Correction 8:58 a.m.: 1997’s X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter was not the culmination of the LucasArts starfighter games. X-Wing Alliance was in 1999. We regret the error.
These are the games you’re looking for. You cannot go about your business until you check out X-Wing and TIE Fighter.
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“We are very excited to be able to bring these classic interactive titles to our platform,” GOG managing director Guillaume Rambourg said. “It has been a long-time dream of ours. Luckily, Disney Interactive is always looking for new ways to give players access to content, so this was a natural collaboration. To those gamers playing these titles for the first time … may the Force be with you.”
Star Wars: X-Wing and TIE Fighter first debuted in 1993 and 1994, respectively (and the digital versions offer options to play the original or 1998 editions). They each earned a dedicated following who loved how both re-created the look and feel of the battles in the Star Wars films.
On GOG’s homepage right now, you can see the links to all of today’s re-released games, but the company also promises that it has “more to come” from LucasArts. That potentially could include other of the developer’s hits like the rest of the Monkey Island series and the X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter sequel, which was the first time the franchise offered multiplayer when it came out in 1997.
For now, it’s time to dig out that flight stick for your PC.