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  1. Wing Commander 3 Reaches Ten Year Milestone

    Games · Classicgames · · posted by Zonk · from the oh-dear-we're-getting-old dept. · 104 comments
    An Anonymous Reader writes "The Wing Commander CIC is reporting on the tenth birthday of the classic PC game, Wing Commander 3. "Much like Wing Commander 2 with the sound card and Wing Commander Prophecy with the 3d accelerator, Wing Commander 3 encouraged a legion of PC gamers to go out and buy a CD-ROM drive for hundreds of dollars. In little over four years we went from a handful of floppy disks to a stack of CDs. Once computers had their CD-ROM installed, systems with only 8 megabytes of RAM sufferred 5+ minute load times before the missions. Still, we happily waited for one of the most incredible gaming experiences ever." Though the game obviously looks dated by today's standards, it's held up remarkably well as a vehicle of adventure and storytelling. It's amazing that it's already been ten years."

  2. Electronic Arts Shuts Down Origin Systems?

    Games · Rpg · · posted by simoniker · from the passing-to-the-other-side dept. · 343 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "Waterthread.org has picked up the following on the studio that brought us the popular Ultima and Wing Commander series: 'Game company Electronic Arts is expected to tell its Austin employees this week that the company will be shutting down Origin Systems, its Austin operations, according to sources. Employees will be offered an opportunity to relocate to California or accept a severance package. Company officials could not be reached for comment. Austin is the #3 location in the U.S. for game development with more than 50 companies making major contributions to the game industry, including game development, publishing, tools and middleware and chips and hardware." The Wing Commander CIC has also posted a epitaph for Origin."

  3. New Wing Commander - For Gameboy Advance?

    Games · Portablegames · · posted by simoniker · from the gba-kilrathi-scum dept. · 20 comments
    TC (WC) writes "In the past week, the first Wing Commander game in 5 years was released... for the Gameboy Advance. A port of Wing Commander: Prophecy to the GBA was released in North America on May 28th. This news update on the Wing Commander CIC has first impressions of the game and some screenshots. It uses Raylight's Blue Roses 3D engine, and is one of the most beautiful looking and technically impressive GBA game that's been made."

  4. New Wing Commander - For Gameboy Advance?

    Games · Portablegames · · posted by simoniker · from the gba-kilrathi-scum dept. · 20 comments
    TC (WC) writes "In the past week, the first Wing Commander game in 5 years was released... for the Gameboy Advance. A port of Wing Commander: Prophecy to the GBA was released in North America on May 28th. This news update on the Wing Commander CIC has first impressions of the game and some screenshots. It uses Raylight's Blue Roses 3D engine, and is one of the most beautiful looking and technically impressive GBA game that's been made."

  5. New Wing Commander - For Gameboy Advance?

    Games · Portablegames · · posted by simoniker · from the gba-kilrathi-scum dept. · 20 comments
    TC (WC) writes "In the past week, the first Wing Commander game in 5 years was released... for the Gameboy Advance. A port of Wing Commander: Prophecy to the GBA was released in North America on May 28th. This news update on the Wing Commander CIC has first impressions of the game and some screenshots. It uses Raylight's Blue Roses 3D engine, and is one of the most beautiful looking and technically impressive GBA game that's been made."