I want to play Strike Commander

[Tolya]

Ok, so this may sound stupid, but...

I've never properly played Strike Commander. When it was released I was a little kid with almost no knowledge of English language. Plus, I had a pirate version of the game which made your wingmen attack you. I've played Pacific Strike which was a bit later, but never Strike Commander.

Now, I am on a Windows 7 machine and I've seen some internet projects like DosBox resuming functionality to some old gems. So is there a way to run SC? And where can I get it?

[Stark]

Googling 'Strike Commander Win7' shows that it'll work in dosbox, but christ only knows where you'll get a legitimate copy these days.

[Tolya]

Yeah, it seems that DosBox started fully supporting Strike Commander. Last time I had it it didn't.

Now for the fun part. It seems that amazon still has copies of SC. For 79,99 dollars! 8 floppy disk version no less. Fuck them.

[Alyeska]

Now for the fun part. It seems that amazon still has copies of SC. For 79,99 dollars! 8 floppy disk version no less. Fuck them.

Be patient. EA signed up with Good Old Games and Origin titles are already starting to appear. Its only a matter of time until Strike Commander is one of the games released. Then you get a completely legal digital pre-configured to run in a modern OS for an extremely reasonable price.

[AniThyng]

I fervently hope this comes to pass. Strike Commander was the very first game I played when the 486 got upgraded with a soundblaster and a cdrom drive

[Enigma]

I still have the CD. Haven't played it in years and never finished the game. I should once life has stopped shitting on me.

[Julhelm]

I got a copy on ebay a couple years ago. Try and get the full original box if you can.

[Vympel]

That was a great game. It was like a WW2 sim in modern times, given that the gun was the most useful weapon and missiles were too expensive / missed too often

Will get it if it comes out on GOG.com. I've still got my old copy of course, but you know.

[Andehtron]

I got a copy on budget around 2000....was the CD version complete with add on disc and F-4 phantoms as a new baddie. I may still have it in my garage....somewhere. Or it in my fathers massive 32yr old, multi platform archive of cassettes, floppies of all sizes, CDs ands DVDs that he just hasn't thrown out.

[Marcus Aurelius]

That was a great game. It was like a WW2 sim in modern times, given that the gun was the most useful weapon and missiles were too expensive / missed too often

To me it was more like "Wing Commander on Eaaaarth". Very unrealistic flight model, arcade style "avionics" and radar, but definitely very fun game to play. I bought it from a bargain bin somewhere around 1995 and played it through back then. Might still have my copy (floppies, IIRC) somewhere, but unfortunately it has very little replay value. The graphics were good by early 1990s standards, but of course 320x200 pixels in 256 colors is 'somewhat' outdated now