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[PC] Wing Commander 1+2, 3: Heart of The Tiger, 4: The Price of Freedom, 5: Prophecy Gold Edition $2.29 Each (DRM Free)@ GOG

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[PC] Wing Commander 1+2, 3: Heart of The Tiger, 4: The Price of Freedom, 5: Prophecy Gold Edition $2.29 Each (DRM Free)@ GOG
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Windthunder on 11/03/2025 - 04:25 gog.com (1132 clicks)
Last edited 11/03/2025 - 09:39 by 1 other user

If there's one game franchise that needs a remake, I reckon it's Wing Commander. Bring Mark Hamill, Malcolm McDowell,Tom Wilson and the others back!

Wooh! More kitty litter, I'm hot today

Thanks to GOG for keeping these game alive for many years to come. And EA for letting GOG do their work on their game. Yes I know it is cool to hate on the big company but got to give them credit for allowing GOG to continue to do their preservation work unlike a certain other company and what happened with Warcraft 1 and 2.

Wing Commander 1+2: https://www.gog.com/en/game/wing_commander_1_2
Wing Commander 3 Heart of the Tiger: https://www.gog.com/en/game/wing_commander_3_heart_of_the_ti…
Wing Commander 4 The Price of Freedom: https://www.gog.com/en/game/wing_commander_4_the_price_of_fr…
Wing Commander 5: Prophecy Gold Edition: https://www.gog.com/en/game/wing_commander_5_prophecy

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  • AlanHB on 11/03/2025 - 04:29
    +13

    I loved these games. I'd also really like a remake.

    • axyh on 11/03/2025 - 10:41
      +3

      Agree. Look at what Tie Fighter Total Conversion did for that game.

      Something similar for Wing Commander would be amazing.

      • OzViper on 11/03/2025 - 20:06
        +2

        While not technically a remake. Squadron 42 is from the same developer (even has Mark Hamil's character).. still in production though (has been for 10+ years..) but looking pretty nice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDtjzLzs7V8

        • axyh on 11/03/2025 - 20:25
          +5

          It was always a case of what will be done first - Squadron 42 or Half Life 3.

          Looks like the latter.

  • Kayfam on 11/03/2025 - 06:23
    +3

    Definitely the most played games of my childhood. Remake would be epic.

    • Epiuse on 11/03/2025 - 12:24
      +5

      Yah

  • Popo on 11/03/2025 - 06:52

    Anyone want to donate their time to make it happen?
    https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/05/dev-behind-wing-c…

  • Qwertyjnr on 11/03/2025 - 07:08
    +19

    Never played this game but man this review wants me to:

    The game that saved my life as a teenager.

    September 16, 2011 Verified owner

    I know that headline is ridiculously, overly, absurdly, stupidly, obnoxiously melodramatic (like this run on sentence), but it is true.

    Maybe this "REVIEW" is more about the nostalgia of being 14 locked away in my dimly lit star base (ppl would call it a messy bedroom), spending an entire weekend and into the early hours of the morning, saving the galaxy, hooking up with a girl, making friends and following my own little video game version of "Star Wars".

    Dad was down stairs drinking as usual, mom didn't care, I was a nerd, a geek and all I cared about was that my 486/DX 2 66mhz processor that I saved up for could handle this masterpiece of a game.

    I'd run upstairs after school looking at that big beautiful box, I'd tear it open and start the install process that took a VERY looooong time! I was impatient, I paced and I skipped dinner, and when those opening credits began those super blurry pixelated fmv gfx looked like 1080p HD graphics of the future. Dad would stumble up the stairs drunk yelling at the world, mom would be crying, I had no one to call..to save me except THAT HEART OF THE TIGER..>>>>ME!!!

    I'd hush the speakers so no one knew I was up and I wouldn't get yelled at by the drunk old man….he's asleep YES! Back to the fight!

    It was my escapism, it was a truly epic story that I really felt a part of, I MADE CHOICES!!! My choices had an effect on the outcome of certain situations, it's an RPG, ADVENTURE , flight sim all wrapped up in one(u can even see how mass effect took ideas from wing commanders 3/4).

    I'm going to download this tonight and put it back in after 17 year (wow), and I know it won't be the same, nothing old ever is and nostalgia does cloud the mind. But I think this weekend an old friend is gonna say to me "kid get in that cockpit and lets have an adventure!" and for a brief moment my ADULT problems will disappear just as those teenage ones did so many years ago.

    Thank you wing commander!

    • SuperMid on 11/03/2025 - 08:01
      +2

      Nice write up. This was the original deus ex for me. Back when i could live off 3 hours of sleep and stayed up till 4am gaming everyday.

      • Donmega123 on 11/03/2025 - 13:50
        +1

        Plus those three hours of sleep were inevitably interrupted by massive boners

    • congo on 11/03/2025 - 09:47

      it's been longer than 17 years?

      • Epiuse on 11/03/2025 - 12:30

        Review was written in 2011

    • dtales on 11/03/2025 - 10:27
      +1

      "God I love that boy's spunk!"

      • Epiuse on 11/03/2025 - 12:31

        Kinky

        • dtales on 11/03/2025 - 16:59

          Bruh..
          Its a line from the game haha

          Funny how words change meaning over time

    • Donmega123 on 11/03/2025 - 13:49
      +1

      Great writing man, I used to play these games with a friend in primary school who after an extended battle with drugs and alcohol and poor mental health committed suicide this year, it's such a crazy thought that he went from a quiet little dork playing computer games during the day with the curtains drawn to this. I can remember when he got a soundblaster and suddenly we had amazing sound and voice on wing commander 2. I think maybe it was packaged with a cd rom drive back in the day.

  • Donners22 on 11/03/2025 - 07:16

    Prophecy is my favourite game of all. Haven’t played it in a couple of decades but I reckon I could still recite the dialogue in each scene.

    • BadGiraffe on 11/03/2025 - 10:18
      +1

      Yes, the dogfights were some of my favourite. Even better than the X-Wing and TIE fighter games. But Prophecy didn't have any Kilrathi in it, so for me, it wasn't really a Wing Commander game.

      That's what I remember anyway. Were there any Kilrathi in it?

      • Rockets84 on 11/03/2025 - 11:44

        Weren't the Kilrathi allies in WC5? From memory a distress call from the Kilrathi was what kicks off the game. The game was released in 97 so it's been awhile.

        • BadGiraffe on 11/03/2025 - 12:31

          I didn't like the ship design in Prophecy. I loved the Kilrathi ships though. I should go play Price of Freedom again.

      • Donners22 on 11/03/2025 - 19:16
        +1

        Definitely some Kilrathi in it. There's a mission where you defend them, and they get involved in the final mission depending on your choices. Also important to Hawk's storyline.

    • Elegant Giant on 11/03/2025 - 20:16

      I've got the PC game with box, universe map, etc - if you want it, it's yours (for the physical factor - $2.30 is hard to beat for the game itself)

      • Donners22 on 14/03/2025 - 08:20

        Thanks, but I still have mine (not to mention a few dozen other boxed games from the ‘90s and early 2000s!).

  • ssjp on 11/03/2025 - 07:27

    As a 90s Blizzard fan who hasn’t kept up, what’s the issue with Warcraft 1 and 2 - thought both were on GOG ?

  • AEKaBeer on 11/03/2025 - 07:39
    +3

    Prophecy is so good, I still have the discs and box at my parents house after all these years.

    Miss that era of cinematic space opera style games. Wing commander, free space, freelancer, X-Wing all had compelling stories, a variety of ships and weapons, and felt like you really were a combat pilot in a sci-fi movie. I think the closest we've had recently to that time was star wars squadrons.

    • Rockets84 on 11/03/2025 - 11:47
      +1

      Going from cinematic cut scenes with good actors to in game engine cut scenes was one of the bigger steps backwards in game development in the late 90's. I still remember when Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight had cinematic cut scenes but the expansion pack Mysteries of the Sith did in game cut scenes and that was a step back. Look at the actors for Wing Commander Privateer 2 - Clive Owen, John Hurt & Christopher Walken.

  • scotty on 11/03/2025 - 07:49
    +6

    One of the most memorable games I played in my teens, after the family computer got an upgrade to a 386 with a VGA monitor and Sound blaster.

    • payton on 11/03/2025 - 09:33
      +2

      Origin Systems at the time really lived up to their motto "We Create Worlds". The amount of effort they took in crafting the backstory, characters, artwork, books for each game universe: Wing Comm, Strike Commander, Crusader …. unreal! In WC3+4 each wingman even had their own voice responses and photos.

      Friendly fire in a COD game: a lame text message 'FF will not be tolerated!', game ends.
      Friendly fire in Wing Commander 2: your teammates and nearby capital ships all started turning on you and blasting your craft to atoms, rofl.

      • DanielP2 on 11/03/2025 - 11:13
        +7

        You are forgetting Ultima. I loved Wing Commander too, but for me it was the 2x Ultima 7 games that I remember most fondly from my childhood.

        Also dont forget Bullfrog. Syndicate was an amazing game from those years

        Edit: oh wow, and there was Privateer and System Shock. God we had some good games back then.

        • ebosh on 11/03/2025 - 13:48
          +2

          Speaking of Syndicate, Satellite Reign is supposed to be a reasonably similar game.

          • Donmega123 on 12/03/2025 - 12:47

            @ebosh: It's got the weirdest control system I couldn't get into it. I love isometric views though

        • payton on 11/03/2025 - 14:58

          my parents brought home the later revision of Soundblaster Discovery pack: SB16 card + 2x speakers, a CD drive and 'AAA' games:

          • Grolier encyclopedia, Rebel Assault, Iron Helix
          • Syndicate Plus, Ultima8 , Strike and Wing Comm 1+2
          • 4x Microprose: F-117, Civ1, Silent Service 2, Railroad Tycoon

          That was the highlight of the decade for me.
          I only got into Ultima 8, that was a flawed gem but still such a memorable game world.

          Syndicate was an amazing game

          100%! The ultra-violence they were able to put in there and the freedom to be evil in games like U8 and Fallout 1 & 2 - they'd get cancelled in a heartbeat today.

          • DanielP2 on 11/03/2025 - 15:07
            +1

            @payton: I had the cd with ultima 8 too :D
            I bought it off some1 who had it included with their PC. I tried so many times to get in to Strike Commander, but never did more than the first couple of missions. I did make myself complete Ultima 8 though seeings i was such a fan of 7 & 7 pt2

        • Pootie Tang on 11/03/2025 - 16:47
          +1

          Bullfrog also did theme park which was awesome

  • Commodore64 on 11/03/2025 - 07:58
    +1

    I loved these games. I still remember firing up Wing Commander on my 386. Thinking of firing it up on AO486

  • shodan on 11/03/2025 - 08:11
    +2

    "isn't that the guy from star wars?"
    https://youtu.be/RfQ-mF4mZ8M?si=gegCeFCF_L-LTrSC
    Never played a Wing Commander game but always remember the blooper reel for WC3

  • milobob on 11/03/2025 - 08:13

    I still have the original schematics of the ships from WC1. Could never get past the third mission as a 6 yo kid. Not sure how this game will look on a 4k screen lol. It was super pixelated back then..

  • Ruddaga on 11/03/2025 - 08:16
    +1

    Wait no I'm wrong, they're all still alive. Nice.

  • Sage222 on 11/03/2025 - 08:18

    So good

  • Sage222 on 11/03/2025 - 08:23

    btw if you want a the closest modern version i could find check out Everspace 2.

  • OhPee on 11/03/2025 - 08:57
    +2

    WIng commander 4, one of the top 5 games ever made IMHO. Was an immersive experience.
    Time to go back and dust off my joystick.

  • dufflover on 11/03/2025 - 09:09
    +2

    Help him out …

    Straighten him out …

    Help him out …

    Straighten him out …

  • colblair on 11/03/2025 - 09:12
    +6

    Finally my Ozbargain userid is relevant! :D

    Obviously I loved this series, it's been a while since I've done a playthrough, maybe it's time…

    I still remember trying to play WC3 on my old PC and having to make all these changes to the autoexec.bat and config.sys just to get it to load, and each mission would take up to 20-30min to launch (not exaggerating!)… but the game was so good I didn't care. I played through WC3 heaps of times to try and see what making different decisions would do… where I'd be taken if I failed certailn missions… it was really a revolutionary franchise.

    • subroc on 11/03/2025 - 09:31
      +1

      I remember those load times! I can't remember if I still had my 486 at that point or if we had upgraded to a Pentium, but yeah, 30 minute load times for missions. I can't believe the stuff we put up with as kids.

      • congo on 11/03/2025 - 09:45
        +1

        Yes, still have fond memories of the Pentium 486

  • skid on 11/03/2025 - 09:21
    +3

    Bought WC2 + speech pack and an obscenely priced Sound Blaster Pro. The intro alone made it all worth it.

    • gromit on 11/03/2025 - 09:29
      +2

      same lol. I remember putting my sound blaster on lay buy at myers for 6 weeks so I could afford it.

      people complain about computer costs now. if I recall correctly my 486 DX 33 was over around $2000 and the sound blaster if I recall correctly was somewhere in the $200-$300 range. Imagine paying $500 nowadays just to add sound that doesn't sound like a tin can (or a modern aldi TV)

  • Manny Calavera on 11/03/2025 - 09:39

    I could never play WCP because my computer didn't have a graphics card =\

  • AngusD on 11/03/2025 - 09:41

    I loved these back in the day. A proper remake with modern tech and VR support would be pretty cool.

    • Manny Calavera on 11/03/2025 - 10:53
      +2

      Maybe once Star Citizen is done…

  • congo on 11/03/2025 - 09:43

    Blast from the past!

  • captbollocks on 11/03/2025 - 09:49
    +1

    I'm surprised NightDive Studios haven't got these games on their remake list. The remade Dark Forces and System Shock games are amazing!

    • payton on 11/03/2025 - 09:50

      Get a deal going with Chris Roberts and we can go back to the golden age.

      • Subere on 11/03/2025 - 14:33
        +3

        He's too busy counting his cash and not releasing Star Citizen

        • payton on 11/03/2025 - 15:04

          Truly amazing how much money can be extracted off the nostalgia and goodwill of loyal fans. He might've told Richard Garriott to do the same thing lol.

    • Manny Calavera on 11/03/2025 - 18:38
      +1

      They gotta do SS2 first!

  • wallet72 on 11/03/2025 - 09:50

    how does it look and perform on modern hardware? I have a list of games from my younger years I absolutely loved but the few I've tried to play recently are not living up to the memory. I tried Populous, Syndicate and the original Red Alert, it was jsut disappointing

    • milobob on 11/03/2025 - 10:32
      +1

      Red alert remastered works well

  • pacificstorm on 11/03/2025 - 10:52

    I have heard and watched Mark, Malcolm, John and Tom, but who is Ginger, again? Any takers? Thanks.

    • Epiuse on 11/03/2025 - 12:48
      +1

      Only the truly cultured know who ginger is 😏

      • blitz on 11/03/2025 - 17:20

        Mick Hucknall?

  • SchnickyD on 11/03/2025 - 11:06

    I have the whole collection and every couple of years I try to play them again on PC… but I can never get them to work properly.

    Thankfully I have WC3 and WC4 PS1 disc's still and they play flawlessly. :-D

    I love these games, but getting them to work properly (with mods) always seems to fall flat for me :-(

    Any recommendation for mod guides from those here?

    • Windthunder on 11/03/2025 - 11:11
      +3

      Look up those game's respective entries on the PCGaming Wiki. That is what helped me get them up and running

    • Windows7forever on 11/03/2025 - 14:43

      Are you using the GOG installers? It's usually pretty seamless.

      • SchnickyD on 11/03/2025 - 21:36

        Installing is fine, it's more trying to get the videos to play properly and add the improvement packs… as well as the choppy audio on some installs…. just never been as clean and easy as back in the 486 DX2 66MHz days… Or Prophecy on 1st gen Pentium 3 :-D

  • Kiato on 11/03/2025 - 11:06
    +1

    Loved these games as a kid, shame that there has been no remakes nor has there been any really big space sim games that scratched this itch for many years. Freelancer is probably the closest i have found.

    • Subere on 11/03/2025 - 14:32

      There has been fan mods and games with the Freespace Engine for WC over the years. I downloaded one like 15 years ago but barely played it.

  • Sage222 on 11/03/2025 - 11:30
    +1

    im amazed so many old school gamers here! Good to see!

  • Rockets84 on 11/03/2025 - 11:38
    +5

    There's also the spin off's Privateer and Privateer 2 with Clive Owen, John Hurt & Christopher Walken. Both are on special for $2.29 at GOG too. You can buy them as part of the series for $18.32

    • mr fox on 11/03/2025 - 18:31

      ☝️ The real deal.

  • Bargaphile on 11/03/2025 - 12:42
    +1

    Loved these games back in the day, a remaster would be awesome.

  • tsunamisurfer on 11/03/2025 - 13:09
    +2

    These are great games.

    I reckon I lost a couple of grades and a joystick to this series.

    I also loved Wing Commander Privateer.

  • BuyoTheCat on 11/03/2025 - 14:06

    how to i load expanded memory

    • mattyman on 11/03/2025 - 14:23
      +2

      I think it used extended didn't it?

  • mattyman on 11/03/2025 - 14:22
    +1

    I still have Wing Commander 1 on 5 1/4 inch floppy with the ships blueprints and Tigers Claw manual.
    I have Wing Commander 2 on 3.5" with the speech pack somewhere as well.

  • Subere on 11/03/2025 - 14:31

    One of the first bundles I bought on GOG aaaages ago. Included the expansion packs and privateer 1 and 2.

    AND I already had the physical copy of The Kilrathi Saga (1-3), 4 and 5 (Prophecy).

    Great gaming memories.

    The movie was rubbish which is a shame.

  • BargainWizard on 11/03/2025 - 15:02
    +4

    these 3 are also on sale for $2.29 each to complete the Wing Commander gog collection

    Wing Commander™: Armada
    https://www.gog.com/en/game/wing_commander_armada

    Wing Commander ®: Privateer ™
    https://www.gog.com/en/game/wing_commander_privateer

    Wing Commander™: Academy
    https://www.gog.com/en/game/wing_commander_academy

  • Windows7forever on 11/03/2025 - 17:43

    I tried playing WC 3 and didn't like it, besides the cut scenes. It's very dated and not a nostalgic game for me personally.

  • rhino86 on 11/03/2025 - 18:10

    Got it

  • Whiplash on 12/03/2025 - 07:08

    worthy to get the joystick out…

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