#wingcommander — Public Fediverse posts
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I'm checking out the "Wing Commander Overhaul Mod" by AllTinker. This actually works really well on a virtual 486DX-100MHz. By default, the game would run way too fast on such a powerful machine. But it's working with this mod. Very cool! Thanks to @glc for letting me know about this.
https://alltinker.itch.io/wcat
#RetroGaming #DOSGaming #PCGaming #WingCommander #86Box #Emulation #Retro #Gaming #90s
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A 386 at 25MHz and 4MB RAM is the perfect system for playing the original Wing Commander. The game was super sensitive to the CPU speed and often ran way too fast on modern CPUs... like a 486DX! 😂
#RetroGaming #DOSGaming #PCGaming #Gaming #Retro #WingCommander #Oldschool #Emulation #86Box #IBMPC #90s #90er #DOS #FloppyDisk #Diskette
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Tried Alliance Peacefighter
The #AlliancePeacefighter (demo) was sitting in my backlog for a while now. Last time I tried I was not able to really start but most of the menu navigation issues with joysticks are fixed now. In fact it accepted any joystick I threw at it.
It also supports ultra wide screen, runs smooth af and just works™ with Proton. There is really not much else I can ask of a space pew pew [indie]game in 2025. Well mayhap OpenTrack UDP support but let’s not nitpick 😀
Can’t say much about the story, since the demo doesn’t feature much of any. I got to see some neat features, like landing on a carrier, which required approaching through a virtual corridor until the carrier snagged me in. There’s also a path to follow during a jump adding a mini game to this procedure as well.
It also offers the genre typical shield and energy management, boosting and drifting, targeting of subsystems or missiles and counter measures so #XWing or #WingCommander players should feel right at home. This goes to my wishlist 🤓
https://beko.famkos.net/2025/12/10/tried-alliance-peacefighter/
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Tried Alliance Peacefighter
The #AlliancePeacefighter (demo) was sitting in my backlog for a while now. Last time I tried I was not able to really start but most of the menu navigation issues with joysticks are fixed now. In fact it accepted any joystick I threw at it.
It also supports ultra wide screen, runs smooth af and just works™ with Proton. There is really not much else I can ask of a space pew pew [indie]game in 2025. Well mayhap OpenTrack UDP support but let’s not nitpick 😀
Can’t say much about the story, since the demo doesn’t feature much of any. I got to see some neat features, like landing on a carrier, which required approaching through a virtual corridor until the carrier snagged me in. There’s also a path to follow during a jump adding a mini game to this procedure as well.
It also offers the genre typical shield and energy management, boosting and drifting, targeting of subsystems or missiles and counter measures so #XWing or #WingCommander players should feel right at home. This goes to my wishlist 🤓
https://beko.famkos.net/2025/12/10/tried-alliance-peacefighter/
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Tried Alliance Peacefighter
The #AlliancePeacefighter (demo) was sitting in my backlog for a while now. Last time I tried I was not able to really start but most of the menu navigation issues with joysticks are fixed now. In fact it accepted any joystick I threw at it.
It also supports ultra wide screen, runs smooth af and just works™ with Proton. There is really not much else I can ask of a space pew pew [indie]game in 2025. Well mayhap OpenTrack UDP support but let’s not nitpick 😀
Can’t say much about the story, since the demo doesn’t feature much of any. I got to see some neat features, like landing on a carrier, which required approaching through a virtual corridor until the carrier snagged me in. There’s also a path to follow during a jump adding a mini game to this procedure as well.
It also offers the genre typical shield and energy management, boosting and drifting, targeting of subsystems or missiles and counter measures so #XWing or #WingCommander players should feel right at home. This goes to my wishlist 🤓
https://beko.famkos.net/2025/12/10/tried-alliance-peacefighter/
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Tried Alliance Peacefighter
The #AlliancePeacefighter (demo) was sitting in my backlog for a while now. Last time I tried I was not able to really start but most of the menu navigation issues with joysticks are fixed now. In fact it accepted any joystick I threw at it.
It also supports ultra wide screen, runs smooth af and just works™ with Proton. There is really not much else I can ask of a space pew pew [indie]game in 2025. Well mayhap OpenTrack UDP support but let’s not nitpick 😀
Can’t say much about the story, since the demo doesn’t feature much of any. I got to see some neat features, like landing on a carrier, which required approaching through a virtual corridor until the carrier snagged me in. There’s also a path to follow during a jump adding a mini game to this procedure as well.
It also offers the genre typical shield and energy management, boosting and drifting, targeting of subsystems or missiles and counter measures so #XWing or #WingCommander players should feel right at home. This goes to my wishlist 🤓
https://beko.famkos.net/2025/12/10/tried-alliance-peacefighter/
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Tried Alliance Peacefighter
The #AlliancePeacefighter (demo) was sitting in my backlog for a while now. Last time I tried I was not able to really start but most of the menu navigation issues with joysticks are fixed now. In fact it accepted any joystick I threw at it.
It also supports ultra wide screen, runs smooth af and just works™ with Proton. There is really not much else I can ask of a space pew pew [indie]game in 2025. Well mayhap OpenTrack UDP support but let’s not nitpick 😀
Can’t say much about the story, since the demo doesn’t feature much of any. I got to see some neat features, like landing on a carrier, which required approaching through a virtual corridor until the carrier snagged me in. There’s also a path to follow during a jump adding a mini game to this procedure as well.
It also offers the genre typical shield and energy management, boosting and drifting, targeting of subsystems or missiles and counter measures so #XWing or #WingCommander players should feel right at home. This goes to my wishlist 🤓
https://beko.famkos.net/2025/12/10/tried-alliance-peacefighter/
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A quick look behind the scenes on Bad Influence in 1993 at the making of Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger - not just a game but an interactive movie!
Also to note that by 1993, slightly more than a decade after its founding, Electronic Arts was described as the world's biggest game company.
#Retrogaming #Retrocomputing #90s #DOSPC #PCGaming #Gamehistory #gaminghistory #spacesim #wingcommander
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The Games that Defined Me, Part 2 — Arcade
In the 80s, I went to the arcade two or three times a week. I took my love of arcade games to home consoles.
https://chasingdings.com/2023/08/17/the-games-that-defined-me-part-2-arcade/
#ArcadeGame #Blaugust #Blaugust2023 #Babylon5 #gauntlet #RadiantSilvergun #StarWars #viewpoint #WingCommander #xevious
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I'm not a fan of EA for a few decades now (let's just say cause of questionable business practices), but GOG has a nice sale some of their legendary games, like:
- Dungeon Keeper I-II. (to this day it is my favorite strategy game of all time)
- Dead Space
- Crysis (and now you can run it!)
- Sim City
- Theme Park and Theme Hospital
- Wing Commander series
- Ultima series
- Ultima Underworld
- Syndicate and Syndicate Wars
- Privateer 2 (an FMV space sim game)
- Clive Barker's Undying (fantasy fps game with og Unreal engine, great spooky game)
https://www.gog.com/promo/20220523_ea_anniversary
You can spend 10 dollars and have a nice time for many weeks, from many genre. Enjoy!
#games #retro #sale #GOG #EA #DungeonKeeper #DeadSpace #Syndicate #Undying #WingCommander #Crysis