What's the Difference?

My first foray into Wing Commander 1 and Secret Missions was on the SNES (with the help of Funcoland) :D

After playing the PC version I can say that the SNES version suffers from terrible control and sssllloooowwwdddoooowwwnnn.

The distance drawing is off (things should be a bit larger at close distances but still show the "far away" sprites). The weapon sounds are lousy compared to the PC (music was improved, though). Can't think of anything else....

LOAF'd know, though :cool:
 
Apart from the technical differneces as graphics and sound, there are a couple of minor changes: There's no Jalthi, a different launching/landing sequence (IIRC) and SM has a little intro which the PC evrsion didn't have.
 
Thanks you guys i just learned a couple of weeks ago while visiting ebay that WC1 and WCSM was on SNES. I've only played WC3 and WC4 for PS1 and now i can kinda get a better insight into the Universe i love. I mean i've read about what happens on different sites but to experince it your self is truly different.
 
Originally posted by Col.Dom
The best console Wing Commander experience is WC3 on the 3DO!
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I'm not sure how good the 3DO sold in the rest of the world, but in Germany it sold very bad and therefore it's almost impossible to catch one in Germany these days :( ... I would like to get one if it's not too expensive and only if it includes SWC or WC3 (are there more WC titles for it?), because from what I've heard/seen of SWC it must be a great *remake* of WC1...
 
Having played through WC1 a little bit on the PC, and many times on the SNES, I've noticed a few differences. Here is what's different on the SNES version:

1) You can't enter your last name, just your callsign.

2) Saving is of course, different. The beds are not save slots, they're just there. You continue campaigns by entering passwords.

3) Obvious censoring stuff - Hunter's cigar, any mention of drinking alcohol, etc.

4) Insignificant graphics are missing - the small ladder when you land, the food at the bar, and the tv in the top left of the lounge. There's also no door to quit the game in the barracks.

5) Other than Hunter, the only character I can think of that looks different is Angel - her earrings are gone.

6) About spaceflight - there are the "messed up" distances. When enemies get so far away (About 5000 klicks or so), only one graphic is used to show the ship's distance beyond that point. There's a small bug where you can shoot Dralthi no matter how far away they are, if you have the laser on your ship. However, this limitation can be ignored if you follow a simple strategy. Whenever you fight anyone, ships will come at you, then turn and run. After running for a moment, they will then turn around and come back at you, providing you don't afterburn to chase them. Fights are quick and easy that way.

7) The controls are limited, but effective and easy. As I've said before, it takes a large degree of ineptness not to get good with them.

The story is otherwise intact. I've noticed no differences.
 
Originally posted by Mekt-Hakkikt
Apart from the technical differneces as graphics and sound, there are a couple of minor changes: There's no Jalthi, a different launching/landing sequence (IIRC) and SM has a little intro which the PC evrsion didn't have.
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in the SNES version their was a Jalthi it was a salthi painted green with 6 guns
 
Originally posted by Col.Dom
You have been deceived and are gravely mistaken. SWC was horrid...!
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It was different. It wasn't horrid. I played it at a friends once on the SNES and it wasn't that bad. If you've played WC only on the PC it does take some getting used to.
 
SWC never came out on the SNES.... Super Wing Commander was the terrible "remake," of the first Wing Commander, which hit the 3DO and Mac only, as far as I know. It wasn't just different... it was, um, beyond different. I use the term unique to be fair :p

SNES Wing Commander did take getting used to, though....
 
Well, I haven't played SWC, but I've seen it, and I can say that I'd take SWC's gorgeous ship designs over the SNES's green Salthis any day.

--Eder
 
Well, they re-used alot of those ass kicking ships designs in Wing Commander Armada... so just play that. Super wing commander is quite odd....
 
Terrible? I should break a face for that! SWC KICKS SWEET ASS!
I have it I run it using a mac emulator... it is at least 10 times better than WC1 PC, the graphics kick ASS the voices are brilliant and the lip synching is excellent, if you don't have SWC, GET IT NOW!!!!!!!
 
Originally posted by Corsair(pilot)
Well, they re-used alot of those ass kicking ships designs in Wing Commander Armada...
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Yeah, except that they didn't. They only re-used the SWC designs which didn't look great, like the Raptor, Salthi, and Scimitar.

The ones which really do kick ass are the ones which weren't (unfortunately) re-used, like the Rapier, the Venture, the Krant, the Sivar, the Hornet, the Exeter...

--Eder
 
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