GameDaily recently published an article, Seasons of Upgrade Past, about the history of upgrading PCs to improve video games. Naturally, Wing Commander shows up quickly: Wing Commander's involvement in this aspect of modern gaming was essential. The technology to play digital sounds existed long before 1991... but Vengeance of the Kilrathi was the game that made the SoundBlaster the industry standard, and then ushered in a new generation of multimedia games. -- Original update published on July 21, 2006
Just a note but... there is a typo here..."Wing Commander II: The Heart of the Tiger" or was it Wing Commander 2?
This is not exactly a typo. It's just a plain error. It should have read: "Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi." Think about it! Why would there be a speech pack for WC3?