Star Wars: X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM

by LucasArts

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• ASIN: B00000K57P
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9 x 6 inches ; 1 pounds
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,252 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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As a member of the Rebel Alliance, climb into the cockpit of an X-wing and battle the Empire for freedom as you fly against deadly TIE fighters and menacing Star Destroyers. Fight in three combat tours of duty, including two add-on tours of duty, Imperial Pursuit, and B-Wing. You'll pilot three spacecraft with full instrumentation and 17 cockpit views per craft and dodge the weapons of the evil Empire in both deep space and on surface missions. Includes X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter: Flight School with 14 playable levels.

Product Description

Fly over 120 deepspace and Death Star surface missions against the Empire. Fly X-wings, Y-Wings and B-Wings. Full voice mission briefings with over 1000 spoken lines. Dogfighting, hi and run raids, treacherous escort missions.. all in the authentic Star Wars Galaxy. BONUS 14 missions from X-Wings VS TIE Fighter.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still the best space combat game!, July 8, 2003

By 

Andrew (Bedfordshire, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Wars: X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM (CD-ROM)

I bought the orginal XWing back in 1993 as one of the first games I got for my then state of the art 486. I was blown away by the game dynamics. Compared to most games of the time the 3D universe was incredible. Especially when compared to the SNES that I had just upgraded from. The developers had elected to use 3d polygons (now the standard) to build the in game graphics and this worked far better than its main rival at the time: Wing Commander and its 2D bitmap graphics. (Wing Commander was once regarded as the standard in space sims but is virtually unplayable now because of the awful graphics and boring AI/combat. I know I've tried it recently!)

Playing XWing now (the updated version included in the collectors CD) it still feels fresh which is an amazing achievment when you consider it is now 10 years old. It may not have cutting edge graphics but they work well enough and still manage to give a smooth and convincing 3D feel. The combat and power management gameplay is still engrossing even by modern standards. To be honest the gameplay stil knocks some of the more recent Lucasarts console based space combat games into touch.

The updated in game orchestral music score is lifted straight from the movies and is a vast improvement on the 1993 Xwing's midi version. This is one of the best and evocative uses of the original John Williams score in any of the Star Wars games. (Much better than in Jedi Knight 2!) You really live the Star Wars experience in this game. (Not only that but you can put the CDRom into a CD player and get the music in full on stereo Hi Fi quality.)

If there is one critisism it is the difficulty. Tie Fighter the sequel game (also on the CD) is much more fondly remembered than Xwing but that may have something to do with the fact it is a much easier game to get into (plus the fact you are the bad guy which is more fun). XWing is hard with a capital H but I think that makes it so much more satifying when you get that mission complete message.

If you like Star Wars, especially the space combat bits towards the end of Return of the Jedi and you have an older PC (even a 486!!!) this is an ideal purchase.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good game, June 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Star Wars: X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM (CD-ROM)

This game was worth the money I paid for it. It has great graphics, fun gameplay, and high quality sound. I would reccomend this game to anyone who has some free time and loves space adventure/star wars games.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many a college year wasted...sigh..., March 29, 2000

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"lylec" (Lebanon, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Wars: X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM (CD-ROM)

I remember playing TIE fighter for hours when in college. Hands down one of the best games available for any computer.

The missions are designed to be difficult enough to make you try multiple times, yet I never felt the need to throw the computer out the window because I just couldn't beat that one superhard level.

For Star Wars fans, many familiar characters appear in the game such as Mon Mothma and Darth Vader (when you are a good enough pilot, you are Vader's wing man for a mission).

One of those games I play and replay. Easy to get wrapped up in and really feel like you are there. There is a reason why many critics consider this one of the best PC games ever. I think I'll get off the net and play it right now!