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Developer adds cooperative multiplayer to DOS Wing Commander

Original: Show HN: After a decade of reversing, I got co-op working in DOS Wing Commander

A developer has released a project that adds cooperative multiplayer support to the DOS version of Wing Commander, the classic 1990 space combat game, after roughly ten years of reverse-engineering work. The project page details how the mod enables two players to fly missions together in the original game. The news is drawing attention from fans of retro gaming and the Wing Commander series, who are praising the scale of the technical effort involved in modifying decades-old code.

Why now: It is a rare, technically impressive reverse-engineering achievement on a beloved classic game, and it was just released.

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