SNEScapades

Wing Commander Edition

SNEScapades #39: Wing Commander. Space cats are coming for us. I'm not lion. Plus Wordtris, The stories of Armen Sarkissian and Chris Roberts.

We like to talk history as it relates to the games we play on this show. Usually the topics are confined to video game creators and companies, or franchises attached to the games. Today’s episode covers something a little different.

But we find time to talk about Wordtris, a word-based puzzle game that’s not terribly similar to Tetris. Then we go into a long discussion about Wing Commander, a well-known video game franchise with origins that were much more humble than we expected. Does this PC port bring enough of the game’s action to the SNES, or does the console’s limitations do this game a disservice. Do Link or Emmy even like space shooters enough for any of that to matter? You’ll have to listen to find out.

  1. Super Mario World
  2. Street Fighter II
  3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  4. Super Castlevania IV
  5. Final Fantasy II
  6. TMNT IV: Turtles In Time
  7. Out of this World
  8. Soul Blazer
  9. Space Megaforce
  10. Actraiser
  11. UN Squadron
  12. Top Gear
  13. Super Mario Kart
  14. Contra III: The Alien Wars
  15. Lemmings
  16. BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge
  17. Hook
  18. Darius Twin
  19. Super Off Road
  20. F-Zero
  21. SimCity
  22. Legend of the Mystical Ninja
  23. Mario Paint
  24. Ys III
  25. Spanky’s Quest
  26. Super Star Wars
  27. Super Buster Bros
  28. HAL’s Hole In One
  29. NCAA Basketball
  30. The Irem Skins Game
  31. King of the Monsters
  32. The Addams Family
  33. Gradius III
  34. Joe & Mac
  35. Super R-Type
  36. Super Soccer Champ
  37. On the Ball
  38. PGA Tour Golf
  39. Super Soccer
  40. Magic Sword
  41. Dinocity
  42. Rival Turf!
  43. Imperium
  44. Drakkhen
  45. Populous
  46. Desert Strike Return to the Gulf
  47. Super Smash TV
  48. Super Double Dragon
  49. Rampart
  50. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
  51. Final Fight
  52. Pilotwings
  53. Super Play Action Football
  54. John Madden Football 93
  55. John Madden Football
  56. Krusty’s Super Fun House
  57. Firepower 2000
  58. Arcana
  59. True Golf Classics Pebble Beach
  60. Spiderman and the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge
  61. Lagoon
  62. True Golf Classics Waialae
  63. Phalanx
  64. Strike Gunner STG
  65. Wing Commander
  66. Prince of Persia
  67. Hyperzone
  68. Axelay
  69. Paperboy 2
  70. Super Tennis
  71. Super Baseball Simulator 1.000
  72. Super Bowling
  73. Raiden Trad
  74. Road Runner’s Death Valley Rally
  75. James Bond Jr.
  76. Extra Innings
  77. F1 ROC Race of Champions
  78. Super Adventure Island
  79. D-Force
  80. Monopoly
  81. Nolan Ryan’s Baseball
  82. Jack Nicklaus Golf
  83. Super Batter Up
  84. Super Bases Loaded
  85. Smart Ball
  86. The Chessmaster
  87. World League Soccer
  88. Super Ghouls n’ Ghosts
  89. Wheel of Fortune
  90. The Simpsons: Bart’s Nightmare
  91. Wordtris
  92. Q*Bert 3
  93. Captain Novolin
  94. Chuck Rock
  95. Clue
  96. Faceball 2000
  97. Roger Clemens MVP Baseball
  98. Garry Kitchen’s Super Battletank: War in the Gulf
  99. Cyber Spin
  100. Ka-Blooey
  101. Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
  102. Xardion
  103. Super TKO Boxing
  104. Best of the Best Karate Championship
  105. Skulljagger: Revolt of the Westicans
  106. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
  107. George Foreman’s K.O. Boxing
  108. Space Football: One on One
  109. Thunder Spirits
  110. David Crane’s Amazing Tennis
  111. WWF Super Wrestlemania
  112. Gunforce
  113. Bill Laimbeer’s Combat Basketball
  114. Wings 2: Aces High
  115. Ultraman
  116. Earth Defense Force
  117. Home Alone
  118. Road Riot 4WD
  119. RPM Racing
  120. Robocop 3
  121. The Rocketeer
  122. Pit-Fighter
  123. Race Drivin’

Games Discussed

07/10/2020

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