Wing Commander: Privateer

Wing Commander: Privateer

released on Sep 22, 1993

Wing Commander: Privateer

released on Sep 22, 1993

About: 2669, Gemini Sector, Troy System. The Terran frontier between the Kilrathi Empire and the unknown. Privateer takes you to the seamy side of the Wing Commander universe. In the far reaches of space, you live by no man's rules but your own. The fringes are populated by a volatile mix of pirates, miners, mercs cutthroats, and Kilrathi, all struggling to make a life for themselves. In this open-ended game you can choose from many paths. You start with a rusted scout ship and a handful of credits in your pocket It isn't much, but the universe is there for you to explore in search for profitable opportunities. Become a patient, law-abiding merchant, a smuggler far away from the normal space lanes, a pirate preying on the weak, or a professional mercenary hunting down criminal scum. Or just do whatever suits you at the time. At the end of the day, it's all about money and survival. Mostly money. Are you determined enough to forge your own destiny?


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Super Wing Commander
Wing Commander: The Secret Missions
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My family got this game as part of a game pack that came with a Joystick for our Gateway 2000 computer! It is an open ended space sim that lets you either follow a story or just roam around traveling from planet to planet or to new systems completing missions. You could be a merchant, mercenary, or pirate. Your role was determined by your actions. There is an optional story line you can follow that is fun but not that long. Impressively the version of the game on CD came with Voice Acting, a feature you don't necessarily expect in a game this old. In the end I played this for 100s of hours and loved it. By today's standards it is probably a bit simple but it will run in DosBox. The game can be purchased from EA or GOG. I believe the version from GOG contains the expansion pack, which was like an archaic version of DLC that came on extra disks or a CD.