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On this day in 1990: Chris Roberts (@croberts68) and Origin Systems release Wing Commander.
With excellent graphics and a moving storyline, Wing Commander changed the gaming world.
What you see is what you play! The pictures in magazine ads seemed too good to be true. But they were true. Image
I bought my copy in September 1990 (for MS-DOS 3.30, on 5.25” floppies). Back then games came with a lot of stuff. Books, maps, diagrams. Image

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