Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994)

When the Terran Confederation faces the possibility of humanity losing the war with the Kilrathi, Colonel Christopher Blair, who the Kilrathi have dubbed "The Heart of the Tiger", is summoned.

Director:

Chris Roberts

Writers:

Terry Borst, Frank De Palma

Stars:

Mark Hamill, Malcolm McDowell, John Rhys-Davies

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Hamill	...	Col. Christopher Blair
Malcolm McDowell	...	Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
John Rhys-Davies	...	Gen. James 'Paladin' Taggart / Prince Thrakhath / Kilrathi in-flight voices (voice)
Jason Bernard	...	Capt. William Eisen
Thomas F. Wilson	...	Maj. Todd 'Maniac' Marshall (as Tom Wilson)
Ginger Lynn	...	Chief Technician Rachel Coriolis (as Ginger Allen)
Jennifer MacDonald	...	Lt. Robin 'Flint' Peters
Courtney Gains	...	Lt. Ted 'Radio' Rollins
François Chau	...	Lt. Winston 'Vagabond' Chang
B.J. Jefferson	...	Lt. Laurel 'Cobra' Buckley
Josh Lucas	...	Maj. Jace 'Flash' Dillon (as Joshua Lucas)
Julian Reyes	...	Lt. Mitchell 'Vaquero' Lopez
Yolanda Jilot	...	Col. Jeanette 'Angel' Devereaux
Barbara Niven	...	Barbara Miles - Newscaster
Jean Pierre Pereat	...	Bartender (as J.P. Pereat)

Storyline

The war with the Kilrathi has lasted for generations, now the Terran Confederation faces the possibility of humanity losing the war, and Earth being over-run by the cat-like race of the Kilrathi. In a desperate attempt to win, the Terran Confederation prepares to destroy Kilrah; the Kilrathi home-world, and end the war. But only one man is qualified; Colonel Christopher Blair, who the Kilrathi have dubbed "The Heart of the Tiger".

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Plot Keywords:

single player | playstation | space combat simulation | ms dos | colonel | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Origin Wing Commander 3 page

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

December 1994 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hayvenhurst Studios, 7021 Hayvenhurst Ave., Van Nuys, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Origin Systems Inc.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although he receives a credit, the bartender (Jean Pierre Pereat) is basically an extra who has no dialogue, no close ups and very minimal interaction with the other actors.

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Goofs

A hand holding Blair's ankle is visible when Prince Thrakhath plunges his claw into him and lifts him up in the air (if the player refuses to beg for the mercy in the cutscene that follows if the player ejects in the final losing endgame mission)

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Quotes

Kilrathi Pilot: [retort to a taunt during gameplay] I shall eat your heart and spit it out, Terran!

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Alternate Versions

The Playstation version of the game replaces two ground attack missions with cut scenes of the fighters running their attacks. In addition after the player drops the Temblor bomb on Kilrah another cutscene shows the fighter's egress before the planet begins to break up. Throughout the PC game there were originally news cast video scenes that hinted to the player various tactical advances on the part of the enemy. Unfortunately these were cut in the end.

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Connections

Referenced in James & Mike Mondays: Corpse Killer (2013)

User Reviews

A cool game

Wing Commander III is one of the few games that effectively mixes full motion video and real gameplay. The computer drawn sets don't look that great but are far better than the computer animation of the previous games. Over all the live action portions of the game are pretty great for $4-8 million. The gameplay itself is also far better than the previous games and since the HUD is uncluttered I consider it slightly better than WC IV in that regard (the HUD in IV has a huge gunsight). Even though I played it with the graphics turned down on my old 486 I consider it one of my favorite games.