So I see there are quite a number of the Wing Commander games here on GOG.

1-4, Privateer. But why is Prophecy not among them? Is it 'too recent' to count? Does EA/Origin have a beef with selling it via GOG? I still have the original (non-Gold) CD set and most of the documentation that came with it :) So if there is any help to be had, I can probably help with it!

Thanks for any responses regarding this one!

There is truth in your statement and speculation.

And there is the nGlide wrapper, for 3dfx effects, though I wonder if they might enlist the help of the developers of the wrapper for the (possible) release?

I mean, the first time I played through WCP was on an nVidia....Vanta? Something along those lines, with 8MB VRAM. Though I didn't know there were super-awesome effects and AA and all at the time with a 3dfx card. Makes me sad thinking back on it.

I do speculate that WCP will be released on GOG (I do NOT know for sure) - but based on their current standard of 'completion' for the games/series they have released I'd be surprised if it didn't show up eventually.

Regarding the 3Dfx thing, I honestly don't remember specifics - but if there is a will to release it for modern day machines there is a way to make it work.

I hope they do, I also hope they release the DVD (high res movies upgrade) version like they did for WC IV.
So glad, brings me back to my childhood playing through WC I again after the weekend sale(bought the full weekend pack), still have all my old disks but couldn't refuse the easy setup and running of gog.com
Thank you soooo much :)

Check out some of the links at WC CIC http://www.wcnews.com/ for info on work that has taken place on getting WCP to have OpenGL support and DVD movie support.

http://www.wcnews.com/news/update/7428
http://www.wcnews.com/news/update/11076

Back in the day it was released, it supported Glide as its best renderer (which was specific to 3dfx cards, such as the Voodoo, Voodoo II). There was a DirectX renderer, but it wasn't all that good compared to Glide.

I should say that I have been fortunate enough to have played it with the OpenGL patch. It's fantastic!