Space combat sim numbers decline at the turn of the millennium
So FreeSpace 2 was the last “big” space sim that I had gotten into. But how did it really do? As much as I was disappointed in X-Wing vs. TIE […]
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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Wing Commander Prophecy
Chris Roberts, Wing Commander’s creative founder and the man who directed its transformation into an interactive movie, took the next big step in his career by leaving Origin to found […]
From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Privateer 2: The Darkening
Though Lucasarts dropped the ball with X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter’s story-less target range in 1996, Origin was still busy working on Wing Commander Prophecy for 1997. But before that came […]
From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Privateer
Wing Commander III was a big success for Origin, but it wasn’t the only game that continued to push the development house along the bleeding edge. Another game that I […]
From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Wing Commander II
The sequel to Wing Commander in 1991, a mere year following the first game, raised the stakes even further with sharper graphics and effects along with a long string of […]
