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===''Wing Commander'' (1990)=== {{Main|Wing Commander}} The player begins his tour of duty as a young officer on the carrier [[TCS Tiger's Claw]]. Through his heroic efforts, the Confederation is able to destroy the Kilrathi's sector headquarters and drive them from the Vega sector. Through the course of the Vega campaign, the player can gain numerous promotions and medals and fly in various squadrons, each featuring a different fighter. The game was notable for its innovative and seldom-repeated "campaign tree" structure, whereby the "path" you took on the way to the end would be determined by your performance on preceding missions. In-game cinematics in "newsreel" format reflected the success or failure of the player and the Claw. However, in an infamous design decision, game designer [[Chris Roberts]] included an incredibly hard mission along the "victory" track which required you to protect a captured Kilrathi destroyer from four [[Gratha heavy fighter]]s. Even though it is possible to win the mission, it is prohibitively difficult. Since that mission was a critical victory condition for that system, the player would almost always wind up on the losing path because of it; although the game gives one last chance to return to the winning path afterwards. Consistent victory in that mission (Kurosawa 2) is often taken as a mark of an excellent player in this game. Since the missions in the following Rostov sequence are relatively easy, that is to say-difficult but quite winnable, this is not particularly problematic for any player who has penetrated this far into the game.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} Originally announced as ''Squadron'', the name was changed to ''Wingleader'' shortly into development; however, trademark issues forced a name change to ''Wing Commander'' at the last moment. The development team's nickname for the otherwise-unnamed [[protagonist]] was "Bluehair," due to his unusual shade of hair. Perhaps in a nod to this little in-joke, when the character was given an actual name in later installments, Origin chose "Blair", a shortened version of the old nickname. ''Wing Commander'' was ported to the [[Amiga]], [[FM Towns]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Mega-CD]], [[Amiga CD32]], [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]], [[Mac OS]], and [[PlayStation Portable]] systems, the most ports of any ''Wing Commander'' game.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} In 1991, ''Wing Commander'' won the [[Origins Award]] for ''Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1990''.[http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1990] ''Wing Commander'' was added to [[GameTap]] on April 12, 2007, though it has been announced that it will cease carrying the game by the end of December, 2007.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} ====''The Secret Missions'' (1990 expansion)==== {{Main|Wing Commander: The Secret Missions}} A new Kilrathi secret weapon destroys the Terran colony of Goddard. In retribution, the Confederation plans a daring raid, Operation [[Mjolnir|Thor's Hammer]]. Tiger's Claw must follow the Kilrathi deep into their own territory and destroy their new super weapon, the dreadnaught ''Sivar''. ''The Secret Missions'' was ported to the FM Towns, SNES, PSP, and was included with ''Wing Commander'' on the 3DO and [[Apple Macintosh]] as part of ''Super Wing Commander''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}
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