WING COMMANDER - ACADEMY
              Reviewed by Andrew J Wielochowski
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Wing Commander is a series of seven for those who are wondering:-
Wing Commander
Wing Commander II
Wing Commander III
Wing Commander IV
Wing Commander - Academy
Wing Commander - Privateer
Privateer 2 - The Darkening

Wing Commander - Academy is a game like Frontier Elite, but
without all the different Galaxies. It has only one set mission
and the rest you make yourself. You have the choice of which
craft to fly and you can select a wingman.

Once you have clicked on Create Mission you are given a little
radar map. You can then place the hazards or enemies wanted within
the little map. Among the many Fighters there are also Space
stations, Mines, Asteroids and objects to collect during the
mission. You can save your levels and load them later.

The Gauntlet, which is the mission supplied, is tough and once you
get used to all the controls and options on your own missions you
can then test your skill here.

Wing Commander - Academy is the fourth Wing Commander in the
series. Frontier Elite 2 may not have as amazing graphics, but I
think the choice of landing on planets and going to different star
systems is much more interest. Wing Commander is more
blow-'em-all-up style whereas Frontier Elite 2 is far more
tactical and more interesting.

Wing Commander is very fuzzy when it comes to the requirements.
On a P100 it still needs EMM386 and not too many TSRs. Judging by
the help file supplied you need to finely tune your computer if it
doesn't work for a reason other than EMM386.

WCA is a very exciting game. The controls and tactics are hard to
perfect and as all the enemy craft have their own way of fighting
it gives the game a challenging look and atmosphere.

This game should have a place reserved in every Space-Shoot-'em-up
fanatic's collection.













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