STAR WARS™: X-Wing Special Edition

This game is why I still have a functioning Windows 98 machine (have the original floppies and the CD version). I've been playing it since it first came out and it is still my favorite space sim.

This is where true love of PC gaming started for me. The nostalgia I feel for even just looking at the screenshots is overwhelming. A million thank yous to anyone and everyone involved in giving this amazing title new life. Between this and TIE Fighter, I know where many hours are going to be spent very shortly.

this is on everyone's mind is the Online severs working? with this version or at least make a private sever?

Incredible game that brought untold hours of joy to my young teenage heart. What better way to immerse yourself in the universe of Star Wars than to be a Rebel Alliance pilot?! You start off as a green horn trying to just survive basic tactics. But as with any great game, the difficulty increases with each mission. Oh, but not just any missions... missions that guide you on a story of your OWN within the Star Wars universe. Sure, they could have made you Luke or Wedge, but then you'd already know the story. The great thing about this game is that the story is yours, and yet still entwined with the rest of the characters. From super-fast and agile A-Wings to slow yet powerful Y-Wings designed to disable/capture ships to the almighty X-Wing, the fighters of the movies become your reality. Waves of Tie Fighters, Tie Bombers, and Corvettes are going to try to stop you in your missions. But you'll persevere, and triumph, and cheer knowing you just saved yet another admiral's rebel ass. And if you get good enough, you'll have the thrill of taking out a Star Destroyer with just an A-Wing. Or even better, capture an entire fleet of them with just your Y-Wing and its disabling Ion Cannons. Or of course you can just run, gun, and get the mission done as quickly as possible. Sure, the graphics are definitely dated and the missions are linear. But the combination of universe, story, underdog mentality, and the sheer fun of playing in a truly 3-dimensional space battleground is unbeatable... well, maybe unless you move on to Tie Fighter. :) Not to be missed by anyone even remotely into Star Wars!

Best game as a kid. My love of Star Wars came from this game, long before I enjoyed the movies. I remember it was always a little jumpy. That didn't change when I just played it. Ha! Made me laugh. How do you allocate more memory to the game or DOSbox emulator? I remember always needing to reduce the graphics to very minimal so I had better control. Hoping I can play it with good control and good the better graphics - but the first try wasn't promising.