 years ago 2
Oh how I loved this game.
realgray 3 years ago 2
I always loved the Scimitar - far better than the Hornet but not quite as good as the Ferret in WC 2. Mass Drivers were awesome, who needs an overpowered Sabre? :)
biffrapper 3 years ago
is this the sega version? because I have the snes version and snes version's music and sound kicks this versions ass.
Zero100009 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this. I bought my 1st pc just for this game and had forgotten the orchestra conductor tapping his baton... damn I'm old...
dajingo 3 years ago 9
Had anyone try shooting down the Tiger's Claw?
asutn 3 years ago
Best game ever
toggsuk 3 years ago 2
Yeah. I still have a DOS 6.22 box setup with WC1 on it.
Killerratte, what software tool did you use to record the gameplay with?
beardedoneder 3 years ago
These are definately Adlib-sounds..
Samoutuomas 3 years ago
I'd say either PC or SNES, but not Amiga
Geodomus 3 years ago
PC. Only PC on those years had that poor sound effects. SNES, Amiga and other platforms had it much better.
tetlik 3 years ago
Thats right, I had the snez version and the music, while being the same compositions, is much nicer than the pc version.
God I must have looked real pale when I finally left my bedroom after playing this for about a month, solid, 7 days a week, classic game!
imperialpod 3 years ago
Though making Jalthi fighters into green Salthis were annoying.
TheCastellan 2 years ago
I don't know from which platform this version is, but music sounds like midi. Amiga version have much better quality of music.
tetlik 4 years ago
This is the PC version and it's not MIDI which sounds alot better...this is the Adlib or Soundblaster music
The game sounds better on the Amiga but the PC version has Roland MT32 midi music which is superior
Jivemaster2005 4 years ago
Exactly. You got sampled sounds and all you needed to run the game was 512K (although you probably should have at least a full meg to make it smoother).
cubdukat 3 years ago
Yo. You can actually fly with a mouse?
chillyche 4 years ago
Yup
Killerratte 4 years ago
My neighbors played the game ONLY with a mouse.
TheCastellan 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
how old is this thing?
deltora13 4 years ago
Do people ever bother reading the description.
Killerratte 4 years ago 10
@Killerratte no not really
then again its a "description"for the video, not a place for random facts to be displayed
eternity899 1 year ago
I know, but today inspite Dos box, the game looks realy bad. Especially the ships...
mjshikeli 4 years ago
yeah, the cheesy simulated 3D graphics are hideous by todays standards, but i still find the simplicity of the game play fun. version 2 graphics are much better IMO.
my favorite wing commander is version 3.
beardedoneder 3 years ago 3
I actually like the blocky, pixely graphics. :3
TheCastellan 2 years ago
Great to see this after all these years! I feel like a grandfather :-)
A long time ago, in a wing commander - galaxy, far far away...
Winnywindl 4 years ago
I was dying to play this game at the time but was newer given to do so. Good to see it now LOL
mjshikeli 4 years ago
You can download the game free. just google it! ;) you need dosbox to play the game
Huhukh 4 years ago