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Banshees, and especially Banshee Aces, are extremely dangerous when flying a Hellcat on Nightmare mode. I usually choose to fight the two Banshees in Recon Photos, but the Banshee Aces in Hostage Rescue are just too dangerous to be worth fighting, if you ask me. Especially the *four* Banshee...

Thanks guys! I'm currently doing some more Nightmare playthroughs to write more detailed, mission-specific tips. I think you may very well have been the one who taught me the Nav Map trick I mentioned in my previous post. ;) I have to say, I disagree with you there. Once I had a good...

So I've just won Wing Commander 4 (original DOS, 6 CDs version) on Nightmare with the mouse, and it was quite an experience. I used every dirty trick in the book in order to win (without outright cheating), and managed to win every single mission I played through. I haven't played all of the...

That may be true, but personally, I still have my old Windows 7 laptop with a CD/DVD drive and I plan to keep taking care of it even after I get a newer laptop. Also, being a mouse user, I like the Kilrathi Saga version of WC3 best : the original version of WC3 made afterburners almost useless...

I've beaten Privateer and Righteous Fire with the Tarsus, Orion and Centurion, and I'm currently replaying Privateer with a Galaxy. I made it to Oxford and, somewhat unexpectedly, so far I find the game to be easier than when I was playing with the Orion. Here are a few tips for anyone trying...

Ah, perhaps I should clarify things. There are two series of Blackmane missions : The first one is the one everyone knows about. In the first mission of this series, you must defend the Blackmane base and kill Paktahn ace Bloodmist. The second series, not nearly as well-known, is the one that...

Hi everybody! So, I was replaying the GOG version of Wing Commander 3, and I decided to let the Kilrathi warheads reach Locanda IV (I used autopilot to fly straight back to the Victory after destroying the enemy ships but not the warheads) so that I could play the alternate versions of the...

All right, so I've just tried it with WC Origin -k (cheat mode + invulnerability). I used the GOG version of WC1. Here's what I did : -I took out the Gratha and the Ralari without using ALT-Del. Hunter was there, but I did not let him kill anything (I told him "Keep formation!"). -I took out...

If that helps, I believe you need to destroy every ship (or nearly every ship) without letting your wingman have any kills. Also, I was using the DOS version of WC1 at the time, so I'm not sure whether it would work with the KS version. (Mind you, it's been years since I last tried this, so I...

So, after speaking to the GOG team, it became obvious that the DOS version of WC4 that you can download on Good Old Games does not work. Therefore, I bought another copy on eBay, and this one works great with a few DosBox tweaks. However, I did run into a strange bug that doesn't seem to occur...

I have gotten the Medal of Valor in Hell's Kitchen 4 before, however I do believe it's only possible to get it if you kill several aces (possibly all four of them) during the mission (so that means not killing them in previous missions, in order to make them show up in Hell's Kitchen 4).

Hi guys! So I was playing the GOG DOS version of Wing Commander 4, and I got to the part where you have to "insert" the second CD. Since the full version is supposed to be installed on my hard drive, I just pressed enter, and then I got a read error. Pressing Ctrl + F4 to try to swap CDs does...

As the title suggests, I was wondering which WC games you own, and which ones you've finished. As for me : WC1, SM1, SM2 : I have both the DOS version, and the KS version, which I downloaded from the CIC. I have seen all of the endings and completed most missions (I believe I still need to...

I agree that using Lances to scare Logo VI into not rebelling seems to be pretty evil, but I find it interesting that Blair isn't necessarily a very good person in the good ending : it's perfectly possible to get the good ending even if you use the Flash-Pak on the Ella superbase (and it's also...

I used both Google and this forum's search feature to find a list like this one, but I found nothing. So I decided to make one instead. Here's a list of the various game over messages you can get when you get killed in WC4. Please let me know if I missed any! Are you an earthworm or an eagle...

"Your tactics are useless. Better come up with something, if you want to live!" - Seether Also, my absolute favorite comm message isn't a taunt, but a damage report from Standoff - namely the one that the Rapier techs give you in Episode 5 when their ships are badly damaged. I can't seem to...

Nice sketches! So the Bearcat was originally supposed to be a medium fighter... This isn't overly surprising, given its sheer speed and maneuverability (if I remember correctly, it's the fastest ship in the game). Maybe the development team decided to give it tougher shields and armor at some...

Because I forgot about the start menu. :) Thanks for the tip! Apparently, the same is true for WC1 and WC2 - the add-ons don't show up on the desktop, but they do show up in the start menu. You play them with DosBox, so I guess that would make them the DOS versions. However, I can't...

Currently, there seems to be no GOG desktop shortcut for Righteous Fire, and no RF.EXE file either. In this release, Righteous Fire can be launched by typing "priv r" in Dosbox. Alternatively, you could make a copy of the shortcut that the GOG installer creates on your desktop, and then edit its...

I see the Centurion as one of the most powerful ships in Wing Commander, and if you count the RF upgrades, it may very well be the deadliest WC ship ever. Great firepower, good shields, great armor, good speed and maneuverability, potentially infinite afterburner, self-repair... That said, I'm...