Hungarian Folklore (June 25, 2025)

[Bandit LOAF]

Here's a strange treasure! AD was looking through back issues of Hungarian gaming magazine 576 Kbyte when he found that they once held a contest to write a Wing Commander story! Celebrating the then-imminent release of Wing Commander IV, 576 Kbyte offered readers a variety of prizes supplied by Electronic Arts in exchange for Wing Commander-related stories or artwork…





... and then they published the winning story across three issues! Google's translate feature seems to suggest it's a sequel to Wing Commander III that involves multiple Behemoths and some kind of Kilrathi outlaw. We aren't totally sure what the contest refers to as a 'handbook'; did they mean an article printed in their periodical, a Hungarian-language hint book or was this also printed in the localized manual for the game? We'd love to know more!





And for good measure, here's the March 1996 Wing Commander IV cover story that was printed alongside part two of the 'novella'. 94%? Sounds like a pretty good game!




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Original update published on June 25, 2025

 

[Bob McDob]

They should have put ten or so winning stories on the demo disc. I always find the runner ups in a contest like this to be more interesting than the winners, especially if it's decided by jury.

Also, Behemoths and a Kilrathi outlaw? Sounds like False Colors!

 

[kingmakeress]

Also, Behemoths and a Kilrathi outlaw? Sounds like False Colors!

Indeed! I wonder who had the logistics to build many Behemoths. I wonder if they had the same "soft spots" as Tolwyn put it 😉😛