Gaming From Atari to Alliance: Classic Star Wars Gaming (1982-1998) Discussion Thread

MOD EDIT- Repurposing this thread for discussion of all classic Star Wars games released between 1982-1998 (X-Wing Alliance is technically a 1999 release, but this thread is essentially meant to be "everything released before TPM"). This companion thread will cover games released after that period.

















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The first Rogue Squadron is now on available on Steam for only $10! It was install so quick. Less than 150MB for the entire game. Boy do I miss it when games were that small to install. I've always loved this game and am glad its now on Steam. What I would give to have a game like this but with Battlefront graphics

http://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-rogue-squadron-3d-is-now-on-steam/

 

Eh, it's been on GOG for over a year.

 

Yeah I happened to see this as well randomly while checking out the Steam front page. I absolutely loved this game so much on the N64. It was so great getting to see the difference of how all the various star wars ships handled and the gameplay is just top notch. I really hope we also see SW Battle for Naboo, as it used the same game engine and also had a PC version.

 

Yeah, that's a classic game too ZodaEX. I've tried playing RS over the weekend and its just as hard as I can remember lol

 

I keep trying to get into the original Tie Fighter, but my god does the difficulty curve look like a sine wave. I still can't get past one of the missions in the first campaign.

 

Let's talk about classic Star Wars gaming, shall we?


I had this game; as you can see it came out around the same time as the original trilogy. How many classic SW games can say the same?

 

The 2600 version was released a year earlier, but you can see the graphics improved somewhat on the Intellivision version.

 

It was really the first true "console wars". If you ask most 80s kids, they'd assume the first "console wars" were between the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. WRONG. The first true ones were between INTV and A26. Ask George Plimpton

 

I love that one. Especially the Empire character quotes - Palpatine's "never my fault" attitude:

"You have not adequately supported me on my mission - and it has failed"

and the gloriously snide tones of the Imperial droid advisor IMP-22:

"It appears that the Alliance is blockading one of your planets. Perhaps you should do something about it?"

 

Which one is that? I can't recall it and I'm sure I've played them all.

My all time fav from back at the end of the era listed is Mysteries of the Sith. I bought it on GOG a while back along with a load of others and have set a week free this summer to do pretty much nothing else but game. Cannot wait although I'm slightly afraid of how I'll feel about MOTS after a 20 year hiatus!.Glancing at some screenshots it looks like Star Wars designed by a Minecraft addict:

 

It's a strategy game called Star Wars Rebellion (Star Wars Supremacy in the UK). @Jedi Merkurian 's image above is of the strategic screen - with one window open to show the Corellian Sector.

 

The re-releases sounds great.... but I wish more of them were on PS4.

 

Ahhh, the game where I did a stupid challenge with the Empire on Hard: relocated to the Outer Rim entirely in the first sixty days, fortified the one "central" sector, and went on to retake all 14 other sectors one by one...

 

I loved this one back in the day. It was a pretty minimalist kids' game, but the ability to customize your avatar still felt like a new concept back then and the whole experience was very immersive. The puzzles and exploration were a blast, and a more leisurely pace than DF2: Jedi Knight.

 

I had this game for my Atari 2600: Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle

I remember it had some of the best sound-effects of all my Atari games.

 

A lot of great games here. I loved the Jedi Knight series & Shadows of the Empire. I also spent a lot of time on Rebellion & Rogue Squadron. A while back I bought a bundle on Steam which had almost all of these. Still fun and brings back a lot of memories.

 

The best part of this was promoting Thrawn to admiral of a fleet, naming his flagship Chimera, and sending him out to pacify rebel sectors. Those Dark Troopers were amazing too, they'd wipe out entire rebel armies lol. I never got into the mods but I remember seeing people make Mara Jade as a character too. It was so cool to see all the stuff from the EU come to life.

 

Given how important it is to research the best ships - and that Thrawns's the only major Starship Researcher, sending him out, probably works better later in the game, after you've gotten the best ones.