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RETRO: Star Wars Gamers REJOICE! X-Wing & Tie Fighter Return

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Nov 2 2014
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It’s taken decades, but two of the best Star Wars videogames have returned to us – at long last!

GoG.com has cut a deal with Disney and released X-Wing and TIE Fighter, two of the top rated video games of all times into their catalog.  TIE Fighter has been rated top action simulator of all time on multiple occasions and both are pretty much mandatory for you Star Wars fanatics.

 

These are the games that created such staples as the TIE Defender and the Cygnus Star Gunboat, and many others.  Offering a perfect blend of simulator with action elements at a time when competetors were offering pure arcade action offerings like Wing Commander, the Star Wars sims were never duplicated.

Now they are here for you, pilot, for only $9.99 apiece.

 

Make Admiral Ackbar proud, pilot!

Star Wars®: X-Wing Special Edition, a classic space-combat sim putting you at the helm of the iconic starfighter, is available – for the first time in digital distribution – on GOG.com, for only $9.99!

It is the dawn of the rebellion, in Star Wars®: X-Wing Special Edition. The Old Republic is gone. The Senate has been abolished. The Jedi Knights have been exterminated. Now the last Emperor seeks to crush the last remaining opposition. Against the overwhelming might of the Empire stands a small but growing Rebel Alliance. Scattered resistance groups are uniting and what is needed most now are Starfighter pilots. Will you join their struggle to end this tyranny and become a hero of the Rebellion? Suit up, climb aboard your own personal X-wing and prepare to fight for your life. Out-maneuver the evil Empire’s TIE fighters and Star Destroyers and blast them into oblivion. The Special Edition offered here, includes Star Wars: X-Wing Collector’s CD-ROM and both Tour of Duty expansions: Imperial Pursuit and B-Wing.

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Fly over 120 deep space and Death Star surface missions against the Empire in Star Wars®: X-Wing Special Edition, for only $9.99 on GOG.com!

 

 

Become the wrath of the Emperor!

Star Wars®: TIE Fighter Special Edition, a space-combat sim that puts you in the ranks of Empires elite pilots, is available – for the first time in digital distribution – on GOG.com, for only $9.99!

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In Star Wars®: TIE Fighter Special Edition you’ll become a recruit of the Imperial Navy under the command of Darth Vader, and pilot space vehicles that will leave you breathless. In the wake of the Battle of Hoth, through their trechery at Yavin, the alliance of Rebels and other criminals have threatened the very foundation of the peaceful Empire. The Imperial Navy is called upon to eradicate the last of the rebellion and restore law and order. As an imperial navy starfighter pilot, you will safeguard imperiled lives throughout the galaxy. Join the Emperor’s cause in eliminating the Rebel uprising as the Empire strikes back! The Special Edition offered here, includes Star Wars™: TIE Fighter and Star Wars™: TIE Fighter – Defender of the Empire, both in the 1994 and 1998 versions!

Get swept away in story line loaded with spectacular cinematic cutscenes with Star Wars®: TIE Fighter Special Edition, for only $9.99 on GOG.com!

 

So, the age old question?  Empire, or Rebel?

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Author: Larry Vela
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