TIE Fighter engine-comes out at the cost of much of the original's flavor. X-wing Collector's Series' marginally better graphics-the 1998 version is based on the X-wing vs. The 1994 version is way better than 1998 version: I give all the credit in the world to Good Old Games for putting out both 1994's X-wing Collector's CD-Rom and 1998's X-wing Collector's Series but let's face facts: X-wing Collector's Series is not a very good upgrade. I even used a CH Flightstick Pro, which I had purchased a few months ago to play TIE Fighter.īefore I continue, there are a couple important things you should know about these releases.ġ.
I celebrated yesterday by spending $10 on a copy X-wing Special Edition and hopping into the cockpit of a T-65 to shoot down a few TIE Fighters. All that matters is that Disney is finally willing to acknowledge two of the best Star Wars games ever made, perhaps opening up the door for a new game. It didn't even matter that most people don't have flightsticks anymore, and that X-wing in particular doesn't hold up particularly well. Thus, when Good Old Games announced the release of X-wing and TIE Fighter on their service earlier this week, the relief and excitement was palpable. They couldn't get so much as an admittedly average-looking multiplayer Rogue Squadron knockoff. X-wing and TIE Fighter fans just couldn't catch a break, it seemed. Calls for a sequel were mostly ignored, and when LucasArts released a raft of Star Wars games on Steam a few years back, X-wing and TIE Fighter were conspicuously absent.Įxcitement rose when Disney purchased the property and almost immediately announced Star Wars: Attack Squadrons-a free-to-play online featuring 16-player dogfights, but hopes were dashed when the game was canned earlier this year.
Following the release of X-wing Alliance in 1999, the well of Star Wars space sims dried up as Totally Games moved on to other projects.
Up until now, fans of the LucasArts space combat sims have mostly only known frustration. $(this).closest('#at-shortNewsletterFormConfigWrapper').find('.For the first time in more than a decade, we can play X-wing and TIE Fighter without having to break out ISO images and Dosbox thanks to Good Old Games, which released the two of them on Tuesday.
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