Anyplace to Get the game TIE-Fighter Still?

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-21 11:25pm

Never ever got around to picking it up and in a few weeks I am kissing DOS goodbye forever(Yearly Format and removing 98SE from the rotation of OSes) and I never got around to playing TIE Fighter

Anyone know where I can pick me up a copy through any means, prehaps which would be legil in say Austria but not here in the US?

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-09-21 11:30pm

Get the X-Wing vs TIE-Fighter Collector's Edition. Works in Windows, fully 3d.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-09-21 11:50pm

Bean, http://www.lucasarts.com/ has it. They still got Dark Forces for sale.

Post by **weemadando** » 2002-09-21 11:50pm

Can't be sure about this but I remember something about a TC of XW:A to TF...

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2002-09-22 12:01am

You should be able to find it on the internet. I could possibly...burn...a copy.

RayCav of ASVS · Post by **RayCav of ASVS** » 2002-09-22 12:12am

Get the X-Wing Pack. It includes X-Wing, TIE Fighter, X-Wing Alliance and X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter demo.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2002-09-22 02:23am

I got my copy of Tie fighter through Amazon.com for about $5.00. it was the version released for Windows with the graphics cleaned up, voice-over parts added (the flight officer talks to you now during the briefing and over the radio while you're in flight), and both expansion packs included. And they dropped the stupid "translate these symbols" copy-protection.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2002-09-22 02:15pm

www.Ebay.com has a ton of them. When I was searching for any POTF TIE's I was sifting through a ton of TIE games. But that was a week ago lol.

Cyaround,
Jason

Setesh · Post by **Setesh** » 2002-09-22 03:12pm

or go to a computer gamie store and look for white boxes marked 'Lucasarts' they rereleased them when each movie came out as 'collector' games.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2002-09-22 05:36pm

Get the X-Wing collector's Series.

Has TIE-Fighter, in 3D card enhanced loveliness, and will work on XP. (But not 2000, as it refuses to believe in the existence of DirectX on a 2k machine)

Next of Kin · Post by **Next of Kin** » 2002-09-22 06:06pm

Bean! This might help. The future shop usually has some old titles. i picked up x-wing myself about a month ago becuase I had never played it. Thus, I'm sure Tie Fighter is still available. Make sure to get the expansion pack so you can fly the Defender and the Missle Boat.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-09-22 09:18pm

I'm buying TIE Fighter too are the graphics good?

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2002-09-22 09:25pm

By today's standards, hell no. But when it was made, yeah.

Laughing Mechanicus · Post by **Laughing Mechanicus** » 2002-09-22 09:46pm

what a game that was, from a bygone era when Lucasarts made mostly good games instead of mostly bad ones.

You may find the graphics hard to stomach by todays standards but they were stunning when it was released, I played through it several times, it has a great story which many modern games unfortunately lack. I loved the way you played as the bad guys too

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I mean that game was so good if Lucasarts modernised the graphics and made it work on Win XP I would gladly shell out £30 for it, the later games in the series weren't a shadow of its quality...

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2002-09-22 10:00pm

XWA was great. Nuff said.

Laughing Mechanicus · Post by **Laughing Mechanicus** » 2002-09-22 10:11pm

I did enjoy XWA but never as much as TF, probably just because I prefered playing as the Imperials though.

Mr. B · Post by **Mr. B** » 2002-09-23 10:48am

Tie Fighter made my old computer crash. But it just such a sweet game. It was worth losing that POS comp. I wish LA would remake it and put it out for XP.

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2002-09-23 04:42pm

How about setting up a dual-boot system with Win 95?

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2002-09-23 05:07pm

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:XWA was great. Nuff said.

XWA was great. But barely 50 ppl play it on-line lol.
I want a fighter game that can allow us to create scenarios. That would KICK @$$.

Cyaround,
Jason

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-09-23 05:31pm

In that case get FreeSpace 2. It supports multi-player (Team, Deathmatch and mission-based) and comes with its own 3D mission map/campaign editor. Plus it beats any other space sim (including the X-Wing/TIE series... possible exception of Starfighter and Jedi Starfighter, but those are more console based).

The problem with TIE fighter and X-Wing is that you practically drive spacecraft at 100 km/h with weapon ranges under 2 km

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2002-09-23 06:21pm

Yes, see that's one thing I don't understand. You shouldn't be going slower than WW2 planes. They should make realistic speeds if they ever make a new X-Wing or TIE Fighter game.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-09-23 06:25pm

Hmm, yeah what I thought. XVT grsphics were ok...I'll probably buy it

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-09-23 07:36pm

Captain Lennox wrote:Hmm, yeah what I thought. XVT grsphics were ok...I'll probably buy it

XvT has good graphics, Alliance has even better, but XvT's missions are crap. There isn't really a single-player campaign (don't know about the expansion) and it's mostly for multiplayer.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-09-23 09:12pm

Slartibartfast wrote:
Captain Lennox wrote:Hmm, yeah what I thought. XVT grsphics were ok...I'll probably buy it
XvT has good graphics, Alliance has even better, but XvT's missions are crap. There isn't really a single-player campaign (don't know about the expansion) and it's mostly for multiplayer.

The expansion is ok for campaigns bigging ship fighting scale then XWA.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2002-09-24 06:03am

I own the TIE Fighter Collector's CD, which was made in early 1996, I think. It includes all addon disks plus the final campaign, voices for every character (Guy Siner plays the part of the Imperial officer!) and improved SVGA graphics. Ah, it brings wonderful memories! Flying as Darth Vader's wingman... furious attacks against the Imperial traitors... and Thrawn, of course!

Seriously, I don't own the game, go ahead and buy that newest version. It is by far the best Star Wars game ever.