Thirith on 9/7/2014 at 08:12

---

Has anyone heard of Wings of Saint Nazaire, a retro space combat game that apparently works with bitmap graphics the way that the first two Wing Commander titles did. I haven't yet been able to check it out, but anyone with a yen for retro space shootery might want to have a look. The videos look like the dev is getting some interesting mileage out of a pimped-up bitmap-based engine.

(http://www.wingsofstnazaire.com/index.php)

N'Al on 9/7/2014 at 11:49

---

Have to admit, that's the first thing that popped into my mind too when I saw the thread title. :)

baeuchlein on 9/7/2014 at 12:06

---

Another thing Wing Commander enthusiasts could try is (http://www.wcsaga.com/) Wing Commander Saga. I didn't play it yet, but it looks promising. I doubt that it uses simple bitmaps like the first two Wing Commander games, though.

catbarf on 9/7/2014 at 22:44

---

I played WoSN about this time last year, and it doesn't seem that they've made a ton of progress, which is unfortunate. I really like the graphics style, though- not only is it really pretty for a Unity game, but their interesting system of prerenders gives it a retro feel while still looking decent.

Also, Wing Commander Saga is well worth playing.

Thirith on 10/7/2014 at 08:16

---

Those two series had a distinctly different feel from each other, though. Wing Commander was more the equivalent of one of the good Call of Duty games; X-Wing and TIE Fighter were more like a Rainbow Six game. Superficially similar, but very different flavours.