Tie Fighter and Xwing?

Grim.Reaper · July 30, 2014, 03:53:31 PM

Pulling this question out of the best space game thread in order not to hijack that one....but I have some questions concerning this game series and was curious if folks knew the answers.

1) If I understand correctly, the initial version of these games were released on DOS but at some point they were released for Windows 95/98, is that correct?

2) Which specific version of each game would you need to buy if I wanted to buy those Windows versions? Seems to be a lot of different names such as collector's edition, trilogy, etc.

3) Has anyone got the windows version to actually work on Windows 8? Any special trick or software required?

4) It sounds like the Windows requires a Joystick and does not support gamepad, which I would expect for an older game. When it says Joystick, does it mean a flight stick like X52 or something?

5) I believe the maximum resolution 640x480....kind of wondering if it is really playable in that mode nowadays...unless there is a mod.

Thanks for your help....kind of got the bug to try and find and play these, depending on the answers:)

BanzaiCat · July 30, 2014, 04:14:43 PM

Quote from: Grim.Reaper on July 30, 2014, 03:53:31 PM
Pulling this question out of the best space game thread in order not to hijack that one....but I have some questions concerning this game series and was curious if folks knew the answers.

1) If I understand correctly, the initial version of these games were released on DOS but at some point they were released for Windows 95/98, is that correct?

Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance was 95/98, yes.

Star Wars: TIE Fighter and Star Wars: X-Wing were both DOS/Windows 9.x.

Quote from: Grim.Reaper
2) Which specific version of each game would you need to buy if I wanted to buy those Windows versions? Seems to be a lot of different names such as collector's edition, trilogy, etc.

X-Wing Alliance has a rather significant mod community following: http://www.xwaupgrade.com/

Overall though it really depends on the title and what you want out of it. Check these links out.

http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_TIE_Fighter
http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_X-Wing_Alliance
http://xvt.uharc.net/

...

Wish I could answer your other questions. While I've admired it from afar (I played all of 'em back in the 90s), I never got motivated enough these days to go try to get them to work on my computer. I like lurking on the above sites occasionally just to see if something simple pops up.

Jarhead0331 · July 30, 2014, 04:43:57 PM

I say these games are best left as a good memory. In the end, I don't think it will be worth the time and effort to get them running. As good as they were, they have been surpassed.

Grim.Reaper · July 30, 2014, 05:25:12 PM

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on July 30, 2014, 04:43:57 PM
I say these games are best left as a good memory. In the end, I don't think it will be worth the time and effort to get them running. As good as they were, they have been surpassed.

You very well might be right....just the nostalgia of playing a good star wars space fighter game got the best of me.....why can't this stuff be made modern, darn licenses:)

mirth · July 30, 2014, 05:29:56 PM

Well Disney has it all now, so we'll probably get Tie Fighter: Princess Edition at some point.

Staggerwing · July 30, 2014, 06:16:14 PM

Quote from: mirth on July 30, 2014, 05:29:56 PM
Well Disney has it all now, so we'll probably get Tie Fighter: Princess Edition at some point.

Shhh... Don't give JJ Abrams any ideas for SW sequel material.

eyebiter · July 30, 2014, 06:23:58 PM

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GDS_Starfury · July 30, 2014, 07:32:46 PM

IIRC there were some updated graphics mods around.
here be some:

http://theforce.net/videogames/mods/xwa.asp

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/do1fn/did_you_love_xwing_tie_fighter_andor_xwing/

this looks pretty good:

http://www.maxgames.it/xwc/

it would seem that X Wing Alliance is the preferred game to use for the mods. makes sense as it was the last game with the best engine.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-x-wing-alliance-upgrade-project/news

GDS_Starfury · July 30, 2014, 07:38:03 PM

these are from the last link and not at all shabby:

GDS_Starfury · July 30, 2014, 07:44:45 PM

and here:

http://tc.emperorshammer.org/patcharchive.php

Grim.Reaper · July 30, 2014, 08:03:16 PM

hhmm...not too shabby....

Bardolph · July 31, 2014, 12:47:39 AM

I got X-Wing Vs Tie working on this computer under Win 8.0 a while back. Cannot recall the exact process but I used my original CD and here are the sites I bookmarked at the time:
http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/showthread.php?205035-OLD-SCHOOL-X-Wing-vs-TIE-Fighter
http://xvt.uharc.net/tech:patch

It was worth it just to hear "Don't touch anything until told to!"

mirth · August 01, 2014, 09:43:41 AM

Quote from: Bardolph on July 31, 2014, 12:47:39 AM
It was worth it just to hear "Don't touch anything until told to!"

Star hears that on every date.

GDS_Starfury · August 01, 2014, 01:51:56 PM

thats what the chloroform is for.

DUH! ::)

Nefaro · August 01, 2014, 02:56:51 PM

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on July 30, 2014, 04:43:57 PM
I say these games are best left as a good memory. In the end, I don't think it will be worth the time and effort to get them running. As good as they were, they have been surpassed.

Yup.

I attempted to play them again back around '99-'00 and I came to the same conclusion.