Wing Commander ®: Privateer ™

I don't use the term classic lightly, but there is no doubt that it applies to Privateer. It really hit the sweet-spot in terms of combining open-endedness, with a central plot, and marrying it to the (for it's day) solid space-combat engine used in Wing Commander really made it stand out from the other space-trading games out there.

I have played and loved all games under the Wing Commander series. I hope in the future we call see all the games from the series show up in gog.com. I would still wonder why the series ended in the first place.

This game along with Strike Command which came on one disk was my first entrance into PC gaming way back when. The open endedness of the mission choices and play styles helped to suck the hours out of my childhood. Could be a mercenary or a merchant and run missions for the guild or just load up a cargo hold full of cheap supplies and find the nearest plant that wanted to pay the most keep the game enjoyable. I don't think I ever "beat" the game per-say and still enjoyed every minute of it.

The same commands & content as DOS game. The graphics are a little dated. I have yet to get a crash, on VISTA. Funny, this newer version runs smoother than the old DOS version ever did.

I just cannot quit playing this game. I always return to play it year after year. When I bought it when it first came out I thought "This is what I have wanted in a game. It has everything I want." I just wish it had been twice or three times as long.