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'''''Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger''''' is the third main game in [[Chris Roberts]] [[Wing Commander (series)|''Wing Commander'' series]], developed and released by [[Origin Systems]] in December 1994.

It was remarkable for its extensive use of live action full-motion video to add an interactive movie-style presentation to the space combat gameplay, emphasized by its advertising slogan, "Don't watch the game, play the movie!". The aim was to get the subtlety of a performance or emotion out in service of the experience and the immersion and the game, which wasn't otherwise possible at the time with the rudimentary animation.<ref>[https://paullicino.tumblr.com/post/140850063441/paul-dean-as-i-understand-you-were-born-in-the The forgotten interview with Chris Roberts by Paul Dean], March 11, 2016</ref>

The game's more than two hours of video featured a number of prominent movie stars including among others [[Steve Colton|Mark Hamill]] as Colonel Christopher "Maverick" Blair, [[Randall Graves|John Rhys-Davies]] as James "Paladin" Taggart and Thrakhath nar Kiranka.

* It was the first time Chris Roberts directed live action.<ref>[https://download.wcnews.com/files/infoburst/show4.mp3 Wing Commander Combat Information Center Chris Roberts Interview by Hadrian], 1999</ref>

* It was Electronic Arts first million-seller on DOS.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140914215106/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/chris-roberts-star-citizen-profile The Stars His Destination: Chris Roberts from Origin to Star Citizen], 2014-09-13, archived</ref>