Cat-a-log, Stardate 1990-91 (March 29, 2006)

[Bandit LOAF]

Watch out, there's dinosaurs in that hole! Chris has scanned several pages of Origin Systems' 1990-91 Catalog which promoted the release of the original Wing Commander. It claims Chris Roberts is "the hottest new name in games"... and he sure looks the part! These pictures are full of interesting little facts -- look at all the platforms the game was available, check out the cool Hornet artwork, read up on Roberts' other game, Bad Blood... reading the new Origin catalog was always one of the great things about opening a new game. The last page doesn't have anything to do with Wing Commander... but who can resist "Lord British takes the Worlds of Ultima to MARS!"?

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Original update published on March 29, 2006

 

[Delance]

That picture of Chris Roberts looks disturbingly like Chris Reid, which might make me reconsider 11.a here.

 

[Edfilho]

HOLLY CRAP! WC1 COSTS 70 bucks!! Damn.

 

[ChrisReid]

Games used to be very expensive. Kids complaining about $49-59.99 Y-Box games don't know how good they have it.

 

[Delance]

I remember paying full price for most WC games, plus internatinal shipping and taxes. Man, it was expensive.

 

[nishka]

I remember sinking $70 or so for Wing Commander II along with the Speech Pack.. Man that was a lot of floppies! But it was worth it!