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Revision as of 21:22, 28 September 2017

Wing Commander: Privateer
Wing Commander: Privateer cover
Developers
Origin Systems
Publishers
Origin Systems
Electronic Arts
Release dates
DOS September 23, 1993
Windows June 2, 2011[1]
macOS (OS X) October 18, 2012
Wing Commander: Privateer on Wikipedia
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

Music slows down if no controller is connected[2] (see Music slows down during spaceflight for the fix).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Disc check. Use DOSBox.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
CD-ROM version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Origin
Origin
Windows

Version differences

The CD-ROM version is a complete edition which includes the Righteous Fire expansion and full speech (different from the Speech Pack add-on which only voiced some content).[4]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Privateer - Speech Pack
DOS
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Privateer - Righteous Fire
DOS
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Save game data location

Privateer saves are *.SAV; Righteous Fire saves are *.PRS.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Issued fixed

Music slows down during spaceflight

Spaceflight music slows down if no controller is connected.[2]
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) MS-DOS 5.0
Processor (CPU) 386DX/33 MHz
System memory (RAM) 570K+2.5 MB (EMS or XMS)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 180 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 180 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM

References