Wing Commander Prophecy: Gold Edition

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Includes Secret Ops Expansion
• Over 100 missions
• Develop your skills and upgrade your ship
• Wide-ranging story spans the galaxy
• For 1 player

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000524RC
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,465 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Wing Commander arrived in 1990 with the force of a supernova and each successive game in the series has outshone all other games. Now the brightest star yet, more vivid and intense than ever before, Wing Commander: Prophecy is the ultimate sci-fi combat simulation.

At the site of the Confederation's greatest triumph, a new nemesis appears. An unimaginable threat, foretold in ancient prophecy. As a raw recruit on an untested ship, are you prepared to face the inferno before you?

Wing Commander: Prophecy--Gold Edition, an action packed combination of the best sci-fi sim of the year, plus the amazing Secret Ops episodes, delivers more intense action and epic story than ever seen before in one game. Experience more than 100 pulse-pounding space combat missions in all!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent game, June 15, 2009

By 

Troy Grigg - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Wing Commander Prophecy: Gold Edition (CD-ROM)

Works for windows vista 64 bit with compatibility enabled for 98/95. Nostalgia is not a factor here. Good gameplay stands the test of time. The story however, is a bit well, linear compared to previous wing commander games. Do not let this fool you though, this is great space combat at it's finest and the last in the Wing Commander series of any note.

I'd recommend this game if you were into sci fi and had a hankering for old fashioned gameplay over glitz and glamor today's refined products offer. Enormously satisfying. That is all I can say.

On a final note, I'd recommend a game pad or joy stick to maximize your enjoyment of your product. Modern pads/sticks seem to have no problem being mapped to this software.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great game, November 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Wing Commander Prophecy: Gold Edition (CD-ROM)

What will probably be the last Wing Commander game ever, Wing Commander Prophecy stands as a wonderful final dog fight in space. While you're not playing as good ol' Chris Blaire, he is in the game and gives your character alot of support, mostly in cutscenes but there are a few times he flys with you. It seems appropriate that the series ends with the death of the driving character. The story is really exciting with a good amount of twists to keep it interesting. Classic dog fighting game play with a major speed boast. A must for space simers and action gamers alike. I must say I will miss this series, I already do, but with the expansion pack the branching missions you'll have plenty to do.

5.0 out of 5 stars butt-OPTs w/o a glytch in sites, July 27, 2010

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Kid Prometheus "The Lad from Hades" (danger zoned) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Wing Commander Prophecy: Gold Edition (CD-ROM)

Chris Roberts decides to take you away from the scene for a while and you no longer make desicions A. or B. in "inter" acive movies, but in the cockpit via your flying skills and your wingman. Looking out for #1 doesn't cut it either, you must also look out for your Wingman. Not a bad Noob cast(intentinally that way) better than the "movie". Casey(Lance) was related to "Iceman"(to my memory since my copy is in drydock with scratches/grime) so continuity reins true here. Hamil Reprises his role in a less active place as the Admiral(blair). And a new cast as well as old favorites like Tom Wilson's "Maniac" still a hot shot pilot with no reguard to orders from anyone(including Blair in last story). Hawk, and a few others who don't take kindly to Casey as they did your old character(Christopher Blair). The cockpits return from WC4's lack of them to a more open view so you don't need to hit the "full screen" key if you have trouble siting, the cockpit will move, as with phyisics with sharp veers as to indicate your "pilot" taking the force of the turns/banks/and rolls. This concept was implimented also in Tacheon with much cooler ships, but works here this the amazing vistas.-don't turn it up w/o Voodoo though.(sux). V/o in cockpit a bit much compared to sound/music. Wakes up people too at late night dogfights. In game movies/cut seens are better and the LCD's in-flight movie much more detailed than WC3/4.-like watching "Hardball" with Chris Mathews in your mini-van, espeically dealing with major plot turns. The "expansion" has little plot, but is good techno jam'n fun with your boggies. typical late '90's attitude.
personally I think(save key areas of dialogue) WC3/4 has a more interesting plot/characters but that is not to say I don't like this, I do. The acting here is more dymanic and less dead pool(eg. Hamil stalling in a doorway/sighing all the time post a briefing or running away from his "duffle bag"/bar table/ect after stowing it/dialogue with Eisen, Sosha, whatever, from the other WC's). This is the way a movie should flow. the "cut to" camera to next scene quicker sharper.(and probably becasue no "interaction" in this one).