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From: 6600kntp@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Kent Perrier)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Wing Commander
Keywords: sucks, not worth it
Message-ID: <10150@hub.ucsb.edu>
Date: 22 Mar 91 21:59:07 GMT
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In article <39607@netnews.upenn.edu> steyn@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Gavin Steyn ) writes:

>In article <957@tau-ceti.isc-br.com> bobk@tau-ceti.isc-br.com (Bob Kirkpatrick ) writes:
>>If anyone is considering the purchase if WING COMMANDER by Origin of Texas,
>>save your money. There are a lot BETTER things to spend your money on.
>>I have WING COMMANDER, and have discovered that the game will give priority
>>to it's fancy graphics instead of game function.
>>I run a slower (8mhz) PC clone 286. On my system, I can expect to NOT be
>>able to fire my guns when in close proximity to the enemy, giving them a
>>great advantage. In essence, there is no winning the game.

>Please note that Origin only recommends the game on machines that are 16Mhz
>or better.  That's why the system responds so slowly on your machine.
>Yes, the mouse is sensitive, but the game is winnable (my roommate's done
>it).  The graphics are amazing, and on his computer (25 mhz) the game
>runs very reasonably.
>  Gavin Steyn
>steyn@eniac.seas.upenn.edu

I have a 16Mhz 386sx and I runs fine.  Yes it slows down when there
is a lot of other ships in the area but from what I have heard, that
happens on everyones machine regardless of speed. BTW I have won 
the origional missions and now I am working on the Secret Missions.



Kent Perrier                        Cogitio Ergo Sum
6600kntp@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu          University of California
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