Wing Commander (DOS) - Intro & First Mission (Enyo 1)
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Here we have the classic space simulation game Wing Commander by Chris Roberts. This video shows the full introduction sequence and first mission.
The game was first released by Origin Systems for the PC (MS-DOS) on September 26, 1990.
Wing Commander brought space combat to a level approaching the Star Wars films. Set in the year 2654, it featured a multi-national cast of pilots from the "Terran Confederation" flying missions against the predatory, aggressive Kilrathi, a feline warrior race.
Cockpit performance affected gameplay: going above and beyond the call of duty resulted in medals and promotions, and success or failure on certain critical missions would even decide the player's plot progress, "winning" or "losing". (info taken from Wikipedia)
When I first played WC on a friends PC I was totally blown away, particuarly because I owned an Atari ST which could in no way run a game with this kind of graphics and sound. To an 11 year old it was an epic experience, oozing amtosphere and really making you feel part of the game world. The running sequence from mission briefing to your fighter still makes me grin with anticipation.
21 years after it release, it is obviouslly starting to showing it's age graphically. The graphics are completely sprite based and look very pixalted close up. Also, being sprite based does the animations of the spacecraft no favours due to the lack of fluidity. But as long as you can see past that, it is still a lot of fun to play today.
This version of the game is running through DOSBox. However it was re-released for Windows (and fixed for modern CPU's and also the addition of enhanced sound) as part of the Kilrathi Saga.
(And yeah, I should have used a couple of missles on that Salthi that got away. As for the asteroid hitting me, that's what happens when you look down at the keyboard at the wrong moment...)
I remember watching this game on my friend's VGA screen.
I was amazed at the graphics.
I had a CGA monitor and could not load this game.
How about EGA? Does it work with my original IBM EGA card?
Im 41 now and i feel the same.
It was so freaking MINDBLOWING high end stuff back in the days.
I played this game when I was 12-13. I'm 45 now and i still remember the names of the fighters: Hornet, Scimitar, Rapier (the heavy one I don't remember heh!). Salthi, Dralthi, Krant and Jalthi for the "furballs", the Kilrathi. "Ralari" was the name of their destroyer and "Tiger's Claw" the name of the carrier where you took off from.
Noone will ever come close to understanding the tension, the importance and the level of commitment I had with this and some other games of the era, like X-Wing, Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe and F-117 Stealth Fighter. I really lived the fights.
It was the Raptor, two mass driver, two ion cannons.
I am two years older than you and know perfectly well what do‘re talking about. :-)
In my best days I would play WC 1 with the goal of destroying every Kilrathi ship there was in the missions, letting none escape. I managed in the end.
@@derandere4965 I read you! - Yes, the terran heavy was the Raptor, with those curved side panels.
In my case, when I first played the game I was very bad at leading the shots and coordinating my eyes and hands and I barely scraped through the missions. I never received the promotion beyond the Scimitar and in the end my side lost the war (yes, it's possible to finish the game with a bad result!).
A couple of years later I revisited it, did much better, and I still remember my satisfaction when I was summoned to the commander's office to be transferred to the Rapiers, near the end of the (then) successful campaign in the "Vega Sector".
Cheers mate, those were really happy times :)
@@MotoGreciaMarios, I know it‘s a dynamic campaign and on one occasion I lost a crucial mission or two in order to see one of those „bad“ lines of the game. But there was only one mission that remained extremely hard for me until the end, and that was when you had to defend the defecting Ralari destroyer from the Gratha wing (two lasers, to mass drivers). I hated the Gratha, they were very well armored and - although somewhat lacking in firepower - much more maneuverable than the terrifyingly armed Jalthi heavy fighter.
It‘s disconcerting to see how all these details remained put in my long-term memory…
And I had never problems with hitting them (apart from the Salthi fighters maybe). The important thing was to hitting the same armor zone more than once with all you guns, otherwise you would just waste precious time (poor Ralari) working away different shields while waiting for your internal heat to decrease again.
@@derandere4965 Well, I just blasted away at them happy if any shots got on target. Then I got smarter and used the afterburner more efficiently in order to stay at optimal distance and this made the difference.
I've got to admit I don't remember the defecting Ralari defence although I do remember the Gratha and how effective they were. I learned to hate their "hunched" look!
@@MotoGreciaMarios, true. I used the afterburner right from the start. It was especially valuable against the light Salthi and the heavily armed Jalthi - to remain in punching distance and to get out of harm‘s way.
I don't think Star Citizen will ever run this good.
Ur deffs high then
🤣😂😂👍
Dude, seriously was just told about star citizen today and this is the game I thought about from my childhood years. Then your comment 😂😂😂😂
@cesar8ramirez I know this is 11 months later but it's the same guy making star citizen that made wing commander.
I am 50
Now. I used to play this for hours on ends. This is the bomb. The Best game ever. I had a 386 PC. With decent speakers ! So. Yeah. When the Kilrathi exploded you can feel in it your bones !! Oh yeah !!!
You've got me by a fair bit, but I'm right there with you. I played all the classic PC games on a 386 DX/20. When I first played WC1, we still only had the base PC speaker for beeps. We got a sound blaster pro and it blew my mind how good the music in this was.
I can't count how many times I barely made it back to base on fire with only one gun left LOL. Those were the days.
Those really were the days. I played this game to death, again and again. What amazed me is that I played it all with keyboard and mouse lol.
Ahh Origin Systems, making even the most simple thing as going to fighter, EPIC with its Midi music selection
Ohh, was i proud to get that game running on my 80286 16 Mhz VGA machine. Liked to show off with it. Was awesome graphics back then. Really liked the dynamic the game developed when you succeeded in your mission vs failing. Remember that changed the entire backstory of the game. Losing led to the Kiltrathi winning the war.
Yeah! I remember that mission in Secret Missions 2 there you had to protect transport against 6 jalthi )
I *LOVE* the SCRAMBLE/running to the fighters music! I had that as a ringtone. That music ALWAYS got my blood pumping!
I love it too!!!! As long as i live, i will NEVER forget that awesome cinematic and music!! :))))))))))) Goosebumps..everytime i see/hear it :)
Aah! Nothing more satisfying than blowing up a pack of Dralthi fighters in seconds.
Driven by 12Mhz .. that was so cooool!
I had this friend who always chose a bizarre name for himself, like Captain Shithead or Private Nickampoop just for the game write them in the subtitles between one level and the next and the first thing he did when he left for his mission in the fighter was to stop and keep shooting at the mothership itself. It was way too funny!
Remastered, now, i want it 👍👍👍. I played the Game in slowmo with my Amiga 2000😂😂👍
I picked this up from the bargain bin in the early 90s. I absolutely loved this game, and when my parents got a sound blaster (instead of the stock pc beep beep speaker) it shocked me how good the sound could be on a pc. The FMV games were cool, but there was a chertain charm WC1 and WC2 had.
Of all the wing commander games I certainly played this one the most. I would do every run again and again until I was the one to kill every Kilrathi ship, no running allowed, no wingman kills allowed. I even experimented by intentionally losing some to see how far I could go down, storywise before coming back. The biggest surprise to me was one of the last missions they called impossible, I managed to win. Even though I had a clear win, they still treated it as a loss... they didn't even program in the possibility of the player winning.
RIP to the founder of Creative Sound Blaster just today. :(
I played the SNES port as a kid.
What I remember most was not knowing about the ‘skip to the next nav point’ button, and always plowing into an asteroid and dying.
I like the adlib music, but it configured incorrectly in the way that sometimes counter melodies stand out more than main melodies.
Great game. The graphics are still really good. Loads of nice pixelart. The music and sound effects.. well.. let's just say that FM has been put to better use on the Megadrive..
this brings back memories, too bad none came close to this after
I liked Descent
peew peew!!
used to oplay it with 4 years old... and still remember
Its crazy how familiar the ship looks from inside compared to Star Citizen today lol
Wing Commander was in its day, the best space combat simulation. One of my favorite pc games growing up.
For anyone that's tried to get the speed correctly, I've played around with DosBox's cycles and found that locking it in at 4100 cycles seems to be the closest to me. I'd guess the best thing to do though would be to build a 386-emulated machine using PCem or 86box.
awesome graphics for a 1990's game!
Ps5: Hey
@@KakashiHatake-ui5im dude. noone is interested about ps5 degrade games, in 1990 games video. VGA in 1990 > Ps5 in 2020
@@warrax111 pc in 1990, pc in 2021....
That's why I disliked the n64. Computer games were way better.
The 90s was when graphics were _getting_ better and not as simple.
Now the games are top notch in graphics since PS3, but they're all boring copycat FPS war games. Give me the 90s any day; at least they had personality.
Memories
man! i remember my fav thing was getting ready for a dog fight. Running to the ships and launching from the Tigers Claw. Was so much fun! i got so invested in the story that i bought the books.
Ha. OriginFX ended up becoming Origin Jumpworks. Evolution is quite a funny thing.
Iam Happ to be here on this platform
We need this in 2021 and in VR!
There is one in VR. I've won it. It's pretty good
If you’re not already aware, there kinda is. Star Citizen is made by the same dude (Chris Roberts) and is essentially this but on a much larger scale
СУПЕР ИГРА. Я из России, и помню эту игру.
Had the pleasure of getting this free with a Sound Blaster sound card. I'd actually sat for a whole afternoon playing this in the shop my dad bought it from. Although the game struggled on our Amstrad 1640 with EGA graphics.
The graphics for the DOS version is superior of course, but damn was the music on the SNES the best out of the two. What a fantastic port. If only there was a way to combine them.
"I respectfully request that you get the FUCK out of my line of fire bitch!"
that was hard, and it's just the first mission... the asteroids are a pain the ass but at least you can avoid that... but that docking bullshit? who the hell came up with that? and why would they expect you to know that you need to signal them on approach, something you never did before? anyway, that seems like a fun game. i've never played any space sims so it looks like a good game to start. but i don't know if i ever beat it, especially seeing that i don't have a joystick...
"WiNg CoMmAnDeR HaS MoRe SpAcE tO ExPlOrE ThAn StArFiElD"
Said every mentally ill narcassistic gamer that has FOMO issues.
This was one of the first PC games that I ever bought from Fry's Electronics.
I even bought the expansion packs.
Thanks for the memory.
I used to play this game on my school chromebook during COVID. Probably got me through it.
The nostalgia waves are hitting hard.
In this game of wing commander kilrathi saga call sign cheater and wartourist and maverick
This game requires reboot. As is..same music which was epic. Only enhanced. Even his blue hair was brilliant
lol this is so fast! Wasn't this fast back then!! lol
Eyo wtf this predates Doom? This looks fucking awesome!
This is how star citizen looks on my pc
COME ON STEAM. you did remakes of alot of games these days. Find the software and do a remake of this legendary series. im sure ORIGIN wouldnt mind
They do have them on Good Old Games (GOG)
Thanks for the memories. Love the midi music.
a solid post release update could be them adding a "Wing Commander" filter to star citizen where the graphics look like this! lol! I am watching this after the "I Held The Line" Trailer in 2023 for Squadron 42. Ive never played Wing Commander before but after watching this i definitely see where the inspiration came from!
Excellent! Thanks for this. Nice to find nostalgia with no annoying commentary. those asteroids lol. "safest speed is 250" lol. Once in WC2 i was on the way back to the fleet from a crazy mission that I ended up having to fly more than once.... last nav was an asteroid field. I navigated it with np like i normally do, only this time..... when I auto-nav'd back after leaving the asteroid field... "Somehow" an asteroid got sucked into the fly by with me on the autonav and bounced off my ship [WC collision sound x 99] and blew my ship up in the auto-nav fly-by lol... i was PISSED! lol good times in the 90s.
I upgraded the home computer to run Wing Commander (DOS) and found that Windows 3.1 programs ran better as a consequence.;) I used a cheap charlie CH Flight Stick, which survived until the arrival of LucasArts' X-Wing and TIE Fighter.
Its as atmospheric as ever
Such great memories ! I remember my ship always being beat up after the mission . I could almost play this when I was 8 I’m guessing 🤷🏼♂️😂
The SNES port has way better sound, but the FPS is waaaay worse on the SNES sadly. And the d-pad controls tend to not be as good. So it's a tossup. You want to hear far better music? Get the SNES version. But if you want better FPS and controls, get the DOS version.
Copy protection. 1:39
This game actually let you change the dialogue quite easily....😁
MIDI music! That title shot gets me everytime.
Amiga version virtutally indentical gameplay with better sound
and uglier graphics
guys i would like to note that fooatari has been dead for a few years now ok
wicked game :)
man this is just NMS ancestor
god i love that pew pew sound
Name your call sign!
Frosty
;-))) Atariste depuis le début ! PONG ! hélas passé au DOS puis Win... Joueur des Wing commander après le premier. ça fait plaisir à quoi il ressemble le premier....
J'ai vu un Wing commander sur AMIGA ? Grrr !
Game was ahead of its time.
300 through an asteroid field? Who is this Maniac(TM)?
I recently learned that slowing the cycles reduces the impact when you bump an asteroid. At higher cycles, a collision at only 100 is fatal every time.
Whats even more funny is I think everyone during that time name choice was Maverick ! lol
Mozart...I was an artist lol
How do I enter the base after completing the objectives? I always just crash
lol same. you have to approach from the front of the Tigers Claw where the flight deck is
@@thac0twenty377 yes, now I know. Also you have to request landing
@@milesromanus7041 I forgot about that, I just remember losing Spirit 4 times figuring it out. it's been about 30 years lol
Exelente
Honestly it doesn't look that fun.
y quien pensaria que ahora se puede jugar al star citizen en una prueba de embarazo :v
This is 2d?
I think they did have 3D-coordinates for all the positions and orientations of ships, but everything you see is simple 2D-sprites that are rotated and resized on a per frame basis. So it's kind of a processing power poor man's 3D. Once your eyes/brains adjust to the boxiness of resized low-res sprites, basically felt like 3D. :-)
This game is like Warthunder, but without the Pay to Win practices and not being anti consumerist. Game developers back then are so passionate about making an art.
As others have mentioned: I only had CGA and bult-in speakers, so watching this game on a rich friend's VGA monitor with SoundBlaster was mind blowing. I never in my life heard a computer have such great sound let alone so many colors on the screen at once.
Runs too fast and needs more Roland LAPC1/MT32. This version only has Soundblaster. Thanks anway though :)
I loved this game