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Wing Commander	1990
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi	1991
Wing Commander: Academy	1993
Wing Commander: Privateer	1993
Super Wing Commander	1994
Wing Commander: Armada	1994
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger	1994
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom	1996
Privateer 2: The Darkening	1996
Wing Commander: Prophecy	1997
Wing Commander: Secret Ops	1998

Key points

Characters can be imported from Wing Commander (see Import characters).

General information

Wing Commander Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Use DOSBox.
GOG.com		Includes both expansions and Wing Commander. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[2]
Origin

Version differences

The game was ported to Windows as part of Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Special Operations 1
Special Operations 2

Essential improvements

Import characters

Instructions

Patches

The Wing Commander II Patch updates the original DOS version. The GOG.com version is already patched.
The Special Operations 1 Patch updates the original DOS version. The GOG.com version is already patched.

Special Operations 1 and 2 (The Kilrathi Saga)

Special Operations 1 and 2 adds the missions from the original expansions. Extract somewhere convenient and run SO12Inst.exe.

The Kilrathi Saga version of Wing Commander II must be installed (the DOS version will not work). If the installer doesn't see your installation, see Special Operations won't install.

Game data

Save game data location

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System	Location

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin

Video settings

300px

GOG.com Graphic Mode Setup.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Issues fixed

EXE has stopped working (The Kilrathi Saga)

Instructions

Special Operations won't install

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7.0 compatible	DirectX 9.0c compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

References

[1] GOG.com goes Mac ● GOG.com

[2] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[1]

[2]

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-{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|August 25, 2011|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/new_release_wing_commander_1_2 New release: Wing Commander 1+2 ● GOG.com]</ref>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 15, 1996}}
 {{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|October 18, 2012|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/gogcom_goes_mac GOG.com goes Mac ● GOG.com]</ref>}}
 |steam appid  =
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 {{Series|Wing Commander}}
-{{disambig||the Windows remake|[[Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga]]}}
 '''Key points'''
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 {{Availability/row| Origin | wing-commander/wing-commander-ii-vengeance-of-the-kilrathi/standard-edition | Origin |  |  | Windows }}
 }}
+===Version differences===
+{{ii}} The game was ported to Windows as part of Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga.
 {{DLC|
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 * The [http://www.wcnews.com/wcpedia/Wing_Commander_2_Patch Wing Commander II Patch] updates the original DOS version. The GOG.com version is already patched.
 * The [http://www.wcnews.com/wcpedia/Special_Operations_1_Patch Special Operations 1 Patch] updates the original DOS version. The GOG.com version is already patched.
+===Special Operations 1 and 2 (The Kilrathi Saga)===
+{{++}} [ftp://ftp.ea.com/pub/origin/patches/kilrathi/wcksso12.zip Special Operations 1 and 2] adds the missions from the original expansions. Extract somewhere convenient and run <code>SO12Inst.exe</code>.
+{{ii}} The Kilrathi Saga version of Wing Commander II must be installed (the DOS version will not work). If the installer doesn't see your installation, see [[#Special Operations won't install|Special Operations won't install]].
 ==Game data==
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 |64-bit executable      = unknown
 |64-bit executable notes=
+}}
+==Issues fixed==
+===EXE has stopped working (The Kilrathi Saga)===
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Set Windows 95 compatibility mode|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
+# Go to the properties of the named EXE.
+# Enable [[Windows Compatibility Mode|Windows 95 or Windows 98 / Windows ME compatibility mode]].
+# Click OK.
+}}
+===Special Operations won't install===
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Install Special Operations manually|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
+# Extract [ftp://ftp.ea.com/pub/origin/patches/kilrathi/wcksso12.zip Special Operations 1 and 2] somewhere temporarily.
+# Move the four EXE files to the main <code>wc2</code> folder, replacing all existing files.
+# Move all other files to <code>wc2\gamedat</code> replacing all existing files.
+# Go to the properties of <code>SO1.EXE</code> and <code>SO2.EXE</code> and set both to run in [[Windows Compatibility Mode|Windows 95 or Windows 98 / Windows ME compatibility mode]].
 }}

Developers

	Origin Systems
Release dates
DOS	1991
Windows	October 15, 1996
macOS (OS X)	October 18, 2012^[1]