EA brings Wing Commander and Ultima to Steam, with cutscenes restored from the original master tapes
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In context: Wing Commander III's Mark Hamill cutscenes haven't aged well, mostly because they were squeezed into heavily compressed 240p video back in 1994. EA, as it turns out, still had the original master tapes. This week, a restored version of the game hit Steam for the first time, along with the rest of the Wing Commander series and all eleven Ultima RPGs.
In all, 25 classics from EA's back catalog made their Steam debut. GOG and the EA app carry the same lineup, too. Most of them are straight ports, including the Ultima games, both Crusader titles, and Theme Hospital. Seven, though, are new Anniversary Editions that got real restoration work – six Wing Commander games plus the 1996 PC version of Road Rash.
The Anniversary Editions sell for $9.99 each and...
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