After Action Report: Class of Beverly Hills

Class of Beverly Hills certainly was not high art but we had a great time revisiting 1990. The Beverly Hills 90210 pilot aired roughly two weeks after Wing Commander shipped and it had a massive cultural impact. Its embrace of California culture helped define America around the world to a generation of kids that wanted to be Brandon or Brenda. It was also shockingly tame compared to anything on television today; crazy to think that this was once the razor's edge of the generation gap!

The Wing Commander connection, "Brain 90210" on the Super Wing Commander trainsim board, remains elusive. But here it is compared to the series' titles!

... so let's look at the OTHER TrainSim pilot names! They change from port to port. We'll try to identify which developer each represents where known!

Wing Commander (Original)

• Dibber - Chris Roberts
• Gryphon
• Potshot
• Seggallion
• Sutek - Paul Isaacs
• Zoro - Ken Demarest III

Wing Commander (Kilrathi Saga)

• Bishop
• Mongo
• Goblin
• Mangler - Chris Douglas
• Jefftep - Jeff Grills
• The Man

Super Wing Commander

• Faustus
• Slammer
• Lightspeed - Jeff Everett
• Bat
• Brain 90210
• Buster

And here's Ian Ziering, future star of Freelancer, as Steve Sanders! Turns out Luke Perry isn't even in the pilot movie... he was added in the first episode when the show went to series. No Sub Zero screenshot for us!