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Wing Commander (video Game)
''Wing Commander'' is the first game in Chris Roberts (film producer), Chris Roberts' Space flight simulation game, space flight simulation Wing Commander (franchise), ''Wing Commander'' franchise'' by Origin Systems. The game was first released for MS-DOS on September 26, 1990 and was later ported to the Amiga, Amiga CD32, CD32 (Amiga Advanced Graphics Architecture, 256-color), Sega CD and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and re-released for the PC as ''Wing Commander I'' in 1994. An enhanced remake ''Super Wing Commander'' was made for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, 3DO in 1994, and later ported to the Macintosh. Two expansion packs for the game were released: ''Wing Commander: The Secret Missions'' in November 1990 and ''Wing Commander: The Secret Missions 2: Crusade'' in March 1991. The game was considered a major step forward for space dogfight games, featuring graphics, audio, and a story campaign that invited comparison to the ''Star Wars'' films. Set in the ye ...
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Origin Systems
Origin Systems, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. It was founded on March 3, 1983, by Richard Garriott and his brother Robert Garriott, Robert. Origin is best known for their groundbreaking work in multiple genres of video games, such as the ''Ultima (series), Ultima'' and ''Wing Commander (franchise), Wing Commander'' series. The company was purchased by Electronic Arts in 1992. History Brothers Richard Garriott, Richard and Robert Garriott, their astronaut-engineer father Owen K. Garriott, Owen, and programmer Chuck Bueche founded Origin Systems in 1983 because of the trouble they had collecting money owed to Richard for his games released by other companies. Origin was initially based in the Garriotts' garage in Houston, Texas. The company's first game was ''Ultima III: Exodus''; because of Ultima's established reputation and the fact that the company's games were released on computers and not consoles, Origin survived the Video game crash of 19 ...
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