koruptor
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Hey everyone, longtime lurker here at the forums. I've been visiting the CIC for years and have recently been sifting through these forums with a rediscovered obsession with everything Wing Commander.
I ran a search for myself at the CIC and found I made a few contributions over the years, some of which I don't even remember. Long time visitors to the CIC may remember a post made in 1999 about a copy of the Wing Commander movie purchased in Hong Kong (link). I would say that's the biggest contribution I've made to the community. Not a big deal, I know, but it feels good to me knowing that I was able to share something that they felt was important enough to post.
Me, me me. Enough about me.
I recently acquired a copy of the Kilrathi Saga via eBay (where else?) and can't wait to play them all over again. I confess that I have never actually finished the second game and am glad that these are optimized for Win95--I'm running Win7(64-bit) so I'm expecting it'll go pretty smoothly...maybe.
The package arrived today at my office and the first thing I did was document the opening with pictures. I do this with all expensive online purchases in case anything's broken and I need to contact customer service. While most items are in excellent condition the first disc has a few scratches on it. However, I'm confident it'll work.
You'll notice two pictures that might not make sense. Well, they don't to me. It looks like the shop that sold it to me threw in a power supply(?) wiring chart and a tiny screw in a bag. A bonus!
I've already installed a few of the other games from my collection. So far I haven't had luck with my copy of the WC4DVD, but I can always fall back on the CD versions. Privateer 2 is running on DosBox, although I'll have to slow it down a bit. Armada runs great. Prophecy works, but the High-Res patch wasn't working for me (doesn't work in 64-bit?). By the way, the link to HCI's patch is broken!
I haven't installed Privateer yet. It seems I have a choice of installing my original copy in DosBox or go with Gemini Gold. This is another game I haven't played (yikes!). If I play Gemini Gold I'm hoping the experience will be as authentic as possible to the original. I've read their FAQ and that's what they aimed to do and the campaign seems to be ready to go.
Last week I put together a list of the games in the order I'll be playing them. I didn't want to play them in release order. Rather, I decided to try to play them chronologically according to canon. Basically what I did was order the obvious games, and the sift through the WCPedia for dates that could help me place the rest. Here is my list (expansions/add-ons are implied with their associated titles):
I left out Academy for the lack of a plot. Armada didn't have a very rich plot either, if we can even call it that, but I have to include it because this was the first WC game I've ever played. I have my sister to thank for my obsession with WC when she picked that up for me from the bargain bin at KB Toys back in '96/'97.
That's it for now. I'm hoping I'll be able to contribute more to the forums here and get to know more of you.
Suggestions to which version of Privateer to play (original vs. Gemini Gold), or revisions to my list are welcome!
I ran a search for myself at the CIC and found I made a few contributions over the years, some of which I don't even remember. Long time visitors to the CIC may remember a post made in 1999 about a copy of the Wing Commander movie purchased in Hong Kong (link). I would say that's the biggest contribution I've made to the community. Not a big deal, I know, but it feels good to me knowing that I was able to share something that they felt was important enough to post.
Me, me me. Enough about me.
I recently acquired a copy of the Kilrathi Saga via eBay (where else?) and can't wait to play them all over again. I confess that I have never actually finished the second game and am glad that these are optimized for Win95--I'm running Win7(64-bit) so I'm expecting it'll go pretty smoothly...maybe.
The package arrived today at my office and the first thing I did was document the opening with pictures. I do this with all expensive online purchases in case anything's broken and I need to contact customer service. While most items are in excellent condition the first disc has a few scratches on it. However, I'm confident it'll work.
You'll notice two pictures that might not make sense. Well, they don't to me. It looks like the shop that sold it to me threw in a power supply(?) wiring chart and a tiny screw in a bag. A bonus!
I've already installed a few of the other games from my collection. So far I haven't had luck with my copy of the WC4DVD, but I can always fall back on the CD versions. Privateer 2 is running on DosBox, although I'll have to slow it down a bit. Armada runs great. Prophecy works, but the High-Res patch wasn't working for me (doesn't work in 64-bit?). By the way, the link to HCI's patch is broken!
I haven't installed Privateer yet. It seems I have a choice of installing my original copy in DosBox or go with Gemini Gold. This is another game I haven't played (yikes!). If I play Gemini Gold I'm hoping the experience will be as authentic as possible to the original. I've read their FAQ and that's what they aimed to do and the campaign seems to be ready to go.
Last week I put together a list of the games in the order I'll be playing them. I didn't want to play them in release order. Rather, I decided to try to play them chronologically according to canon. Basically what I did was order the obvious games, and the sift through the WCPedia for dates that could help me place the rest. Here is my list (expansions/add-ons are implied with their associated titles):
- WC 1
- WC 2
- Armada
- WC 3
- Privateer
- WC 4
- WC Prophecy
- Privateer 2
I left out Academy for the lack of a plot. Armada didn't have a very rich plot either, if we can even call it that, but I have to include it because this was the first WC game I've ever played. I have my sister to thank for my obsession with WC when she picked that up for me from the bargain bin at KB Toys back in '96/'97.
That's it for now. I'm hoping I'll be able to contribute more to the forums here and get to know more of you.
Suggestions to which version of Privateer to play (original vs. Gemini Gold), or revisions to my list are welcome!
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