Boxy WC4 Ad Hits the Highlights (December 2, 2020)

[ChrisReid]

Here's a nifty advertisement courtesy of Game Magazine Print Ads and RetroMags. It comes from the January 1996 edition of Next Generation, which was prime time for getting everyone hyped about Wing Commander 4. A lot of the ads at the time doubled down on Mark Hamill and/or Malcolm McDowell, but this one is based on the game's prime box art. It's got a handful of nice screenshots and key bullets listed on the side. With such incredible production values to look forward to in the next game, these were very exciting to see in print as a WC fan! You can find other ads for The Price of Freedom in our document archive here.

Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Source: Next Generation 13 (January 1996)
Scan source: RetroMags

Also, check out that URL! http://www.ea.com/origin.html was a very short lived site. By mid 1997 everything had transitioned over to www.origin.ea.com

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Original update published on December 2, 2020

 

[Herman du Preez]

I think that image of the destroyed carrier REALLY got my blood pumping! And then the utter disappointment when I finally got it and cd 6 wouldn't workkk