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"Memories"....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: February 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

"TIE Fighter is the best space combat game ever made." - Yes, this is true. Ahh, the good old days when LucasArts was pumping out great games like this. The only negative point is that you are fighting for the evil Empire (Boooo!) but this is handled nicely by the well constructed plot. You even get to fight alongside Vader himself. What more could you ask?

The Unicorn

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: October 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I used to own Tie Fighter a few years back with floppy disks were the hip thing. I had the game on good ol 486 33mhz and it was awesome, i coudltn get enough, however i had to format the computer and upon reinstalling, one of the disks had warped. I went to get another copy of the game, which was inadvertantly sold out. They never got another shipment, and i dont know anyone with the game, so i can no longer play it or even see it! Unfortunatley amazon is only shipping it within the US so living in Australia, i apparantly have no claim to the game that i have longed so desparatley for, so it remains my unicorn, unattainable. However the game is sheer quality and outlives its age, and as a starwars lover, i give the game a fitting 98/100 on my rating scale, (-2 because i dont have it).

One of the true all-time greats

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Along with such games as X-COM: UFO Defense and Civilization 2, a true classic. Why is is one of the greatest games of all time? One very simple reason. The graphics don't make the game good, the GAME-PLAY makes the game good. You get to be the bad guy, and that's always cool.
If you haven't played it, you are missing out on alot. I first played in on my big old 486 25 MHz with a whopping 8 Meg of RAM. I still have it loaded on my newest system, a 1.5 GHz 256 Meg system, with a video card that has 4 times the amount of my system RAM on that first computer.

Very good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is well worth buying! It is fun with o.k. graphics and is at a very afordable price.

Most awsome game I've ever played..

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

by far. It's perfect. You get awsome gameplay, Awsome graphics (considering the game's age..), and tons of fun. This is the best space-war sim i've ever played. This is the best Star Wars game i've ever played. If you get any game, get this one.

The Empire Needs You!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

For anyone who always rooted for the Empire this is the game for you. Stormtroopers may not be able to hit the broadside of a barn but pilots can. Seriously it's a great game that I wish they would totally update with a follow up release.

The Empire Strikes Back...but Good!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: June 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Tired of seeing Imperial Tie Fighters drop like flies against a target as slow and vulnerable as a patched-up Correlian freighter? Than this game is for you. The original Tie Fighter was a sequel to the original X-wing Fighter" game - both have been updated for Win 95 and 98 with better sound and graphics in the flight sequences. Between the flying, however, the graphics on each look like a throwback to the game's 486-era ancestor - with still characters and MIDI music (stereo sound is available during flights, so anybody who needs an excuse to hear that John Williams music should get either game). Since the collectors ed. of each game is strongly rooted to the earlier games, and with the original Tie Fighter having been the better title, the new Tie Fighter Collector's Ed. beats the XWCE. Besides the better and more believable interiors of the Imperial craft - the target computer in TF shows the ship and what direction it's pointing relative to you) is a better story. Here, you not only fight for the empire (how's that for a switch) but for its inner circle as well. Most of the time, the interests run in the same direction as the high command - now you have to investigate ships that your commanders want you to destroy, and you may find yourself getting shot at by some of your fellow Tie pilots. Even the obstacle course is better - with the complex tunnels and moving doors reminding me muc of the Death Star run from "Jedi". You start out flying the simple basic Tie Fighter (no shields and no hyperdrive) working your way up to the Tie Interceptor and up to the Tie Advanced. Not of all of your missions pit you against the rebellion - instead you'll spend more time fighting pirates or against both sides in civil wars (you need the empire's permission to war against anybody) or against imperial defectors (complete with their own star destroyer and squadrons of the latest in TF technology. A complex storyline will have you saving the empire from a coup and even flying alongside Darth Vader himself (if you screw that mission, you'll have to apologize in person).

Storyline and graphics aside, TF suffers for much of the same reason as XW - canned missions that have you blasting away at just about everybody can get pretty repetitive. You're the weak link - there are a few set mission goals and if any are missed, the mission is a failure (you'd think with their fleets of cruisers and their clouds of fighters, the empire could afford to miss a few hundred). Also, the XW/TF series has been advanced in meaningful but slow steps - with the collectors ed being a great facelift for the older games, but not a great improvement on them. If you've got at least an old P-200 MMX with a decent 3d card (I had the Voodoo2) you should make the jump to the X-Wing v. Tie Fighter, making sure that your version comes with the "Balance of Power" campaign. XWvTF was geared for Multi-player, but supported it poorly. Nevertheless, single-play is always going to a problem for scripted-mission games like these, and the newer games have somewhat better graphics and sound. If you're running a P3, I'd suggest going up a notch to "X-Wing Alliance". The collectors edition of either of the first two games is strongly recommended for those whose systems top out below 200MHz.

I highly recomend this game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I always loved TIE fighters and daydreamed about piloting one. And then this game came along and made my dreams come true. This is definitely the best computer game I ever played. It made me feel like I know what it's like for the pilots of the TIE craft. It made me feel that so much, that the next time I saw the scene of the four TIE fighters chasing the Millenium Falcon through the asteroid field, I felt like I was watching fellow pilots die, and I felt a remorse for the loss of my comrades. It's not that I'm that weird, it's just that this game is that GOOD!

Great when released but dated by today's standards

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: November 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Tie Fighter was a great space simulator when it was released: cool graphics, descent missions, great controls and lots of vehicles to choose from. The story line that connected missions is also good.

However, it is an old game. The high res mode is 640x480. If you are not buying this game for it's nostagia value, I think that you will be disappointed by the dated graphics and sound if you compare it to other, more recent releases.

If you are looking for a Star Wars themed game at discount prices, you may find Rogue Squadron or Starfighter Naboo as little more upto date options.

One of Best Star Wars Sims

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I had this baby when it was in 3.5" disks, and I loved it (after some time one disk get damaged and actually I lost the game).
Now, enhanced for Win 9x you don't have to worry for configurating audio or damaged disks, It just play excellent and with the 3D add you get better graphics. It just couldn't be better.

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