Remember this game ?

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Im trying to remember the name of a computer game for the PC. I think there was about 4 or 5 versions of the games, It was a space flight game with a battle between an alliance good guy type and some ugly alien types.

In the later versions of the game it had some huge video cut scene with some semi famous actor types in it. Really going to annoy me but i cant remember the name. We are probably talking mid to late 90's
 
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Definitely Wing Commander though the first two versions of the game used cutscenes not live action video which only arrived in WC3. Yeesh, hard to think that was 15 years ago and we got to see Ginger Lynn in her first non, ahem, specialist role!
 
Thats the boy ! Awesome game, Thanks for the quick responses. Your right about the actors being more than Semi Famous, just couldnt remember who was in it and didnt wanna be saying famous people in case i was wrong.
 
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Wing Commander 1 was the 1st game i ever remember completing properly. It was awesome, dont think ive ever enjoyed a game as much since. My 1st love so to speak hehe.

What would be a modern day game with a similar game play ?
 
The space combat genre has fallen largely into disuse these days.

The X games (latest being X3 Terran Conflict) are about the best bet. A couple of years ago there was Darkstar One which was comptent enough but none of these really match the panache of the Wing Commander series. "X" is probably more akin to Privateer, which was a spin off from the WC series.

Would be nice to see the likes of WC rise again but the money needed to make a game of this type and the fact gaming preferences (at least for the younger generation) have moved on probably make it unlikely.
 
Privateer 2 was one of my favourite games of all time. Just been watching the cut scene videos on YouTube. What memories! Why are there no space combat games any more?
 
There has been a derth of good space games recently. I never got into the X-series of games myself as, imo, they're rubbish.

One good one I found is a fanmade Babylon 5 mod called 'I've found her'. However, it's WIP and only one campaign has been released so far. It's a bit of a mixture of Wing Commander, Tie Fighter and I-War and although pretty nails is very good.

http://ifhgame.ru/main/

Another decent one is Evochron Legends which came out last year. I've still to sit down and give it some time however.

I'm still waiting for a modern-day Elite though :(
 
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