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Here to take your breath away.

Strike Commander, an action-oriented modern-day mercenary jet fighter combat simulation from Chis Roberts, the creator of Wing Commander--DRM-free on GOG.com, for only $5.99

In this troubled world, the only place I ever feel free is up here, among the clouds. Blasting through the sky at supersonic speed, looking at the world, so small, way, way down, I'm immortal. You can't take that away from me if you try. In fact, I dare you to try. Come and challenge me. Come and challenge any of us. We're the Wildcats, the elite. There's nothing we can't do, up here. God made a mistake of not giving us wings. That didn't stop us. Neither will you.

Strike Commander was often called " on Earth"</i>, because in the game you take the role of a mercenary pilot hired to perform various missions in the times of global unrest. The action takes place in the year 2011, which was considered near-future at the time of game's development. Just as in the stellar [url=http://www.gog.com/gamecard/wing_commander_1_2]Wing Commander series, a good part of the plot is being delivered via cut-scenes, briefings, and sections representing every day life in a paramilitary base that hauses a squad of hired guns. The simulated combat is action-oriented and satisfying, and the story of elite pilot squad taking on the world full of injustice and violence is compelling and well-executed. Our release of the game includes the Tactical Operations expansion and the extended Speech Pack, as well as rare documents such as the playtester's guide and an in-depth strategy guide.

The sky is yours in Strike Commander, for only $5.99 on GOG.com. Godspeed, flyboy (or flygirl)!
Holy Mother... just recently I've totally gotten Origin fever and as I was playing the Wing Commander games I totally dreamed of a GOG release of Strike Commander. Awesome, friggin', perfect!

And this next to KKND2... what a perfect day!
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Fenixp: Is it sim as in sim sim, or sim as in 'Press button to fly in directions and spacebar to shoot'?
It's basically Wing Commander with jets, so it's not a hardcore simulator and is accompanied by a great plot.
Post edited March 26, 2013 by F4LL0UT
Wooot! One of the games I have been waiting for. No wishlist this time, no waiting for promos. Instabuy!
Woohoo! This particular game has one of the best Roland MT-32 music around:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yRvxC4wpDo

And it was quite a lot of fun to play too, albeit I think the game graphics may have aged rather badly, considering the genre...

I already own some CD-version of this game, and at least I don't recall it having audio CD music (tracks)... so what kind of music support does this GOG version have? I hope it is at least trivial to change to music to MT-32, for those who wish to use it.

I don't recall if it had General MIDI music support too, and whether that was worth anything...
Post edited March 26, 2013 by timppu
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Kunovski: what, airplanes and boobs, how does that rhyme together?
Ah, come on!

HOW

DOES

IT

NOT

RHYME

???

;-)
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Kunovski: what, airplanes and boobs, how does that rhyme together?
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G-Doc: Ah, come on!
Lovely pictures, but a poetry (or literature) professor would tell you that is not rhyming.
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Kunovski: what, airplanes and boobs, how does that rhyme together?
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G-Doc: Ah, come on!

HOW

DOES

IT

NOT

RHYME

???

;-)
ah well... :)

first thing I imagined was an erotic adventure aboard an airplane... (I really should get myself a girlfriend...)
Yes! More Origin flight-sim goodness! :D

Don't stop there, GOG. ; )
Awesome, I was waiting for this. I hope we will see Jane's F-15 and USAF in here too soon.
Wishted!
Sticking with IL2 but still a nice addition. :D
Finally - the most expensive game that I ever bought, which then ended up being a major disappointment. ;)

I bought the original for 170 German Marks (about 85 €, or more if you correct for inflation), thinking it was a Wing Commander spinoff. Then it turned out to be a pseudo-military flying game on Earth. On top of that, it never ran smoothly - it kept stuttering to the point were aiming became impossible, and that despite the fact that I had almost the fastest hardware that was available at that time.

I'll probably buy this version when it goes on sale, just to find out if I still don't like it. ;)
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F4LL0UT: It's basically Wing Commander with jets, so it's not a hardcore simulator and is accompanied by a great plot.
Sold
(when my next paycheck arrives anyway)
Post edited March 26, 2013 by Fenixp
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Psyringe: I bought the original for 170 German Marks (about 85 €, or more if you correct for inflation), thinking it was a Wing Commander spinoff. Then it turned out to be a pseudo-military flying game on Earth.
Erm, did you buy it with your eyes closed?
Is this the last of Origin's games?
Is the Speech-Pack the limited floppy version or is this the full CD-Rom version?
Post edited March 26, 2013 by Fakum12