I'm always fascinated to find brief glimpses of Wing Commander that aired on TV and I thought of another vector for them: 3DO advertisements! So I spent some time digging through material archived by 3DO fans to find a few glimpses of Super Wing Commander and Wing Commander III that aired on national TV.

First is a 1994 advertisement called "Stop Playing with Toys" which includes a brief clip of Super Wing Commander! Watch carefully to see part of the Scimitar takeoff sequence. Fun fact: both of the 'toys' thrown away at the start, an SNES and a Genesis with Sega CD attached, also have excellent Wing Commander ports.

Then we have a 1995 advertisement called "Welcome to the REAL World" which incudes a brief clip of gameplay from Wing Commander III. The available copy is pretty low resolution but it's clearly the player flying a Hellcat and destroying a Dralthi.

Super Wing Commander also appears in this 1994 Japanese 3DO commercial. This one is crazy fun, claiming that the system is a "Big Hit in the USA" and identifying company founder rip Hawkins as a "computer genius". Watch for a brief clip from the Super Wing Commander intro showing Rapiers firing on a Snakeir (... or was it a Fralthi?). It even has an Origin bug superimposed!

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