<s>
Strike	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
is	O
a	O
combat	O
flight	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Chris	O
Roberts	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Origin	O
Systems	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
DOS	B-Device
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
3D	O
graphics-engine	O
used	O
both	O
gouraud	B-Algorithm
shading	I-Algorithm
and	O
texture-mapping	O
on	O
both	O
aircraft-models	O
and	O
terrain	O
,	O
an	O
impressive	O
feat	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strike	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
has	O
been	O
called	O
"	O
Privateer	B-Application
on	O
Earth	O
,	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
mercenary	O
role-playing	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
mass	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
Creative	O
Labs	O
bundle	O
pack	O
with	O
Syndicate	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
,	O
Ultima	B-Application
VIII	I-Application
:	I-Application
Pagan	I-Application
and	O
Wing	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
II	I-Device
:	I-Device
Vengeance	I-Device
of	I-Device
the	I-Device
Kilrathi	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
CD	O
bundle	O
with	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
:	I-Application
Privateer	I-Application
;	O
both	O
games	O
included	O
the	O
core	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
expansion	O
pack	O
and	O
voice	O
pack	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
disc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
2013	O
on	O
Gog.com	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
missions	O
involve	O
flying	O
an	O
F-16	O
Fighting	O
Falcon	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
last	O
missions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
more	O
advanced	O
F-22	B-Application
,	O
while	O
accomplishing	O
certain	O
objectives	O
and	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
simulators	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
F-22	B-Application
series	O
from	O
Novalogic	O
have	O
been	O
compared	O
with	O
Strike	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
because	O
of	O
their	O
simplified	O
flight	O
model	O
and	O
emphasis	O
on	O
graphic	O
detail	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
them	O
relatively	O
similar	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
philosophy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Gulf	B-Application
War	I-Application
have	O
triggered	O
a	O
massive	O
rise	O
in	O
global	O
instability	O
,	O
compounded	O
by	O
natural	O
disasters	O
and	O
failed	O
economic	O
policy	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Strike	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
project	O
took	O
more	O
than	O
four	O
years	O
and	O
over	O
a	O
million	O
man	O
hours	O
on	O
background	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
some	O
successful	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
from	O
Strike	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
were	O
re-used	O
by	O
other	O
more	O
notable	O
Origin	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
Privateer	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Wing	O
Commander	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
expansion	O
pack	O
Strike	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
:	O
Tactical	O
Operations	O
continued	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
by	O
adding	O
more	O
missions	O
and	O
flyable	O
aircraft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
later	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
edition	O
of	O
Strike	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
bundled	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
audio	O
content	O
(	O
beyond	O
what	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Speech	O
Pack	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
Strike	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
the	O
Digital	O
Distribution	O
by	O
gog.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
a	O
SC	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
project	O
by	O
Fabien	O
Sanglard	O
with	O
a	O
reconstructed	O
source	O
code	O
variant	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
as	O
the	O
original	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
most	O
probably	O
lost	O
in	O
the	O
take	O
over	O
of	O
Origin	O
by	O
EA	O
(	O
"	O
abandonware	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
focuses	O
on	O
action	O
and	O
combat	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
get	O
players	O
in	O
the	O
air	O
and	O
having	O
fun	O
in	O
the	O
shortest	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
much	O
gentler	O
learning	O
curve	O
"	O
than	O
Falcon	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
or	O
Red	B-Device
Baron	I-Device
and	O
better	O
graphics	O
than	O
F-117	B-Application
Stealth	I-Application
Fighter	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
or	O
Jetfighter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
named	O
Strike	B-Application
Commanders	I-Application
CD-ROM	B-Device
release	O
the	O
36th	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
ranked	O
Strike	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
as	O
the	O
13th	O
top	O
vaporware	B-Application
title	O
in	O
computer	O
game	O
history	O
(	O
due	O
1991	O
,	O
delivered	O
1993	O
)	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
The	O
haze	O
you	O
see	O
from	O
the	O
cockpit	O
is	O
emblematic	O
of	O
this	O
title	O
's	O
troubled	O
development	O
on	O
the	O
bleeding	O
edge	O
of	O
technology.	O
"	O
</s>
