[ChrisReid]

Here, enjoy some Amiga WC1! This is far from the first time that we've posted an Amiga playthrough, but it's always fun to watch. Plenty of people got their first look at the game on PC or Super Nintendo, so for those folks, it's fun to see something like this to pick out the many small differences. Check out LOAF's comparison of the TrainSim and Barracks as an example!

The original Amiga version of Wing Commander had just 16 colors. It was released right before the Amiga 1200, which introduced the 256-color AGA version. Wing Commander is a computer game series from Origin Systems, the series creator is the American game developer Chris Roberts. The series is about humanity's fight for survival in the 27th century against aggressive alien races, particularly the cat-like Kilrathi.

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Original update published on November 19, 2024

 

[kingmakeress]

Great find, thanks!

 

[TCSTigersClaw]

Amiga500 introduced me to Wing Commander. Good times

 

[kingmakeress]

It was the ancient 286-based pc without the 287 mathematics coprocessor of a friend for me. It was way outdated by the time my friend got it in her hands 🏛️🏛️

 

[Oggy]

Amiga500 introduced me to Wing Commander. Good times

The same my friend!
Saw the pallette flipped demo running in the store (with a grey uniformed halcyon) and a few weeks of waiting; but my god, that slide show! I look back now and oof! but I spent so many hours with it!

 

[Bandit LOAF]

The WCPedia has a page on that rolling demo if you'd like to see it again! https://www.wcnews.com/wcpedia/Wing_Commander_Preview

 

[Oggy]

Thats the one! That scraped some rust off the old memory banks.

Mindscape, what a firm!
There was the teaser for the secret operations, but we never got those on Amiga