STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition

Just ordered a joystick from amazon exclusively for this game. Playing with mouse and keyboard is difficult and unwieldy but even so it is enjoyable. Feels complex enough so that you feel like an actual pilot and not just a kid in an arcade shooter.

To my mind the best PC game of the '90s. Technically competent space shooter with genre defining mechanics. But it just drips atmosphere, you feel like a cog in the machine of the empire. The windows version is ok, but the real gem here is the DOS version. The iMuse system keeps a running dynamic soundtrack (midi instruments) under your entire mission. The red book audio of the windows version sounds nice (if you really need to hear the same old John Williams cues again) but is a definite case where nicer isn't actually better. Improvements from X-Wing: Better mission definition so you don't feel like you are guessing on your goals. Enter key matches your speed with your target (when you get behind an x-wing, press enter and you have him), There is a key to target the attacker of your target which makes protect the ship missions a little less frustrating. Emperor tattoos you with lightning. Better defined mission briefings. So yeah: Fun, great missions, Star Wars, atmosphere. This is the gold standard of this era as far as I'm concerned.

Spent literally hundred of hours on the X-Wing Series. Covering X-Wing, Tie Fighter, XvT and X- Wing Alliance. Fantastic story and gameplay. Why a modern verison of these hasnt been made yet boggles the mind. Sqaudrons was the closest I think we will get and that was just OK, Beatiful but ok

The Force is strong in this follow-up game to X-Wing. This game builds on everything in the previous game and lets you join the dark side (sorry, no cake to be found). Even better graphics, game play, AI, and other challenges await you in TIE Fighter. The story line is solid throughout the core game and the expansion. Not only will you get the chance to pilot the fragile TIE Fighter, you will get the chance to pilot the TIE Advanced, Defenders, Interceptors, Gun and Missile Boats. Strategy, management, tactics, and great fights for your life await you as you serve the Empire. The best $10 you can spend (except maybe if you also purchase X-WIng)!

The grand admiral of space combat sims.