Wing Commander

Wing Commander

1990 Bits Laboratory

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About Wing Commander

Wing Commander is a shooter and simulation game developed by Bits Laboratory and published by ASCII Corporation, released on 26 September 1990.

Gameplay consists of completing successive missions and overall cockpit performance affects gameplay: going above and beyond the call of duty results in medals, promotions in rank are awarded at regular intervals, and success or failure on certain critical missions decides the player's plot progress, "winning" or "losing".

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The player takes the role of a nameless pilot aboard the TCS Tiger's Claw, a Bengal-class Strike Carrier. The player gets to name the pilot and choose his call sign. The pilot (known in-production to Origin personnel as "Bluehair", after his most notable feature) quickly rises through the ranks of the flight wing and (presuming the player performs ideally in the cockpit) eventually leads a strike on the Kilrathi High Command starbase in the Venice system. On the other hand, if the player does not perform optimally, missions become increasingly defensive in nature, and eventually the Claw is forced to retreat.

Gameplay

Specs

Genres

Shooter Simulation Simulator

Modes

Single player

Perspective

First person

Engine

Origin FX

Tags

Best single-player gamesBest sci-fi gamesBest first-person games

Rankings

Best Shooter games on PCBest Shooter games on MacBest PC gamesBest PC games of 1990Best games of 1990

Gallery

Media

Content

DLC & expansions

Wing Commander: The Secret Missions 2 - Crusade

1991

Wing Commander: The Secret Missions 2 - Crusade

1991

Collection

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Wing Commander: Prophecy

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Wing Commander: Prophecy

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Privateer 2: The Darkening

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Privateer 2: The Darkening

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Wing Commander 4: The Price of Freedom

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Wing Commander 4: The Price of Freedom

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Wing Commander 3 Heart of the Tiger

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Wing Commander 3 Heart of the Tiger

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Wing Commander: Armada

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Wing Commander: Armada

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Wing Commander: Privateer

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Wing Commander: Privateer

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Wing Commander 2: Vengeance of the Kilrathi

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Wing Commander 2: Vengeance of the Kilrathi

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