Display MoreHere's a fun discovery: a game preservation group has posted a prototype copy of Wing Commander Prophecy on the Internet Archive! It includes all three discs complete with high resolution scans. They have a great writeup of what's included in the readme with details which you can find below. Since this looks to be a review copy sent out only a week before the game was finished it's likely not too different from the final release. But when it comes to studying this kind of history... every bit helps! (Please laugh.) We've mirrored a copy here.
=========================== Wing Commander: Prophecy ===========================
-------------------------- (1997-12-02 PC prototype) ---------------------------
Dumped By: Cut Into Fourteen Pieces
Released By: CVLT OF OSIRIS
CVLT OF OSIRIS presents a prototype of Wing Commander: Prophecy for the PC from 1997-12-02 (about a week before the game was released).
This release includes a three disc set of Wing Commander: Prophecy discs. The discs are EA branded CD-R media, and were from a build given to members of the press. No other Wing Commander: Prophecy discs were obtained from the same source, so CVLT OF OSIRIS members believe that this is a set of three discs sent as a single review build of the game.
Each disc in the set has a different version number, and the discs were created on different days. However, all three also appear to be consistent with the release build of the game.
Disc 1 is version 1.05F, dated 1997-12-02 on its printed label. Timestamps on this disc also indicate it was finalized on 1997-12-02. Disc 2 is version 1.03F, dated 1997-11-27 on its printed label. Timestamps on this disc indicate it was finalized on 1997-11-30. Disc 3 is version 1.01F, dated 1997-11-27 on its printed label. Timestamps on this disc indicate it was finalized on 1997-11-27.
