Wing Commander - Amiga - Gaming Memories And Review

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Wing Commander came out in 1992 for the Amiga, a couple years after the original DOS version, yet it blew me away just as much as it did anyone playing it in DOS. I adore this game, and I adore this version in particular.

My written review for Wing Commander: https://goo.gl/1JYPQY

00:00 - Introduction/Game that has most effected me
01:42 - Truly heart wrenching music
03:06 - Starting the game/new home for my written reviews
03:52 - The origins of Shot came from this game/Simulator
06:31 - Connecting with characters
07:31 - Our first look at the manual/learning about Paladin/Angel
10:08 - Little Shot with his Claw Marks manual
10:25 - My favorite music on the Amiga version
11:18 - First briefing/playing real life Wing Commander with friends
13:33 - Amiga pumping it up/launch sequence
14:06 - The hornet blueprints
15:18 - The navigation system/Strategic choices
16:53 - Patrol missions/asteroid fields/slowness don't matter
18:38 - Landing/Gaming memory with my mom
20:25 - Debriefing with the Colonel.
20:55 - Shotglass, tying the ship together
22:42 - Escorting missions
23:56 - Promotions/medals
25:58 - Branching story lines
27:15 - Meeting Iceman/Knight
28:20 - The Scimitar/minees
29:45 - Maniac and Bossman
30:33 - Strike missions
31:35 - Deeper into the branching missions
33:33 - The death of a fellow pilot
35:28 - The Kilrathi aces
37:00 - Cutscene and Amiga World review
39:30 - Great game on the Amiga 500, speed not a factor
40:13 - Dying
41:09 - Flaws in the branching/Missions designed to fail
43:26 - Personality/Maniac/Brimstone
45:15 - A history of the war from the manual/more cut scenes
47:47 - Drifting endlessly through the void
49:42 - Winning the hardest mission in the game/Ejecting
51:41 - Kilrathi capital ship becomes invisible glitch
52:09 - Complicated relationship with the Amiga version over years
54:38 - The bad "good" ending
56:28 - Final mission/Setting the Amiga record straight
57:10 - Medal of valor/best good ending
57:48 - Best in NTSC mode with 4:3 aspect ratio
59:21 - NSlate

Gaming Memories and Review Season 3 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMx2q9wakOyPIR31K_aTdlx2

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