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Veteran Wing Commander artist Sean Murphy has some memories to share with us... about a game not many people have heard of. In 1995-6 Origin developed Prowler, a 3D mech game for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer and later Sony Playstation consoles. It wasn't a Wing Commander game, but it was certainly for the same audience -- sci fi combat in a distant future. Unfortunately, Prowler didn't make it -- it lasted all the way to E3, where it was shown next to another lost game, Wing Commander III Saturn. Sean was nice enough to scan a boatload of original sketches and to write up an article explaining his involvement in the project. You can read the whole thing here -- it sounds like it was a pretty cool concept! Here's a sample:

After Super Wing Commander shipped, the team had some down time. We weren't sure what we were going to be working on next, so Glen Johnson and I started fleshing out an idea we'd been tossing around for a mech game. We wanted to see a Gundam-style game, with fast and agile robots leaping about the countryside, as opposed to the heavy, plodding Mechwarrior-style games we'd seen.

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Following yesterday's EATrax announcement, LeHah decided to check with The Fatman about his long-rumored Wing Commander album. The good news is that it's still in the works! Here's the report from the man himself:

Thanks for the reminder!

If I'm not mistaken, our plan changed slightly in light of the fact that Dave's been quite busy with police work.

Our plan, I think, is at present, to go back to the idea of releasing the album as it sounded on the game--all MT-32 (with a little boost from Sound Canvas in MT-32 mode). The twist is that we'd release it both as a CD and as files on AmieStreet.

I'll double-check with Linda and see if that's what we landed on.

In the meantime, please do feel free to enjoy our other stuff here:

http://amiestreet.com/thefatmanandteamfat

Invite the guys to try it out and let me know if you think that would be a suitable outlet through which your group would enjoy getting their music.


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