BREAKING: Art Kickstarter a Success! (March 28, 2017)

[Bandit LOAF]

There's great news tonight for fans of fine art: Mike Winterbauer's Kickstarter has met its funding goal! That's thanks in no small part to Wing Commander fans like you. There are still twenty days left to pledge, if you're interested in a copy of the book we encourage you to check it out! There are two tiers intended specifically for Wing Commander fans... and how often do you get new, physical WC merchandise?

In honor of this news, here's another blast from the past. Think you've seen every appearance of the SNES cover art Dralthi? Here's one more for the collection! This "Super Power Club" trading card (#57) was randomly inserted in sheets of 6 into issues of Nintendo Power magazine in 1992. Each card in the series features a different Nintendo game... but this is the only one related to Wing Commander. Think you're up for that challenge?





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Original update published on March 28, 2017

 

[StarvingPilot]

I had that trading card up until the summer of 1997! I lost it at some point when I moved. It was how I learned that Wing Commander existed for the Super Nintendo in the days before I used the internet. I didn't have a PC yet (grew up on a Mac), but I had already played WC III & IV and wanted to get my hands on the first Wing Commander. As luck would have it, there was a copy of the original for SNES at a local used game store. I still have that copy, but I bought a PC later that summer and eventually the Kilrathi Saga. The rest is plenty of hours of enjoyment.