Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1996) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom

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63 12 February 1996

What Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is

Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is a simulator game developed by Origin Systems and released in 1996. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RealSpace.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The year is 2673, four years after the Treaty of Torgo and the end of the Kilrathi War. As hostilities died out, more trivial concerns like rebuilding what was lost or dealing with space piracy, became the biggest concerns of the Terran Confederation. Even Christopher "Maverick" Blair, the famous Confed pilot responsible for ending the war, settled down and became a farmer. In these times of peace, humans grew fat and complacent. All good things must end, though. Soon enough, heinous incidents erupted on the outskirts of the Confederation, and humanity was forced to the brink of civil war. Confed HQ needed the best and decided to recall Colonel Blair to active duty. This is where you come…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 7 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom launched on 12 February 1996, within three weeks of Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Soul Edge. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Soul Edge.

Cheats and codes

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