

Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter 1997
Developed by Totally Games
- Simulator, Action, Science fiction
Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter is the third release of the X-Wing computer game series. The player has the ability to choose for each mission which squadron he or she wants to fly in (e.g. either the Y-wings that disable a ship for capture or the X-wings that support them), his or her specific ship type, and the ship's armaments.
SimulatorActionScience fictionspace simulationspace combatstar warsspaceshipflightpilotlicensed gamegalactic civil warx-wingevil empiregalactic empirePC (Microsoft Windows)
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Earnest, plot-driven, classical in form and grave.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Totally Games
- Publisher
- LucasArts
- Released
- April 30, 1997
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- First person
IGDB rating 7.6/10 from 21 ratings.
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