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Wing Commander 3 Reaches Ten Year Milestone

Posted by Zonk on from the oh-dear-we're-getting-old dept.

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."

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  1. The Memories by Razman · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I cannot believe it has been ten years already!

    I hope some games, like movies and music, are remade, with better graphics and such, hopefully without destroying the game we all came to remember. ;)

    though it seems like space flight sims are not a popular as they used to be.

    Wing Commander/Mech Warrior have all died off it seems.

  2. Oh, the horrible acting... by eviltypeguy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Oh, the horrible acting...

    But, it had John Rhys Davies, that makes it good right?

    Oh, and Mark Hamil too!

    But, the worst line from an actor in this game:

    "Disintegrate me, so I may join my comrades..."

    *dies laughing*

  3. Heh by M.C.+Hampster · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I actually bought "Return to Zork" on floppies. Rather than real full video, you just had these strangely animated pictures.

    Want some rye? 'Course you do!

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  4. Games don't keep me awake all night anymore. by bromodrosis · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can remember coming home from the bars and playing this until 3 or 4 AM then getting a few hours of sleep and trudging off to work again. WC 1, 2 and 3 lost me weeks of sleep.

  5. Re:Hobbes! by Slider451 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I, too, was shocked and disappointed when Hobbes turned. He was always my favorite wingman.

    Looks like Origin is responsible for producing more than a few IT pros. Between tweaking bootdisks, soundcards, and CD-ROM drives for the WC series, and 10-base-2 and early 10-base-T cards (NetwareLite, anyone?) for Doom deathmatches, I was all set to start my IT career in 1994.

    Thanks Origin and id!

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