<s>
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heart	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Tiger	I-Application
is	O
the	O
third	O
main	O
game	O
in	O
Chris	O
Roberts	O
 '	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
science	O
fiction	O
space	O
combat	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Origin	O
Systems	O
in	O
December	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
departure	O
from	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
uses	O
extensive	O
live	O
action	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
to	O
add	O
an	O
interactive	O
movie-style	O
presentation	O
to	O
the	O
space	O
combat	O
gameplay	O
,	O
emphasized	O
by	O
its	O
advertising	O
slogan	O
,	O
"	O
Do	O
n't	O
watch	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
play	O
the	O
movie	O
!	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
is	I-Application
a	O
space	O
combat	O
simulator	O
intercut	O
with	O
live	O
action	O
cutscenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
dispensed	O
with	O
the	O
issuing	O
of	O
medals	O
after	O
such	O
missions	O
and	O
relied	O
more	O
on	O
cutscenes	O
to	O
drive	O
the	O
story	O
along	O
,	O
making	O
much	O
more	O
use	O
of	O
CD	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
,	O
some	O
wingmen	O
can	O
be	O
killed	O
permanently	O
in	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
planet	O
Vespus	O
,	O
Blair	O
and	O
Brigadier	O
General	O
James	O
"	O
Paladin	O
"	O
Taggart	O
inspect	O
the	O
downed	O
wreckage	O
of	O
the	O
TCS	B-Device
Concordia	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blair	O
,	O
by	O
orders	O
of	O
Admiral	O
Geoffrey	O
Tolwyn	O
,	O
is	O
transferred	O
as	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
to	O
the	O
TCS	B-Application
Victory	I-Application
,	O
a	O
Ranger-class	O
carrier	O
twice	O
as	O
old	O
as	O
Blair	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thrakhath	O
appears	O
with	O
a	O
squadron	O
of	O
Pakthan	O
bombers	O
and	O
taunts	O
the	O
Victory	O
over	O
subspace	O
radio	O
,	O
calling	O
Blair	O
"	O
the	O
heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
tiger	I-Application
"	O
;	O
the	O
Confed	O
pilots	O
gather	O
the	O
Kilrathi	O
have	O
bestowed	O
this	O
name	O
on	O
him	O
as	O
a	O
sign	O
of	O
respect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tolwyn	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
escort	O
and	O
defense	O
of	O
the	O
TCS	B-Application
Behemoth	I-Application
,	O
an	O
extremely	O
large	O
vessel	O
(	O
essentially	O
a	O
titanic	O
particle	O
accelerator	O
with	O
engines	O
)	O
capable	O
of	O
destroying	O
a	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paladin	O
suggests	O
a	O
weapon	O
called	O
the	O
Temblor	B-Application
Bomb	I-Application
which	O
,	O
if	O
dropped	O
in	O
the	O
right	O
place	O
,	O
will	O
cause	O
the	O
planet	O
to	O
shake	O
itself	O
to	O
pieces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
original	O
personality	O
was	O
reactivated	O
by	O
the	O
code	O
phrase	O
"	O
heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
tiger	I-Application
"	O
,	O
the	O
Kilrathi	O
name	O
for	O
Blair	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heart	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Tiger	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Origin	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
1994	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
3DO	B-Device
and	O
in	O
1996	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
(	O
a	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
was	O
also	O
announced	O
and	O
advertised	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
)	O
,	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
made	O
the	O
move	O
from	O
the	O
sprite-based	O
graphics	O
used	O
in	O
previous	O
titles	O
to	O
software-driven	O
texture-mapped	O
polygonal	O
3D	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
FMV	B-Application
for	O
cutscenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
featured	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
line	O
of	O
ships	O
and	O
fighters	O
,	O
abandoning	O
the	O
technology	O
of	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
and	O
Wing	B-Device
Commander	I-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
,	O
blockier	O
forms	O
were	O
made	O
necessary	O
by	O
the	O
then-primitive	O
state	O
of	O
polygon	O
graphics	O
,	O
as	O
WCIII	B-Application
was	O
released	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
before	O
the	O
first	O
true	O
3D	O
video	O
cards	O
and	O
all	O
3D	O
effects	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
calculated	O
by	O
the	O
CPU	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
ultimately	O
cost	O
between	O
and	O
to	O
develop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
movie	O
content	O
consumes	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
storage	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
packaged	O
on	O
four	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
instead	O
of	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
,	O
another	O
emerging	O
technology	O
at	O
that	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
(	O
then	O
a	O
very	O
high-end	O
processor	O
)	O
was	O
required	O
to	O
get	O
optimum	O
performance	O
out	O
of	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roberts	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
We	O
're	O
not	O
afraid	O
to	O
lead	O
hardware	O
sales	O
a	O
little	O
,	O
and	O
we	O
believe	O
that	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
will	O
soon	O
be	O
the	O
standard.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
1995	O
,	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
realized	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
EA	O
to	O
bring	O
select	O
titles	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
with	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
among	O
the	O
selected	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
port	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
commercial	O
and	O
critical	O
failure	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequel	O
,	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
IV	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Price	I-Application
of	I-Application
Freedom	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
handed	O
to	O
the	O
fan	O
community	O
by	O
a	O
former	O
developer	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
digital	O
long-time	O
preservation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
major	O
changes	O
were	O
made	O
in	O
porting	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
stages	O
set	O
on	O
planetary	O
surfaces	O
are	O
cut	O
,	O
and	O
replaced	O
with	O
Full	B-Application
Motion	I-Application
Video	I-Application
cutscenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
because	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
the	O
planetary	O
sequence	O
makes	O
it	O
impossible	O
to	O
fail	O
the	O
mission	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
Temblor	B-Application
Bomb	I-Application
is	O
planted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scripted	O
deaths	O
of	O
the	O
pilots	O
in	O
the	O
Temblor	B-Application
Bomb	I-Application
mission	O
were	O
cut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cloaking	O
device	O
works	O
on	O
Hobbes	O
and	O
Thrakhath	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
the	O
Temblor	B-Application
Bomb	I-Application
mission	O
may	O
be	O
completed	O
without	O
fighting	O
either	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
is	O
much	O
more	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
,	O
though	O
like	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
carry	O
the	O
bug	O
which	O
blocks	O
off	O
the	O
Hobbes	O
cutscene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
unlike	O
either	O
the	O
PC	O
or	O
3DO	B-Device
versions	O
,	O
it	O
includes	O
considerable	O
load	O
times	O
when	O
navigating	O
the	O
Victory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thrakhath	O
's	O
declaration	O
that	O
Blair	O
is	O
the	O
"	O
Heart	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Tiger	I-Application
"	O
occurs	O
while	O
the	O
pilots	O
are	O
in	O
their	O
cockpits	O
,	O
scrambling	O
to	O
defend	O
the	O
Behemoth	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
standing	O
on	O
the	O
Victory	O
's	O
bridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Hobbes	O
knows	O
about	O
the	O
Temblor	B-Application
bomb	I-Application
project	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
question	O
of	O
allowing	O
him	O
to	O
escape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vagabond	O
is	O
shot	O
down	O
on	O
the	O
second	O
leg	O
of	O
the	O
journey	O
(	O
though	O
he	O
survives	O
through	O
unspecified	O
means	O
to	O
return	O
in	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
IV	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Price	I-Application
of	I-Application
Freedom	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Flint	O
is	O
killed	O
in	O
space	O
above	O
Kilrah	O
,	O
and	O
Maniac	O
is	O
shot	O
down	O
in	O
the	O
planet	O
's	O
atmosphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maniac	O
would	O
also	O
return	O
in	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heart	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Tiger	I-Application
was	O
another	O
major	O
hit	O
for	O
the	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
series	O
,	O
the	O
PC	O
versions	O
alone	O
selling	O
over	O
500,000	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Data	O
,	O
which	O
tracked	O
computer	O
game	O
sales	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
reported	O
that	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
IIIs	I-Application
computer	O
version	O
earned	O
$15.9	O
million	O
and	O
sold	O
roughly	O
400,000	O
copies	O
by	O
October	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
critic	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
gave	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
five	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
stars	O
,	O
chiefly	O
praising	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
big-name	O
actors	O
in	O
the	O
video	O
cutscenes	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
argued	O
makes	O
the	O
game	O
more	O
realistic	O
and	O
suspenseful	O
and	O
gives	O
a	O
sense	O
that	O
the	O
FMV	B-Application
is	O
enhancing	O
gameplay	O
rather	O
than	O
substituting	O
for	O
a	O
lack	O
thereof	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
he	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
lacks	O
the	O
graphical	O
sharpness	O
of	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
and	O
is	O
less	O
challenging	O
,	O
he	O
concluded	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
makes	O
a	O
more	O
than	O
acceptable	O
alternative	O
"	O
for	O
players	O
who	O
cannot	O
afford	O
the	O
expensive	O
hardware	O
required	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
at	O
optimal	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
focused	O
their	O
praise	O
on	O
the	O
high	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
FMV	B-Application
,	O
which	O
both	O
Al	O
Manuel	O
and	O
Sushi-X	O
said	O
was	O
the	O
cleanest	O
FMV	B-Application
yet	O
seen	O
on	O
either	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
or	O
the	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
a	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Maximum	O
praised	O
the	O
"	O
intricate	O
"	O
plot	O
but	O
criticized	O
that	O
the	O
combat	O
is	O
simplistic	O
and	O
dull	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
FMV	B-Application
sequences	O
lack	O
any	O
interaction	O
beyond	O
the	O
occasional	O
multiple	O
choice	O
response	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
nominated	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
for	O
their	O
1994	O
"	O
Best	O
Action	O
Game	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
lost	O
to	O
TIE	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
Interactive	B-Application
Movie	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
54th	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
thrilling	O
space	O
action	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
successful	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ninth	O
most	O
innovative	O
computer	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
