Only in Japan: Standalone WC3 for Windows 95

[feedquote='Wing Commander News','http://www.wcnews.com/news/update/13643/']The easiest way to get Wing Commander 1-3 going on a modern system nowadays, is to buy the original DOS versions off

. Before the days of DOS emulation, players looked to

with its Windows '95 ports of the classic trilogy for their Windows 95/98/XP computers. The bundle was met with mixed reception; there were several small enhancements, but also a few changes and minor glitches. Those Windows ports were never released individually or in any other shape or fashion, apart from... Wing Commander 3 in Japan! While the Japanese edition of the DOS original had an identical box to the Western release, Japanese WC3 '95 received some unique artwork. Despite a very expensive localization effort (check out the

) for the Japanese market, the game (and franchise) was never hugely popular over there, and no such effort was put into the later games.

As an aside, if you paid $300 or more for your very own copy of the Kilrathi Saga, you may want to check out the

. It fixes numerous bugs and glitches in WC1 and WC2, and it improves compatibility with current versions of Windows. Kilrathi Saga is still a nice collectible item, and prices have dropped considerably.[/feedquote]