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Wing Commander

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Game Information

Original Release Date: January 01, 1990

Platforms: Amiga, Amiga CD32, DOS, FM Towns, Game Boy Advance, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, Sega CD, Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Involved Companies: Origin Systems, Mindscape, Inc., GameTap Entertainment, Fujitsu Interactive, Sega Entertainment, Mindscape, Inc., ASCII Corporation

Genres: Shooter, Simulator

Summary: Gameplay consists of completing successive missions and overall cockpit performance affects gameplay: going above and beyond the call of duty results in medals, promotions in rank are awarded at regular intervals, and success or failure on certain critical missions decides the player's plot progress, "winning" or "losing".

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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).