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Years ago, we scanned a copy of what has been referred to as the Wing Commander "series bible" (here, PDF) It's a massive document that records all sorts of information about the Wing Commander series up through Wing Commander III. The copy we preserved came from the actual physical document...

Mirrored it on here for future generations: https://download.wcnews.com/files/other/Pods%20PGG%20tweak%20pack%20v2.86.zip Also, future generations: Gemini Gold exists because there was no DOSBox when the project started and it was incredibly difficult to play the real Privateer. You can play...

I suspect that was the intent! I'll add it to the pool.

Demolition Man gets our seal of approval; it's not anything brilliant but it's endlessly fun and it really compares favorably to Judge Dredd. Our next movie will be Seven Samurai (1954) by Akira Kurosawa. Seven Samurai is regarded as a timeless classic and a film that has had endless influence...

Here you go: https://web.archive.org/web/20140706064043/http://privateer.sourceforge.net/comlink/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1155 The Mediafire link still works to get the file: http://www.mediafire.com/?zep57ti7bjjvbip

I believe it's still Chris Douglas (who was on the original WC2 art team) but done later and under different circumstances. I think we're seeing a couple of different factors coming together. The Morningstar (and the Gothri) were done later rather than being reused assets like the Crossbow and...

Good call, seeing the conversation is a big help. One thing I noticed while looking up Mandarin references is that they're totally absent in some strange places. There's no mention of the group in the Wing Commander I & II Ultimate Strategy Guide or Freedom Flight. The former made me realize...

I'm sorry I only take this kind of thing from robots when they have a minigun :D

That's a good question! I think the answer will be pretty different for Jazz versus the average Mandarin (or the organization itself). With regards to the Society of Mandarins as an organization, the idea is that they are patriots in their own way. They believe that the war can't be won and so...

Very cool!!!

We recently put together an article covering the names of the different transports in Wing Commander II. A few weeks later I was surprised to discover I had received a pretty fascinating anonymous message about it: We had not written such an article because we had never noticed the connection...

This one is straight outta the Wing Commander Discord! Talented regular user Friend Computer has created three Wing Commander fonts for everyone to use. They say: "You might want to note there are minor differences to improve readability and kerning. Otherwise the fonts are free to use in...

Here's a little treasure: a Swedish magazine article about flight tactics in the original Wing Commander that has had a series of original maneuvering diagrams commissioned for it! They feature original 3D models of the Hornet, Dralthi and Dorkir (!) that seem to have been created for this...

In 1994, Origin Systems recognized that they needed to cash in on the nascent first person shooter craze. For roughly a decade, Origin had been the star of the game development pantheon, known for pushing the limits of technology and making cutting edge games that had no comparison. The long...

In our recent update archiving articles from Aint it Cool News there was a story which mentioned Wing Commander movie storyboards in the January 1998 issue of Ultimate PC, a UK-based magazine. I decided to look up the article and it is... something! It's an extensive and interesting piece on the...

The original asteroids were rocks from the parking lot at Origin which they digitized!

Greetings WingNuts, We weren't going to do after action reports for movies that were just referenced by Wing Commander… but there's so much we noticed in The Empire Strikes Back that we decided to keep it going and at least post what was referenced each week. Plus, we have to have a place for...

Just wanted to stop in and congratulate you folks on the mature self-moderation here. I sure don't want to run a message board and I'm glad I don't have to :D (I'm not touching Freespace 2 commentary or AI with an extremely long stick, though :D)

I'm always excited to discover a new piece of Wing Commander-related advertising... and we've got a big one today! Baen ran these unique magazine advertisements for Wing Commanders End Run and Fleet Action in Science Fiction Chronicle in December 1993 and January 1994, respectively. There's some...

This is a reminder that we have another fun #Wingnut movie night planned on Discord this evening! The ongoing theme will be movies that are referenced by Wing Commander in some way. Tonight's film is The Empire Strikes Back and you can find details on why we're watching it in the announcement...