Simply titled 'Wing Commander IV: Remastered,' it uses the original game files and ports them to a brand new game engine. And it even had big stars playing characters in the game thanks to the prodigious use of full-motion video.įor example, Mark Hammill plays the main character in Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom, a game so beloved by Wing Commander fans that it’s getting a fan-made remaster.
It was a whole franchise that spanned a dozen games and expansions, along with an animated television series, a collectible card game, a novel series, and even a Hollywood-produced movie. Y'know what? There were a lot of great games in the mid-'90s, but Wing Commander was special.įor starters, it wasn't just one game. Well, outside of Command & Conquer, and MechWarrior 2, and Myst, and SimCity. Back in the day, Wing Commander was the undisputed king of PC gaming.
