survey in the magazine of strategic space games set in the year 2000 and later gave the game four-plus stars out of five, stating that it was "probably the game responsible for putting the Sound Blaster on the map as the de facto standard for sound cards". The game received 5 out of 5 stars in 1992 in Dragon. In 2012, G4 TV ranked it as the 71st top video game of all time. It was winner of the 1991 Origins Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game. See also Deneb Sector References External links 1991 video games Amiga games Cancelled Sega Genesis games Cancelled Super Nintendo Entertainment System games DOS games FM Towns games Games commercially released with DOSBox Origins Award winners Science fiction video games Space combat simulators Video game sequels Video games developed in the United States Video games scored by Dana Karl Glover Video games scored by George Sanger Video games scored by Martin Galway Video games with expansion packs Wing Commander (franchise)