I grew up on Wing Commander! I had WC1 and got all the add-ons. I guess I'm one of the few who LOVED the branching missions and even played through the game so many times and purposefully lost at certain times to make sure I'd experienced every mission. Heck I even created a branch diagram for all the missions. I was only 15 at the time!

I then played through the game with such "anal" tenacity. I had to have EVERY kill for the killboard that was possible. If my wing man ever got any.... I'd dump out and try again!

Then WC2 came out... holy moley! Yes I had to have it all, and as the article pointed out... I also promptly saved my pennies until I could afford my first sound blaster card and picked up the Voice pack too!

Played and loved and enjoyed EVERY WC game in the series. The sense of wonder that I got... I wonder if kids have anything even close to those experiences today.