| Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
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| Platform
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MS-DOS
- Windows 95 (DVD)
- Macintosh
- Playstation (PSX)
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| Engine
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RealSpace
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| Release Date
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February 4, 1996
- DVD: October 14, 1997
- GoG: April 3, 2012
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| Language
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English
German
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| Rating
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ESRB: M
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Description
Believe it - the BEST interactive movie has just gotten BETTER!
The Kilrathi war may be over, but back home nothing is the same. There's trouble in the Border Worlds. Civil War seems imminent. You have to decide how to save the Confederation — or if it should be saved at all!
The latest epic adventure in the Wing Commander saga applies improved cinematic techniques and photo-realistic graphics to a story of intrigue, betrayal and death. Never before has Hollywood been so completely under your control.
- Ensemble cast of favorites, including Mark Hamill, Malcolm McDowell, John Rhys-Davies and Tom Wilson (as Maniac)
- Enhanced movie quality, including panning camera and detailed Hollywood studio sets
- Runs under Win 95 with a DOS reboot
- Completely woven story featuring old friends and new comrades
- Photo-realistic textures on all ships
- Enhanced interactivity both in and out of the cockpit — plus greater control of missions and drama
- Digital music throughout the game
- 16-bit movies with Dolby® surround sound
- Better-than-ever gameplay
- Full screen view for enhanced visibility
System Requirements
| Computer.
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Wing Commander IV requires at least an IBM 486 DX/2 66+MHz or 100% compatible system, and MS-DOS version 5.0 or higher. Pentium™ machines are recommended for SVGA spaceflight.
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| Video Card.
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VESA-compliant SVGA (640x480). A local bus or PCI video card is required.
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| Hard Drive.
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You must have a minimum of 30 MB free on your hard drive to install and play this game.
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| CD-ROM Drive.
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You must have at least a double-speed CD-ROM drive with a transfer rate of 300,000 bytes/second or higher.
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| Mouse.
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Wing Commander IV requires a Microsoft or 100% compatible mouse using Microsoft software driver version 7.0 or higher or 100% compatible software driver.
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| Memory.
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Wing Commander IV uses 360K (368,640 bytes) of conventional RAM (base memory) and 7000K (7,168,000 bytes) of either extended memory (XMS) or expanded memory (EMS). You must have a minimum of 8 megabytes of RAM installed in your machine. We recommend using an XMS setup for machines with only 8 megs RAM.
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Box Contents
MS-DOS
English
- (6) CDs (your game!)
- Wing Commander IV Introduction (40 pp.) with basic installation instructions, Tutorial, Option Screen information, detailed Installation Help, directions for Creating a Boot Disk (p. 11) and Troubleshooting answers to possible problems (p. 32)
- The Price of Freedom (48 pp.) giving you an expanded version of what happened between Wing Commander III and Wing Commander IV.
- Playguide (32 pp.) telling you how to play the game and set game options.
- Reference Card (4 pp.) listing all keyboard, mouse and joystick commands in the game.
- Registration Card — we'd love to know who you are!
- Catalogs and other advertising, describing the worlds of gaming opportunities EA provides.
Russian
Windows
Sony PlayStation
Credits
Team
Advertising
In 1995, Origin created several beautiful magazine covers to promote Wing Commander IV. Rather than simply capture screens from the game itself, these renderings were unique works of art. Now you can see the original resolution images, as they were created before being sent off to the magazine editors! A fourth image was created for [Electronic Entertainment], although the source file has not been located.
Versions
DOS / Windows 95 CD
Windows 95 DVD (single sided)
Same as the PC Windows 95 version, still uses the high compression Xan movie.
Ports
DVD (double sided)
Created for bundling with a Creative Labs Encore DVD kit. Same as the PC (Win95) version, but with high quality video sequences - as clear as a real movie rather than higher compression Xan movie.
Macintosh
Identical to the initial PC release.
Playstation
Cuts out a significant amount of video and missions (no Circe Series, for instance). Ground missions replaced with new space-based missions with similar objectives. Briefing videos altered slightly to represent this.
Strategy Guides
Re-Releases
Screenshots
Development
Patches / Addons
Origin
Fan Made
Editing Tools
Miscellaneous Files
Music
High quality background music
Thanks to Mad Hatter. (Details, more)
Various tracks
Cheats
PC
- In flight, press Alt-O.
- Select invincibility.
- Start the game with "wc4 -chicken" at the command line to enter debug mode. You should see the message "Chicken mode: [ON] Boc Boc!" during game start-up.
- Ctrl-W destroys your target. Ctrl-Alt-W destroys all enemies on the radar. Alt-F displays framerate.
- Start the game with "wc4 -mitchell" at the command line to get the message "Mitchell don't work here no more. He work for Bazooka Joe now." during game start-up.
- Start the game with "wc4 -mitchell2" at the command line to get the message "I told you he don't work here no more! You call Bazooka Joe! during game start-up."
- Start the game with "wc4 -test" at the command line to get the message "Test okay!!!" during game start-up. The game then crashes.
PlayStation
- At the Wing Commander copyright screen, press Up, Down, Down, Up, R2.
- Press R1 or R2 to select a game level.
Manuals and Game Documentation
Controls
PC & Macintosh
Afterburner Tab
Toggle Afterburner `
Fire guns Space
Fire missile Enter
Accelerate +
Decelerate -
Full speed ~
Full stop Backspace
Match target speed Y
Look left F2
Look right F3
Look forward F1
Look behind F4
Display rear turret in left VDU Ctrl-F4
Chase view F5
Battle view F6
Tactical view F7
Missile camera F8
Victim camera F9
Track camera F10
Cycle weapons M
Cycle guns G
Full guns F
Drop decoy E
Syncronize guns Ctrl-G
Special guns/rear turret tractor beam H
Select all hardpoints B
Cycle targets T
Cycle turrets R
Jump J
Cloak Ctrl-C
Disable Auto-Tracking Ctrl-A
Disable Smart-Targeting Ctrl-S
Auto-slide Caps Lock
Toggle Auto-slide /
Lock target L
Damage HUD D
Shield HUD S
Weapons HUD W
Autopilot A
Comms select C
Nav Map N
Power menu P
Decrease power to selected component [
Increase power to selected component ]
Lock power to selected component Ctrl-[
Eject Ctrl-E
Options Menu Alt-O
Playstation
Ship Movement D-Pad
Roll Left/Right L2 + D-Pad
Afterburner R1 + R2
Cycle Camera Views L2 + R1
Fire guns Square
Fire missile X
Accelerate R1
Decelerate R2
Maximum Speed L1 + R1
Full Stop L1 + R2
Cycle weapons L1 + X
Cycle guns L1 + Square
Rear Turret L1 + Select
Cycle targets Triangle
Smart Targeting L1 + Triangle
Decoy Circle
Match Speed R1 + Triangle
Autopilot Select
Comms select Select + Left/Right
Nav Map/Exit Nav Map Start
Eject L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 + Select + Start
Cloak L1 + L2 + R1 + R2
New Game Hold Select + Start for 2 seconds
Taunt Select + Square
Break and Attack Select + Triangle
Cycle Comm Option L2
Select Comm Option L1 (Quick Select Comm ON)
Viewscreen L1 + D-Pad (Quick Select Comm OFF)
Rotate Nav Map D-Pad
Zoom In Nav Map R1
Zoom Out Nav Map R2
Cycle Nav map targets Triangle
Options Menu X (while in nav map)
Cutscenes
Behind The Scenes Of WCIV
Carlos Mendonça found something really neat that we don't recall seeing before - seven behind the scenes videos from the set of Wing Commander IV! They were found in the January 1996 copy of Multimedia World Live! and are a mixture of interviews, behind the scenes action, and even a blooper video. Here they are in their original form of 320x240 12 frames/sec Cinepak video and 8 bit sound.
- blair2.avi - Interview with Mark Hamill.
- maniac1.avi - Interview with Tom Wilson 1.
- maniac2.avi - Interview with Tom Wilson 2.
- wing1.avi - Behind the scenes, interviews with Chris Roberts, Mark Hamill, Malcolm Macdowell, Tom Wilson, Jason Bernard.
- wing3.avi - Wing Commander IV trailer.
- wing4.avi - Briefing blooper.
- wing5.avi - Those damn doors again.
Ships
Terran Confederation
Black Lance
Pirate
Union of Border Worlds
Empire of Kilrah
Missions
Weapons
Guns
Missiles
