Out of the Blue

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Wow! Just... wow. GOG.com is now offering Wing Commander 1+2, updated to play on modern computers. I cannot wait to grab these and check them out, as they rank among my favorite old-school gaming memories. The games, the Secret Missions and Special Operations add-ons, the voice pack (sold separately!), the joy of rising to the top of the kill board, the horror of losing wingmen, loving Angel, hating Maniac... it all comes back. These experiences were so memorable they inspired my gaming handle "BlueHair." Wow, looking back at what I just wrote, it seems apparent this may not live up to all those memories, but that is not going to stop me from finding out.

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Re: Out of the Blue - WC 1 & 2

Aug 25, 2011, 21:34

sauron

Creston wrote on Aug 25, 2011, 21:22:
nin wrote on Aug 25, 2011, 18:23:

I replayed Wing Commander 3 a few years ago, and it held up. Graphics were pretty basic, but it is completely 3D,

I'd love to see them trot out Prophecy. Can't remember if it had a d3d render or not though. I know it did glide.

I don't think it did D3D, no. Glide or software. So they'd have to either create a glide emulator, or rewrite the whole renderer.

Sucks, because I'd love to replay WC 3 and 4. My WC 3 disks died at one point, it seemed like they had like condensation underneath the plastic or something. Wouldn't read anymore. I was absolutely fucking crushed when that happened.

Creston

Glide-only should be fine these days. Independence War is also Glide-native with no D3D options whatsoever, and GOG released a fully playable (and rather beautiful) D3D version of it last year. The wrappers have come a long way and are very hardware-forgiving these days to the point of transparency.

I actually built a Glide box back in 2004 mainly for IWar. Initially with a GeForce and pass-through to a Voodoo2 (I think), and then to a full-on Voodoo5 AGP card. Then the wrappers arrived and I stored all the parts. Still got the V5, box and all.




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		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Aug 25, 10:41	Re: Out of the Blue	Creston
	2.	Aug 25, 10:47	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	3.	Aug 25, 11:00	Re: Out of the Blue	InBlack
	4.	Aug 25, 11:04	Re: Out of the Blue	Zptr
	5.	Aug 25, 11:04	Re: Out of the Blue	sauron
	10.	Aug 25, 11:38	Re: Out of the Blue	Pineapple Ferguson
	11.	Aug 25, 11:59	Re: Out of the Blue	PHJF
	15.	Aug 25, 13:28	Re: Out of the Blue	Ray Marden
	34.	Aug 25, 23:45	Re: Out of the Blue	xXBatmanXx
	35.	Aug 26, 02:09	Re: Out of the Blue	Creston
	6.	Aug 25, 11:06	Re: Out of the Blue	winnetou
	7.	Aug 25, 11:08	Re: Mike Flanagan	Pankin
	8.	Aug 25, 11:11	Re: Mike Flanagan	nin
	14.	Aug 25, 12:29	Re: Mike Flanagan	sauron
	9.	Aug 25, 11:11	Re: Out of the Blue	Max-Ray
	12.	Aug 25, 12:03	Re: Out of the Blue	meezookeewee
	13.	Aug 25, 12:05	Re: Out of the Blue	Ratty
	16.	Aug 25, 13:29	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	17.	Aug 25, 14:16	Re: Out of the Blue	Blue
	18.	Aug 25, 14:23	Re: Out of the Blue	Ratty
	19.	Aug 25, 14:24	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	22.	Aug 25, 17:01	Re: Out of the Blue	Creston
	23.	Aug 25, 17:05	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	39.	Aug 26, 17:16	Re: Out of the Blue	Ant
	20.	Aug 25, 16:19	Re: Out of the Blue	WyldKat
	21.	Aug 25, 16:58	Re: Out of the Blue	Creston
	24.	Aug 25, 17:05	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	25.	Aug 25, 17:33	Re: Out of the Blue	MajorD
	28.	Aug 25, 18:56	Re: Out of the Blue	Cutter
	29.	Aug 25, 19:10	Re: Out of the Blue	MajorD
	26.	Aug 25, 17:36	Re: Out of the Blue - WC 1 & 2	jdreyer
	27.	Aug 25, 18:23	Re: Out of the Blue - WC 1 & 2	nin
	32.	Aug 25, 21:22	Re: Out of the Blue - WC 1 & 2	Creston
>>	33.	Aug 25, 21:34	Re: Out of the Blue - WC 1 & 2	sauron
	36.	Aug 26, 02:10	Re: Out of the Blue - WC 1 & 2	Creston
	30.	Aug 25, 19:11	Re: Out of the Blue	Cutter
	31.	Aug 25, 19:28	Re: Out of the Blue	Tom
	37.	Aug 26, 08:37	Re: Out of the Blue	Mr. Tact
	38.	Aug 26, 15:01	Re: Out of the Blue	Jim