From the first mission to the last, TIE Fighter has you firmly bolted into your pilot's chair. As you take an X-wing into your sights and blast it to nothing, you can't help but grin with evil glee. This is TIE Fighter.
Featuring challenging real-time dogfights of 2 to 8 players, Star Wars™: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter is one of the most historically significant space combat simulators ever made. All Reviews: Mostly Positive (121) - 76% of the 121 user reviews for this game are positive. Star Wars: TIE Fighter, a 1994 space flight simulator/space combat computer game, is the sequel to Star Wars: X-Wing. It places the player in the role of an Imperial starfighter pilot during events that occur between Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Star Wars: Tie Fighter is an old dos game, published in 1994 by LucasArts. Main genre of this old game is simulation. We gave this game stunning rating of 88 and you can download it for free right here.
Armed with a Gravis gamepad, it is quite easy to maneuver the ship. Barrel-rolling and dodging enemy fire is no problem, and getting as close as possible to huge ships without hitting them is a constant delight. One thing that is difficult at times is aiming -- which is quite understandable when you consider the speed of some ships!
The A-wing, for example, is a pain to hit. You often find yourself flying around it as it dodges and pitches every volley of shots you throw its way. Fifteen minutes later -- when shooting it down for the first time, only to discover there were five more flipping around you -- it is tempting to banish TIE Fighter from your computer forever. Stick with it though, because the game just gets better and better.
After playing games like Wing Commander, TIE Fighter was indeed a wonderful relief, providing a wonderful 'feel' of what it'd be like to be in space fighting the Rebel Alliance. It is not very often that a game places the user in the role of the bad guy. It is great to be able to blast away at any and all who oppose the Empire.
Even if you normally do not enjoy flight simulations, there's no doubt you'll enjoy TIE Fighter. Offering flight simulation training missions within the game, it will assist you with your skill as a pilot. You'll find yourself bowing to the feet of the Emperor, ready to crush any Rebel scum who dare to oppose your forces. Evil is good.
Graphics: Great feel for empty space. The large ships all look superb up close as you scream within inches of them.
Sound: Ever heard your control panel fry and explode? Sounds cool! Great voices too.
Enjoyment: Although some of the missions got impossibly hard, I somehow managed to pass.
Replay Value: After the time you have to commit in order to go through the game once, I know I won't play it three or four times through.
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This compilation includes the campaigns from the original game Star Wars: TIE Fighter, the three campaigns from the add-on Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Defender of the Empire and also three new, never before released campaigns in a second add-on called Enemies of the Empire. In total there are more than 100 missions to fly and survive.
In addition to the new missions, there are also some technical improvements to the game:
Improved screen resolution to SVGA (640*480)
Added new cut scenes
Full voice mission briefings and radio calls (the so called 'Talkie' version)
Improved the interactive mission briefing
How to run this game on modern Windows PC?
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with 120 posters participating, including story authorWhen Disney bought Lucasfilm for over $4 billion nearly two years ago to the day, we lamented the uncertain publishing future of the company's stable of classic LucasArts games. The fear was that these classics would be lost in corporate shuffling indefinitely. Thankfully, digital distribution site GoG isn't letting that happen. This week, GoG published its first games from the Lucasfilm/Disney catalog as DRM-free downloads playable on modern machines.While the digital distribution site says its partnership with Disney Interactive allows for the release of 20+ classic LucasArts games, today's offerings include the following six titles:
- Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition - Windows - $9.99 - first downloadable release
- Star Wars: TIE Fighter Special Edition - Windows - $9.99 - first downloadable release
- Sam & Max Hit the Road - Windows, Mac, Linux - $5.99 - first downloadable release
- The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition - Windows - $9.99 (temporary 20 percent off sale price)
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis - Windows, Mac, Linux - $5.99
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Windows - $9.99 (temporary 20 percent off sale price)
More LucasArts games will be 'popping up frequently' on GOG.com in the coming months according to the site. A number of LucasArts classics are also available on Steam, if that's more your speed. [Update: Reviews Editor Lee Hutchinson reminds me that even the Windows-only retro games might work on a Mac through a tool like Boxer]
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Late last year, GoG was forced to stop selling the Fallout game series on its service after a legal battle caused the game's rights to revert from Interplay to Bethesda Softworks. Those titles returned to Steam last June but have yet to be offered on GoG again.
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In June, GoG announced still-pending plans to offer an optional, DRM-free platform called GoG Galaxy to streamline game downloads, updates, and social features.