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X-Wing / TIE Fighter announcement coming soon

post #1 of 93
8/4/09 at 2:46pm
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ohpleaseohpleaseohplease

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/69...ouncement.html

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I asked Rodriguez for thoughts on a return of the company's lauded X-Wing and Tie Fighter flight sim series.

His answer?

"We don’t have any announcements now, but stay tuned," said Rodriguez. "We will soon….."
Even if it's just a playable XP/Vista/Win7 re-release. In fact I think I prefer that.
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post #2 of 93
8/4/09 at 2:49pm
Agreed. I miss those games. You just know that any remake/reboot would sacrifice gameplay for graphics.
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post #3 of 93
8/4/09 at 2:49pm
Fuck yeah!
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post #4 of 93
8/4/09 at 2:53pm
That would be sweet. Then I'd just need an online multi-player version of Episode One: Racer and I'd be set for Star Wars games for a while.
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post #5 of 93
8/4/09 at 3:03pm
yes please....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE...


Of course I'll need to find my old joystick..
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post #6 of 93
8/4/09 at 3:03pm
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Originally Posted by MoonBaseNick View Post
yes please....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE...


Of course I'll need to find my old joystick..
And a serial port!
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post #7 of 93
8/4/09 at 3:05pm
I'm not gonna get my hopes up just yet. But yeah, I'd be happy with just about anything at this point.
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post #8 of 93
8/4/09 at 7:35pm
Insert joke about the number of Hoth levels in a new title here.
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post #9 of 93
8/4/09 at 9:07pm
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Originally Posted by wydren View Post
Insert joke about the number of Hoth levels in a new title here.
One great thing about the originals: no Hoth.

(right? it's been awhile)
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post #10 of 93
8/4/09 at 9:09pm
No land battles at all in X-Wing or Tie Fighter that I can recall, unless you count the Death Star.
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post #11 of 93
8/4/09 at 11:51pm
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Originally Posted by Jacob Singer View Post
No land battles at all in X-Wing or Tie Fighter that I can recall, unless you count the Death Star.
I couldn't remember if there was a "defend the transports" mission in X-Wing or not, which I guess would count as a Hoth level, but I don't think there was.
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post #12 of 93
8/4/09 at 11:53pm
I want to be very clear on this. I want this for my PC. I want to have to use my keyboard to switch weapons and channel power to appropriate systems and adjust shields. I feel this very strongly.
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post #13 of 93
8/5/09 at 12:37am
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Originally Posted by MikeI View Post
I want to be very clear on this. I want this for my PC. I want to have to use my keyboard to switch weapons and channel power to appropriate systems and adjust shields. I feel this very strongly.
Damn right! that was part of the charm fot the game:

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post #14 of 93
8/5/09 at 12:39am
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Originally Posted by Dr Syn View Post
Damn right! that was part of the charm fot the game:
Let me rephrase. I want many of the controls to be on the keyboard. Maybe not all of them.
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post #15 of 93
8/5/09 at 3:44am
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Originally Posted by Dr Syn View Post
Damn right! that was part of the charm fot the game:

Awesome image.jpg
This is what I'm talking about. I fucking want this. And the best thing is that you didn't really need to know all these. You could get by most of the game through skill alone, save for a few instances of having to order a couple of ships.
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post #16 of 93
8/5/09 at 5:28am
After the Monkey Island news, a mere graphical update on the original could be on the cards - but I suspect horrible, horrible reboot.
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post #17 of 93
8/5/09 at 8:56am
I was looking for a CD the other day and ran across my old X-Wing disc, and said to myself, "Why haven't they re-done this for the consoles or even the PC yet? This games was awesome!" The closest I've seen is the space battle portions of Battlefront II, but it's nowhere near as fun or diverse as the old X-Wing/TIE Fighter games.
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post #18 of 93
8/5/09 at 9:09am
I dunno. I'm pretty happy with the Battlefront flight sims. Don't need that improved, IMO. I never did play the originals, so maybe I'm missing sumpthin'?
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post #19 of 93
8/5/09 at 9:25am
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Originally Posted by Van Read View Post
I dunno. I'm pretty happy with the Battlefront flight sims. Don't need that improved, IMO. I never did play the originals, so maybe I'm missing sumpthin'?
You did miss it, but replaying them now would be disappointing. It was the shit back in the days, and it makes Battlefront look like poo-poo (seriously). Just a graphic update would be enough, Anything else is gravy.
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post #20 of 93
8/5/09 at 10:05am
Looking at that key-chart gave me carpal tunnel. I'm gonna take the Savage's word on it.
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post #21 of 93
8/5/09 at 10:11am
I used to love these games like few others. Only potential problem is that they're practically unplayable without fancy flight-sim joysticks, and who still has those nowadays? I guess I'd have to figure out all that pc gamepad malarkey.

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Originally Posted by MrMushnik View Post
I couldn't remember if there was a "defend the transports" mission in X-Wing or not, which I guess would count as a Hoth level, but I don't think there was.
I distinctly remember a *brutal* one in X-Wing which actually forced me to abandon the game back in the day.
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post #22 of 93
8/5/09 at 10:13am
You know, as much as I loved the X-Wing/TIE Fighter series, I think I loved Rogue Squadron for the PC more. I played the ever-loving crap out of that game. It was basically Crimson Skies with X-Wings.
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post #23 of 93
8/5/09 at 10:14am
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Originally Posted by Count Floyd View Post
And a serial port!
Well crap, computers don't come with serial ports anymore right? USB all the way I guess.

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Originally Posted by Van Read View Post
Looking at that key-chart gave me carpal tunnel. I'm gonna take the Savage's word on it.
Trust me you'll be fine all you really need to learn are the keys to re-direct power. Having a joy stick with a throttle control helps as well.
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Originally Posted by Fritz Chrome View Post
I used to love these games like few others. Only potential problem is that they're practically unplayable without fancy flight-sim joysticks, and who still has those nowadays? I guess I'd have to figure out all that pc gamepad malarkey.
Funny enough Best Buy still sells some decent cheap ones. This game is ment to be played with a joystick. Nothing else.
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post #24 of 93
8/5/09 at 10:18am
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
You know, as much as I loved the X-Wing/TIE Fighter series, I think I loved Rogue Squadron for the PC more. I played the ever-loving crap out of that game. It was basically Crimson Skies with X-Wings.
Yuh. On the Nintendo 64, that fucker was awesome. There was even and expansion cartridge to amp up the look of the game and everything! Picking off minuscule Imperial troops is a fucking fun little endeavor too...
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post #25 of 93
8/5/09 at 10:25am
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Originally Posted by Van Read View Post
Looking at that key-chart gave me carpal tunnel. I'm gonna take the Savage's word on it.
The key chart isn't as complicated as it looks, and the X-Wing games are a lot simpler than hardcore flight sims or even comparable games like Wing Commander (I think). They're just not flat-out arcade like Rogue Squadron.

The only thing you really have to commit to memory are the energy management keys, because you need to adjust that shit constantly (which is part of the fun! Transfer power from shields to lasers and pray to God!).
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post #26 of 93
8/5/09 at 10:31am
Actually Read, you barely used 25% of that chart. Like said above, the throttle was the most important thing, followed by the targeting and the energy allocation. It's dead easy.

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Originally Posted by Count Floyd View Post
The key chart isn't as complicated as it looks, and the X-Wing games are a lot simpler than hardcore flight sims or even comparable games like Wing Commander (I think). They're just not flat-out arcade like Rogue Squadron.

The only thing you really have to commit to memory are the energy management keys, because you need to adjust that shit constantly (which is part of the fun! Transfer power from shields to lasers and pray to God!).
Yeah. But Wing Commander was easier and less fun. But had deadly kitties.
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post #27 of 93
8/5/09 at 10:37am
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Originally Posted by Van Read View Post
There was even and expansion cartridge to amp up the look of the game and everything!
I also loved it on the 64. Don't remember there being much of an improvement with that expansion pack, though. Granted, I was 12, but still.
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post #28 of 93
8/5/09 at 10:41am
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Yeah. But Wing Commander was easier and less fun. But had deadly kitties.
And Ginger Lynn as your mechanic.

I loved all of the X-Wing/Tie Fighter games (especially 'Tie Fighter') and almost all of the Wing Commander Games (especially 'Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger'). They were easy enough to just install and play without having to learn all of the keyboard commands RIGHT AWAY; there was a learning curve that slowly introduced the necessary commands so that you became an expert by the end of the game without too much frustration.
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post #29 of 93
8/5/09 at 11:43am
Hey, many of us sim enthusiasts have very robust joystick setups, like my Saitek x52 HOTAS system. But yeah, there are still plenty of inexpensive flightsticks on the market, with both throttle and rudder controls on the stick itself (rudder being especially helpful in space sims).
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post #30 of 93
8/5/09 at 11:50am
All you are pussies, I had that whole chart memorized.

I've been on a nostalgia kick for these games for a bit now... any sort of update/re-release would be amazing.
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post #31 of 93
8/5/09 at 11:57am
Tried installing Tie Fighter on a friends PC the other day...yeah...seems not to work well on Win XP...and I was far too lazy to download any of the fake DOS programs that can be used to run it. I was able to watch the intro..and how I miss those animated cut scenes! Now I wonder if a Dark Forces remake is on the way...
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post #32 of 93
8/5/09 at 12:02pm
Enter your name, pilot!

fuck I'm getting excited
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post #33 of 93
8/5/09 at 12:14pm
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Enter your name, pilot!

fuck I'm getting excited

Enter your name, PILOT!

Intro! Brings back memories!

I know it wont happen, but I'll love it if they kept some of the midi score.
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post #34 of 93
8/5/09 at 12:21pm
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Originally Posted by MoonBaseNick View Post
I know it wont happen, but I'll love it if they kept some of the midi score.

Or rather make it a selectable option. Nostalgia is one thing, but I could do without the midi score meself.
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post #35 of 93
8/5/09 at 12:27pm
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Originally Posted by Jacob Singer View Post
Or rather make it a selectable option. Nostalgia is one thing, but I could do without the midi score meself.
Yeah, you are right..it would getting annoying. But something during the closing credits would be fun.
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post #36 of 93
8/5/09 at 2:05pm
As long as they keep the sound of the lasers, they can play the score with bagpipes for all I care. Talk about a Pavlovian reaction. As soon as I listened to the lasers in that youtube video I started looking for my joystick.
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post #37 of 93
8/5/09 at 2:22pm
PC/Mac would be nice, but I'd take Xbox Live Arcade if only for the multiplayer possibilities.
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post #38 of 93
8/5/09 at 5:44pm
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Originally Posted by MrMushnik View Post
One great thing about the originals: no Hoth.

(right? it's been awhile)
Yeah, but as cliched as it is, I can't imagine a new Star Wars game without one. I can hope though.
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post #39 of 93
8/5/09 at 5:47pm
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Originally Posted by wydren View Post
Yeah, but as cliched as it is, I can't imagine a new Star Wars game without one. I can hope though.
god damn if I have to tow cable one more walker I'm going to SCREAM
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post #40 of 93
8/5/09 at 7:43pm
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god damn if I have to tow cable one more walker I'm going to SCREAM

It's a pity Battlefront 3 has gone awol...



Ah, the days of dumping all power from Weapons and Deflectors into engines in a Y-Wing while trying to get the fuck out of a combat zone after overwhelming Imperial reinforcements arrive...
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post #41 of 93
8/5/09 at 9:18pm
... or switching shields to double front and tearing up the shield generators on a Star Destroyer at point blank range with no targeting so as to avoid their missile battery lock-on, then switching them to double rear to get the hell out of laser range, dodging whatever TIEs are left in the area and trying to bleed some weapons energy to buff those shields back up...


MEEEMMMMOOOORIIEEEESSSS....
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post #42 of 93
8/5/09 at 10:20pm
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Originally Posted by Jacob Singer View Post
... or switching shields to double front and tearing up the shield generators on a Star Destroyer at point blank range with no targeting so as to avoid their missile battery lock-on, then switching them to double rear to get the hell out of laser range, dodging whatever TIEs are left in the area and trying to bleed some weapons energy to buff those shields back up...


MEEEMMMMOOOORIIEEEESSSS....
Don't forget to link your 4 Lasers (if your in an X-wing) for a slower fire rate, but heavier punch.

all to the music of Starwars in Midi

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post #43 of 93
8/5/09 at 10:33pm
Hey guys! I thought Rebel Assault I & II were the best Star Wars PC flight sims!

(gets stoned to death)

Owwwwww!
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post #44 of 93
8/6/09 at 8:31am
Stones would kill you too fast.
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post #45 of 93
8/6/09 at 10:19am
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Originally Posted by Dr Syn View Post
Don't forget to link your 4 Lasers (if your in an X-wing) for a slower fire rate, but heavier punch.

all to the music of Starwars in Midi
I can hear that sound in my head now.
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post #46 of 93
8/6/09 at 10:29am
This thread made me wet.
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post #47 of 93
8/6/09 at 11:44am
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Don't forget to link your 4 Lasers (if your in an X-wing) for a slower fire rate, but heavier punch.
When I was attacking large ships, frigates and up, I would always link all my lasers together and dive bomb so I could take out sub-systems (turrets, shield generators, etc) faster and then unlink them and do strafing runs. I don't think it was any more efficient but it sure was cool strafing along a huge ass Star Destroyer listening to that awesome laser sound and watching its hull integrity go down.

Fuck, I want a game like this so much.
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post #48 of 93
8/6/09 at 11:56am
Never has a game been simultaneously so frustrating and so fun as when X-Wing required you to race back and forth defending a convoy from tie-bombers. The B-Wing expansion pack had some really fun missions, too IIRC.

I've actually spent hours in my basement trying to get my old 486dx running again just so I can play this game (OK, and maybe to recover a few [ahem] image files).
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post #49 of 93
8/6/09 at 11:59am
The only game that came close to the greatness of these was Freespace 2.
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post #50 of 93
8/6/09 at 12:06pm
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I've actually spent hours in my basement trying to get my old 486dx running again just so I can play this game (OK, and maybe to recover a few [ahem] image files).
I wish I still had my 75mhz pc.. I'll be playing this game as we speak.
Good luck on those ... "image files" and I know what your talking about...I have some..hum...images on a zip disk...a FREAKING ZIP DISK?!
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