When the ESRB rates a new game, they don't necessarily play it themselves--instead, they ask for a video sample they can just play. These days I'm sure it's all done with DVDs and e-mail--but in 1994 that meant Origin needed to cut a special tape of Wing Commander III material to send off to the rating board. Here, for download, is a copy of that tape. It consists of just over an hour of FMV footage--not everything, but a significant amount. The video quality is a touch better than you have seen before, although the sound is awful. Surprisingly, it even includes some of the 'lost scenes'... Wing Commander III ESRB Rating Tape (458.9M, .m4v) -- Original update published on August 11, 2010
It certainly feels like everything. The sound isn't so bad - they only have music for the first few minutes and the rest is just the raw vocals. It certainly is interesting hearing the Kilrathi voices before they've been processed.
