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Pcmania Delivers Their WC4 Take
We're going to wind down this week with another set of Spanish Pcmania scans from Maxi de Sokar. These compromise their preview, review and advertisement for Wing Commander 4. I like how their blue ... Dragon and Banshee Leap off Drawing Board Into Physical World
We always like looking at little Wing Commander ships, and we thought you do too! Here's a couple of newbies that L.I.F. recently printed from DefianceIndustries' digital archive. These are deep cut... Learn About 'Wing People' in Helpful Guide
Here's a super retro magazine scan from the December 1993 issue of PC Review. Bear in mind that this was still the early 1990s, and the topic of the article is how space has become the "cluttered fro... Video Experimentation Produces Dazzling Results
ODVS has another fantastic video sample to show off. After releasing his massive enhancement to WC4 and Prophecy video, he's continued to research and perfect the craft. This has produced some impre... Morningstars Light up the Night
Up tonight is a fantastic piece of art by tkdrobert. This one features a pair of Morningstars zooming away from the Concordia or another Confederation class dreadnought set against a colorful backdro... Classic Joystick Evokes Hardware Nostalgia
Dennis Mull came across a hardware setup from the mid '90s that's a pretty neat time capsule of the era. The Quickshot "Squadron Commander" QS-202 is a very early example of a Hands-On Throttle And S... Wing Commander Meme of the Day: Blank Nut Button
It's kind of a single entendre
... Kilrathi Warrior Busts Some Skulls
The April 1994 issue of Electronic Entertainment has a short-but-interesting preview of Wing Commander III! It's fascinating to see an article that isn't especially focused on the addition of live a... WC1 Live Viewer Reveals Programming Details In Real Time
UnnamedCharacter has made a neat little app that provides enhanced visibility of each WC1 object in space. It shows ships and their speed, of course, but the really cool aspect is that it reveals exa... Behind the Scenes of the WC2 Demo
Wing 2 director and script writer Stephen Beeman recently shared some interesting facts about the WC2 demo, now almost a quarter century old. The awesome, 'alternative' intro animation is embedded bel... Together Retro Game Club Replays Wing Commander
This post is a bit out of date, but when it comes to sharing stories of Wing Commander enjoyment, 'better late than never' always applies! Together Retro Game Club chose Wing Commander for one of the... New Disc Option Added to Music Album Campaign
As often happens in crowd funding campaigns, George's Oldziey's Wing Commander Music Album Campaign has some late breaking changes in the last few days before the end. A new $60 physical disc option ... Wing Commander Airing on HBO & On Demand
Blaster reports that the Wing Commander Movie has been added to HBO’s Video On Demand section on DirecTV. You can find the film listing here. It's also been recently airing in high definition on the... WC Vet to Lead New UT Gaming Academy
The University of Texas at Austin has announced that Wing Commander producer Warren Spector will be leading a new gaming academy at the school. The program will also be directed by Blizzard COO P... Fearsome Fralthra Filling In Fast
Red Baron has started to texture Cybot's Fralthra, and it's quickly turning into quite a work of art. The color scheme already does a great job of evoking Wing Commander 2. He's also scaled a Jalkeh... Empire's Factory Switches Into High Gear
Chris Carpenter has posted an update on the construction of his radio controlled Dralthi. Progress is great so far - the airframe is in the middle of being reinforced and the craft's engine and batte... Wing Commander Themes Available for Cheap
Wing Commander Arena themes for the XBox 360 have gotten a big price cut! They're available now for just 50 MS Points, which is down from 150 points originally. At the going conversion rates, this ma... Asteroids Rage
This week's set of releases for Microsoft's Game Room include the 'space sim' that started it all: Asteroids. Released in 1979, Asteroids pitted a player's spaceship against increasingly dangerous wav... Gratha Graphical Glitches Gone
Michelle D has a revamped Gratha model. The structure of this new version is a little bit more in line with the original game design. Now that the main frame is complete, texturing will begin soon. ... Making the Game: Series L Overview
Series L is the Hellespont/Alcor missions, Wing Commander Prophecy's only exclusive losing set of missions (other than D-L). Very few people bother to fly these missions, which is a shame - where els... Wingnuts Hold on to Pembroke
The community replay of the Wing Commander series has made its way to the first WC2 addon, Special Operations 1. Although most players will now work on securing the gains made in Enigma, anyone can... Making the Game - Part 14
The plot thickens! On May 31, 1996 the project is in the very earliest stages of development and plans are focusing on things like the makeup of the team, sharing resources with other projects and who... Quite an Achievement
Following good news with good, TeamXbox has posted a new preview of Wing Commander Arena. It gives descriptions for every game mode, talks about fighting 'bots and confirms what we've noticed in recen... The Game is First Rate
There are no small Wing Commander news articles, only small Wing Commanders: the German equivalent of the ESRB, the USK, has rated Wing Commander Arena. The verdict? "Freigegeben ab 12 Jahren gemäß § ... Many Options Out There For Desktop Redecoration
Our Wallpapers section has been updated to include all the great desktop images submitted to us in the last half year. You may have missed some of these new additions if you didn't visit the CIC ever... Wing Commander's Still The Space Sim Standard
Vance caught a neat little Wing Commander mention over at IGN. The article in question is an interview with the top developers at of Metroid Prime 3 for the Nintendo Wii. They discuss differ... Alternate Origin Logo Extracted
While searching through files for his WCIV movie project, AD came across an alternate version of the Origin logo that plays at the beginning of WCIV. Here we give you both for comparison purposes. One... Super Wing Commander On The Big Screen
AD is doing well for noticing strange things. Apparently a film called Synthetic Pleasure was released in 1995. The strange part comes from the complete film credits listed on this site. Super Wing Co... Saga Shows Off New Excalibur & Fleet
We haven't featured any mod progress updates in a little while, so Tolwyn from WC Saga sent a batch of shots showing their latest updates. First is their updated Excalibur. It's shaping up quite nic... The Big Question Returns
For a long time the CIC has watched people debate one of the important questions of our time: Who would win in a fight? Luke Skywalker or Christopher Blair. McGruff over at Crius.net found the battle... Congratulations To Everything
Yesterday was something of a triple holiday for us at the CIC. Kris turned 23 and the alt.games.wing-commander newsgroup turned 9. Yesterday was also the 24th anniversary of Mount St. Helens' erupti... Have You Seen My +1 Mass Driver?
"The Original Wing Commander RPG" is a recent addition to our Solsector.net family. Michael Coe is working on a pen-&-paper Wing Commander RPG, and he wants some feedback. If you like pen-&-paper game... Bear At The Movies
No, not Jason. TC has dug up this peculiar Wing Commander movie review. It's an odd little thing, but I like the way he sums it up: "Spaceships, explosions, battles and babes - what more could you ask... Freespace Universe Invaded
Apparently this one hasn't been getting a lot of coverage around here. Nicolas "Venom" Clement reminds us that there is a Wing Commander Total Conversion for Freespace 2 under way. You can find out mo... SWC Character of the Day: Spirit
She flew straight into that space station, like destroying it was more important than her life. All of her torpedoes exploded on impact... And I couldn't do anything to save her. I'll never forget the... Invasion Moves
Can't find the Invasion Beta and Music? That's because it's been moved here and here respectively, to allow Netscape users to download it.... Star Wars!
Every other form of press media mentioned Star Wars about eighty times today so why shouldn't we?... Withdrawal Symptoms Going Away..
Wow, it feels good to be back. My old P100 died last Friday and I've spent the past week shopping for a new system and staring at my blank old monitor. Having a P3 is great (after skipping the P166/...
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