Invulnerable WC1 Speedrun Focuses On The Fight (July 26, 2016)

[ChrisReid]

Christopher DeWitt put together an interesting video of a Wing Commander speedrun. Lots of people have recorded themselves fully playing through the game, but Chris wanted to see how fast it could be done with invulnerability on. Some might consider this cheating, but he did not use "alt+delete" instant destruction command. Also without ever ejecting, the total run time came in under two hours. This compares to LOAF's incredible continuous sub-nine-hour time to play through the game in last year's 25th Anniversary Livestream with deaths, breaks and replays included. I'm happy to admit I used Origin -k on occasion as a kid to play through the Vega Sector, and it was still an incredibly thrilling immersive experience to dogfight without the fear of death at every turn. I think both playthroughs are lots of fun to watch in their own way!

Got an idea for a Wing Commander speedrun that I wanted to try out.

I did use "Origin -k -b" cheat but only for the invulnerability, I don't think it would be very doable this way otherwise and I feel even with it on it still makes for an interesting run. Certainly a lot of room for optimizing it and this would also keep it marathon friendly.

This was purely an experiment and I just wanted to see how it would play out. Lemme know what you think in the comments!

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Original update published on July 26, 2016

 

[Cdewitt87]

Hello, Chris D. here! I actually made this video and I'm just seeing this post just now. WOW, I'm legitimately shocked that anyone noticed it. Thank you!!!

I did this run cold as an experiment to see if it was even viable and I did not know how well it would be received since I used invulnerability. I actually hadn't shared the run anywhere outside of Youtube for that reason.

I was just looking through your walkthroughs for ways this run could be optimized. Biggest one I found is I could have failed a mission in Dakota and gone straight to Rostov thus skipping Kurasawa and that awful Ralari rescue mission. There's tons of room for optimization in this run. I'd like to shave at least a half hour off it.

I welcome you all in the community (not that you need my permission) to give this run a go. I had a ton of fun doing it and I'm sure plenty of you could destroy my completion time.