Wing Commander

Video Game
1990

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You're a 2nd Lieutenant just out of the Academy, who joins The Confederation who have been at war with the Kilrathi for the past 20 years.You're a 2nd Lieutenant just out of the Academy, who joins The Confederation who have been at war with the Kilrathi for the past 20 years.You're a 2nd Lieutenant just out of the Academy, who joins The Confederation who have been at war with the Kilrathi for the past 20 years.

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8.3/10

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Cam Clarke

Col. Halcyon
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(uncredited)

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Trivia
Cast of characters: Christopher Blair (though this doesn't become the character's official name until the third game, here the name is user-defined), Col. Peter Halcyon, Maj. James "Paladin" Taggart, Capt. Jeannette "Angel" Devereaux, 2nd Lt. Todd "Maniac" Marshall, Maj. Michael "Iceman" Casey, Maj. Kein "Bossman" Chen, 1st Lt. Mariko "Spirit" Tanaka, Capt. Ian "Hunter" St. John, Capt. Joseph "Knight" Khumalo, 1st Lt. Zach "Jazz" Colson (only appears in the Secret Missions 2 expansion pack); 1st Lt. Etienne "Doomsday" Montclair (only appears in Secret Missions 2) and Shotglass the bartender.

Alternate versions
The standard Amiga version of Wing Commander has only 16 colors, as it was released just before the Amiga 1200 which added the 256-color AGA version. Some early demos were made in 32 colors, but the number of colors had to be reduced as the game was too slow on not accelerated Amigas. The only 256-color version is the one bundled with the CD32 system, which also runs on A1200s with CD drives.

Connections
Featured in Man of the House (1995)

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9/10

Great game for its time!

Although the screenplay could have been better but at the time I played it got me hooked because of the concept and the story plus the Kilrathi proved to be an interesting alien species! Also the space combat was pretty good, a great game for its time!

Also the missions were pretty good even though the carrier under attack missions would not have had a briefing just a red alert with all pilots rushing to their fighters just like in future games.

Also while slightly stereotypical one of the most interesting characters introduced was Ian 'Hunter' St John who was one of the main characters in the novel 'Freedom Flight' which was the only decent novel I read of the Wing Commander franchise.

Also Kien 'Bossman' Chen was interesting too as was Iceman and Maniac was okay as his character expanded in sequels.