Wing Commander CIC
I was using the Wayback Machine over at the Internet Archive a couple of weeks back and noticed that amongst the Archive's various sections there is one dedicated to Computer Chronicles, which I'm sure that some or perhaps many of you will remember was a television programme (broadcast from 1983 to 2002) covering general purpose computing -- it's sister show was called Net Cafe'. I believe it was quite widely syndicated in the US and in many other countries.
The Computer Chronicles section seems to be in the process of archiving and uploading the show's episodes (available in number of compression formats) for streaming and offline viewing, as when browsing archived episodes by year, it is apparent that specific years are absent. With this in mind I set about searching the existing archives for any related Wing Commander video clips and material.
So far, I've managed to locate three segments containing references (I think the episodes concerned were uploaded at various points during the past 10 months or so), namely an interview with George Sanger AKA The Fat Man, a gameplay overview of WC3 with Mark Day and a brief gameplay overview of WC2. I would think it fairly probable that additional Wing Commander related material may surface as the back library of Computer Chronicles episodes is uploaded to the archive, given the period covered by the show, i.e. 1983-2002. So, IMO it would be worth checking up on this portion of the Archive every few months!
Anyway, below are the links to the episodes concerned, as well as two versions (Full Resolution and Half Resolution) of the specific Wing Commander related segment on that episode.
All segments are encoded using Xvid -- for the latest stable Xvid binary go here. Alternatively, you can use the DivX Codec amongst others. If using IE6, the usual right-click and "Save Target As" procedure will download the files or if using Mozilla/FireFox, right-click and "Save Link To Disk" to download.
Computer Chronicles: Space and Astronomy Software Episode Production No: 946
http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=computerchronicles&collectionid=episode_946
Wing Commander 2 Segment
WC2 Half Resolution (320x240 Xvid, 2m:00s) 7.82MB
WC2 Full Resolution (640x480 Xvid, 2m:00s) 31.3MB
Computer Chronicles: Greatest Computer Games Episode Production No: 1218
http://www.archive.org/movies/detai...chronicles&collectionid=CC1218_greatest_games
George Sanger, AKA The Fat Man Segment
Fatman Half Resolution (320x240 Xvid, 3m:00s) 10.4MB
Fatman Full Resolution (640x480 Xvid, 3m:01s) 46.1MB
Wing Commander 3 Segment with Mark Day
WC3 Half Resolution (320x240 Xvid, 3m:40s) 13.0MB
WC3 Full Resolution (640x480 Xvid, 3m:44s) 58.6MB
Enjoy!
BrynS
The Computer Chronicles section seems to be in the process of archiving and uploading the show's episodes (available in number of compression formats) for streaming and offline viewing, as when browsing archived episodes by year, it is apparent that specific years are absent. With this in mind I set about searching the existing archives for any related Wing Commander video clips and material.
So far, I've managed to locate three segments containing references (I think the episodes concerned were uploaded at various points during the past 10 months or so), namely an interview with George Sanger AKA The Fat Man, a gameplay overview of WC3 with Mark Day and a brief gameplay overview of WC2. I would think it fairly probable that additional Wing Commander related material may surface as the back library of Computer Chronicles episodes is uploaded to the archive, given the period covered by the show, i.e. 1983-2002. So, IMO it would be worth checking up on this portion of the Archive every few months!
Anyway, below are the links to the episodes concerned, as well as two versions (Full Resolution and Half Resolution) of the specific Wing Commander related segment on that episode.
All segments are encoded using Xvid -- for the latest stable Xvid binary go here. Alternatively, you can use the DivX Codec amongst others. If using IE6, the usual right-click and "Save Target As" procedure will download the files or if using Mozilla/FireFox, right-click and "Save Link To Disk" to download.
Computer Chronicles: Space and Astronomy Software Episode Production No: 946
http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=computerchronicles&collectionid=episode_946
Wing Commander 2 Segment
WC2 Half Resolution (320x240 Xvid, 2m:00s) 7.82MB
WC2 Full Resolution (640x480 Xvid, 2m:00s) 31.3MB
Computer Chronicles: Greatest Computer Games Episode Production No: 1218
http://www.archive.org/movies/detai...chronicles&collectionid=CC1218_greatest_games
George Sanger, AKA The Fat Man Segment
Fatman Half Resolution (320x240 Xvid, 3m:00s) 10.4MB
Fatman Full Resolution (640x480 Xvid, 3m:01s) 46.1MB
Wing Commander 3 Segment with Mark Day
WC3 Half Resolution (320x240 Xvid, 3m:40s) 13.0MB
WC3 Full Resolution (640x480 Xvid, 3m:44s) 58.6MB
Enjoy!
BrynS