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Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Sifter3000, 8 Mar 2010.

  1. Sifter3000

    Sifter3000 I used to be somebody

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    Sifter3000, 8 Mar 2010
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  2. praxis22

    praxis22 Geek

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    I'm old enough to remember when Wing Commander had two reviews, one (60% ish) if you were running a 486DX the other (90% ish) if you were using one of those new-fangled pentiums.

    Add to that a soundblaster AWE32, a "3D" card and a Gravis Joystick and evenings and weekends could dissapear for weeks on end. Mark Hamil & the temblor bomb, good times! :)
     
    praxis22, 8 Mar 2010
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  3. GFC

    GFC What's a Dremel?

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    Am I the only one who gets only the training level? I thought it might've been my cookies, but even enabling them (even on different browser) it still doesn't let me progress more after the first training mission.
     
    GFC, 8 Mar 2010
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  4. Redbeaver

    Redbeaver The Other Red Meat

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    Wings of Prey is pretty good actually :)
     
    Redbeaver, 8 Mar 2010
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  5. l3v1ck

    l3v1ck Fueling the world, one oil well at a time.

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    Awesome. I have to redo a level if I get less than three or four stars.
     
    l3v1ck, 8 Mar 2010
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  6. brave758

    brave758 Minimodder

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    Wing commander Ahh. :)
     
    brave758, 8 Mar 2010
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  7. nepenthes

    nepenthes What's a Dremel?

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    nepenthes, 8 Mar 2010
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  8. Lizard

    Lizard @ Scan R&D

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    That sounds like Wing Commander 3 - I'm old enough to remember upgrading my 286 to a 386 in order to try and play Wing Commander 1 smoothly :)
     
    Lizard, 8 Mar 2010
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  9. l3v1ck

    l3v1ck Fueling the world, one oil well at a time.

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  10. rollo

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    fsim x isnt really a consumer product due to the requirements it needs to run
     
    rollo, 9 Mar 2010
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  11. pbryanw

    pbryanw Minimodder

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    Was Wing Commander the one you could buy an optional Voice Pack for, or was that Strike Commander (ah, fond memories)?
     
    pbryanw, 14 Mar 2010
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  12. Lizard

    Lizard @ Scan R&D

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    Wing Commander and Strike Commander had an optional Voice Pack and a couple of Mission Packs too.

    Like all Origin games though you needed a faster CPU than Intel had yet released, so I only got to enjoy Strike Commander was when it was re-released a few years later on CD (rather than FDD) with all the expansion packs included.
     
    Lizard, 14 Mar 2010
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  13. Xir

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    Wow, cost me two hours yesterday, great little game ;-)

    Thanks!
     
    Xir, 17 Mar 2010
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