"Wing Commander" became a best seller and caused the development of competing space combat games, such as LucasArts' "X-Wing". It was very well received by critics. "Dragon" gave "Wing Commander" six stars, out of a five-star system, the "Secret Missions Expansion Disk" receiving five stars. "Computer Gaming World" in 1990 described the game as a ""stellar" warfare adventure in every sense of the word", praising its graphics, story, and music. The magazine described the first expansion as "more of the same", albeit more difficult, but the second as improving computer pilots' intelligence. In a 1992 survey of science fiction games, the magazine gave the title five of five stars, stating that "the richness of the entire package makes this a 'must-have'". A 1994 survey of strategic space games set in the year 2000 and later gave the game four-plus stars out of five. Its readers gave "Wing Commander" a score of 10.91, the highest rating in the history of the magazine until 1992, when it was superseded by the sequel "Wing Commander II"; that year the magazine added "Wing Commander" to its Hall of Fame for games that readers highly rated over time.