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Wing Commander: Prophecy

Wing Commander: Prophecy, the fifth installment in the acclaimed space combat series, introduces a new generation of pilots in a post-war galaxy. Players assume the role of rookie Lance Casey aboard the TCS…

67 30 November 1997

Wing Commander: Prophecy is a shooter developed by Origin Systems, released 30 November 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Wing Commander: Prophecy is

Wing Commander: Prophecy is a shooter game developed by Origin Systems and released in 1997. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Wing Commander: Prophecy is the fifth installment in the Wing Commander science fiction space combat simulator franchise of computer games. The game was released in 1997 for Windows, produced by Origin Systems and distributed by Electronic Arts. In 2003, a Game Boy Advance conversion with added multiplayer was produced by Italy-based Raylight Studios and distributed by Destination Software.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Wing Commander: Prophecy holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Wing Commander: Prophecy launched on 30 November 1997, within three weeks of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Diddy Kong Racing and Time Crisis II. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Diddy Kong Racing, Time Crisis II.

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When did Wing Commander: Prophecy come out?
Wing Commander: Prophecy was released on 30 November 1997 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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