[Bandit LOAF]

Here's a brief look back at mentions of two cancelled Wing Commander games. We've got a brief appearance by Wing Commander II for the Sega Genesis (later SNES) in the March 1994 issue of Gamefan. We suspect this is a stock PC screenshot rather than specific to this version. And then we have the slightest mention of Wing Commander III for the Sega Saturn in the September 1995 issue of Sega Visions. It's hard to tell it it's stock text or if it is intended to say that the Saturn version would include the ground attack missions cut from the other console adaptations.

Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
Electronic Arts

This technologically astounding sequel in the Commander series puts you in a world founded on tomorrow's technology. It’s a thrilling space sim, and you're the wing-commander pilot of a brand-new Terran ship in the bitter war against the Kilrathi, Gameplay speed is a warping 30 frames per second, You interact face-toface with a cast of stars including Mark Hamill, Malcolm McDowell, and John Rhys-Davies. Sixty-five thousand colors of SGI-based graphics explode with heart-pounding clarity as you travel at blistering speed across planetary surfaces and through the seemingly endless void of space.

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Original update published on October 10, 2026

 

[kingmakeress]

Although Wing Commander is the type of game which is appropriate for consoles, I think it was stretching their computational resources. I never owned a console myself, but this is the impression I am getting from the reviews and the relevant articles. Plus porting to other platforms is usually tricky.