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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. Wow by Zemrec · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow, I'm looking at this thread with all you nerds reminiscing about all crap you had to put up with on PCs to get games to work.

    At the time I was playing most of the same games on Amiga and then later Mac. I got the same games but with enhanced sound/graphics/interface and none of the technical support headaches.

    I never even owned an x86 PC until 2000. I'd used them at work and school of course, but didn't have the money or inclination to get one until then.

    Glad I bypassed all that crap. :)