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From: jset_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Jeff Setzer)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Wing Commander
Keywords: sucks, not worth it
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Date: 22 Mar 91 17:37:00 GMT
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I have to disagree with you vehemently about Wing Commander.  First of all,
it says quite clearly in the manual that it is optomized for a 386 running
at 16 MHz and VGA...My apartmentmate has it for his 286/12, with VGA, and 2
meg of RAM, and it runs just fine.  We tried it on my machine, which is
similar to his except that it has but 1 meg RAM and EGA, and things went
quite a bit more slowly...it was acceptable, though (but since I can play on
his VGA machine, I decided not to buy my own copy and just use his).

Also, the game was meant to run with a joystick...there aren't a whole lot
of planes (spacefighters) that I know are controlled by a mouse or a
keyboard set of arrow keys...those features are just put in as a nicety for
marketing purposes.

And, in case you're wondering, my apartmentmate and one of his other friends
have each completed the entire set of missions, including those in the
"Secret Missions Pack."

You can't blame the company for your own hardware...I don't hate WC because
it bites in EGA...the game was written for specific hardware.

I would recommend the game to anyone with a 286/12 and VGA or better...the
soundtrack is cool, too! :-)


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