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Retro Reboot: TIE Fighter

6aming's Andy steps back into the early 90's and checks out TIE Fighter, the hit space sim from the Star Wars franchise. Do you remember playing this one?

randomass1713690d ago

I actually never played this one, but I remember wanting to. I wonder how this compares to the Rogue Squadron trilogy.

Neonridr3690d ago

this predates all that sort of stuff. Very rudimentary 3D models and stuff. But Tie Fighter and X-Wing were fantastic games. Tie Fighter was nice because it let you be the bad side for a change. I still own X-Wing vs Tiefighter (a newer game of the three).

randomass1713690d ago

Huh. And they're all PC huh? I'll have to keep an eye out for them. I wonder if they're on Steam?

Neonridr3690d ago

doesn't seem to be on steam, but if you go to freegameempire you can download a copy there. Most likely you would have to use DOSBOX or another DOS emulator in order to get it to run..

http://www.freegameempire.c...

randomass1713689d ago

Wicked stuff. Thanks for the link and all the info! :)

aliengmr3689d ago (Edited 3689d ago )

Pretty much what Neonridr said, though it also predated "textures" and "640x480". You had to get the remastered version on high tech "compact disc" for that. Ohh 90's:)

I also played Rogue Squadron and the comparison I made was that it was more "arcadey" than X-Wing and TIE Fighter. They weren't full blown sims but they had that feel. RS was fun though.

aliengmr3689d ago

A game of its time. A time when LucasArts knew what they were doing and George Lucas wasn't systematically destroying Star Wars.

The only "modern" equivalent was Jump to Lightspeed, the space expansion for SW Galaxies, but unfortunately it was killed. Galactic Starfighter for SWTOR is just an insult to JTL.

How LucasArts gave up practically owning the space combat sim genre, I'll never understand.

TIE Fighter is by far my best experience in gaming.

solar3689d ago

Tie Fighter was great. Loved it and would love a reboot

stragomccloud3689d ago

I loved this game so much! I played it all the time in middle school! I would die for a reboot of this, X-Wing, or X-Wing versus Tie Fighter.

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Top 5 Star Wars Video Games

The Star Wars franchise has produced some of the most entertaining games dating as far back as the years of Atari and classic arcades. There have been over 80 video games made over the years but while some may be forgettable, there are a plethora of releases that have been go-to classics across all platforms that still hold-up to this day.

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The 12 best space games (before No Man's Sky)

Space is the place, especially in these stone cold classics.

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TheCommentator2839d ago

Before No Man's Sky? Makes it sound like No Man's Sky is actually good or something...

Kerppamaister2839d ago

True dat. The list remains unchanged after NMS launch.

kraenk122839d ago

It's actually pretty amazing and a lot of people agree on that. No one cares for the sadness people like you express constantly.

BrandanT2839d ago

On the contrary, especially for people who are planning to purchase the game, people take myriads of different opinions in consideration.

And besides, it's okay if not everyone like the game.

TheCommentator2839d ago

You cared, that's why you posted. I don't have to like the game, and to me NMS is lifeless and repetitive enough that the fun wears thin after just a few hours. It's just as unfinished as it felt at its debut several years ago when I played it at the Gamestop managers conference.

Sad is the fact that you can't let me have my opinion without making it personal, but I'm glad you like it so have fun.

kraenk122839d ago (Edited 2839d ago )

@TheCommentator

I know you and your comments and I know just as you and anyone here that you don't even own a PS4 or a gaming PC.

@BrandanT

It's ok to have an opinion. It's not ok to pretend to have one without actually having had the chance to form one.

TheCommentator2839d ago

You are correct, but I played it at the conference I mentioned and I do have friends who own a PS4. I played it for a few hours already while my friend and I hung out the other day and it's really not that interesting. Kerbal Space Program has as much going for it as NMS. To each their own.

Seriously, stay on topic and don't pretend that you know everything about me from my posts here at N4G.

TheCommentator2838d ago

You're just mad that a game you really wanted to be awesome ended up being average at best, so your fragile little mind created an escape by taking it out on me. It's okay, you can cry on my shoulder all you like dude. It still doesn't change the fact that I've played the game and don't like it, or that your ability to comprehend such a thing is seriously lacking. I haven't heard one fact about the game from you or Razzer the whole time you've been in here, you just personally attack me instead of staying with the topic like an educated human being would.

You want to know a secret? I know I don't like PS4 exclusives as much as Xbox exclusives because I play most of them at my friends house (or watch him Twitch) but I dislike Sony more than MS for other reasons besides a lack of exclusives I enjoy which is why I don't buy Sony products in general. Truth is both companies do shitty things to consumers.

Grow up, stay on topic, and realize that not every opinion around here is yours.

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LordMaim2839d ago

Actually playing the game makes it seem like it's good or something. I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

P.S. Goddamn do I miss Wing Commander.

kraenk122839d ago

True man..those games were so epic back then.

Razzer2839d ago

Cuz.....you've played it? Didn't think so.

TheCommentator2839d ago

Yes, I've played it. Which is why I think it sucks.

Razzer2839d ago

@thecommentator

bullshit. you are a Xbox fanboy. your previous comments make it obvious. hating games you can't play

TheCommentator2838d ago

I hate Sony, I don't love MS. Big difference. My decision to own MS systems is educated, a fanboy's decision is not. So...

Quit attacking my character instead of the subject like a fanboy would and understand something, I can still play games on systems I don't own because... wait for it... I have real friends who I can go visit in the real world and play on a PS4. Go back into hiding, you shallow little person.

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Wolfenstein512839d ago

Xenoblade Chronicles X should be on this list. Best space game ever!

TheColbertinator2839d ago

A Sony Liverpool gem of the PS1 era there

Gaming4Life19812839d ago

I know this game gets no credit around here but Elite Dangerous needs to be on this list but I do agree that everything on this list is great as well.

TheCommentator2839d ago

Elite Dangerous is planning to add tons of content too, which makes No Man's Sky look even more hollow in comparison.

kraenk122839d ago

Damnit...you don't get it, do you?! Stop talking shit about a game you didn't even play yet!

meka26112837d ago

But he's right. No man's sky is cool, but very hollow in the end. With how the ship autocontrols I feel like I'm on an intergalactic tour. Don't get me wrong, I like the game, but elite has a lot more potential.

AKR2839d ago

No Freespace and Freespace 2? Those games are awesome.

Pintheshadows2839d ago (Edited 2839d ago )

I was thinking the same.

No X either.

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PC Classics 'X-Wing' & 'TIE Fighter' Strike Back

"A long time ago, in a game industry far, far away, there was a genre called “space combat sims.” In this far flung, possibly mythical time, known today as “The Nineties,” a wide range of games put players in the seat of a highly advanced starfighter, and sent them out to blast their enemies into the cold embrace of the void. While the genre contains great titles like Wing Commander, Freespace, and Colony Wars, perhaps the most fondly remembered space combat games are Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars: TIE Fighter."

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