STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition

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?

STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition is a action, space sim and simulation game developed by Lucasfim and published by Lucasfim, LucasArts and Disney.
Released on April 28th 2015 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 421 reviews of which 325 were positive and 96 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition into these genres:

Action Space Sim Simulation Singleplayer Space Flight Classic 1990's Sci-fi Retro

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Processor: 1.8 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (DirectX 9 recommended)
DirectX: Version 7.0
Storage: 216 MB available space
Additional Notes: The Windows version of STAR WARS: X-Wing (1998) requires a controller or joystick. STAR WARS: X-Wing (1993) can be played with a mouse and keyboard.

MacOS

OS: Mac 10.9+
Processor: 1.8GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with 256 MB VRAM

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

Still great. Plays buttery smooth, at any rez, and still is a blast. Mission design is fantastic -- shift power the engines, and get those tie bombers, or you're gonna lose. You'll need to mix it up a little, with the keyboard and the gamepad. There aren't really enough buttons. Not much of a problem, really -- think of it as a real X-Wing simulator, where not all the controls are on the stick itself. There are hardware wrapper mods available for playing in 640x480 (or higher) resolutions, and.. yeah it looks good, like an update from 1993 to like... 2004? Still a pretty good improvement, especially with the higher rez textures in the remaster. It's a hard game -- if you die during a mission, you'll either be rescued and get to try again, or be killed, or captured, and then your pilot career is over, you yeah, you need to start again. Yup, you read that right -- step aside, Dark Souls, its Ironman mode for everyone, all the time. You could copy your save file, if you want to cheat death (even though that's pretty sad) -- they hadn't made such a thing impossible, at the time. Should you buy it? Yes, yes you should. Worth every penny, if you ever dreamed of flying a starfighter, and have even the slightest appreciation for the quality of older games' solid gameplay.

May 2024

I played this in the 90's, and playing it again all these years later is even better. Its so much fun, makes you feel like a starfighter for real. Remember to save a backup of your character manually to avoid being captured by the empire and losing all of your points. Do it after every mission, and also verify game files every time too or the game might crash.

April 2024

An absolute classic sim. It has some flaws that weren't solved until Tie Fighter came out. For example, not being able to tell if mission objectives have been failed, meaning you may have failed the mission with no indicator to tell you so. But this game spawned Tie Fighter, and inspired so many other games. If you come in realizing it has imperfections, and some annoying limitations, you'll have a great time.

March 2024

This was the very first computer game I've ever had, originally for a Packard Bell computer. For those that aren't aware, Packard Bell became Hewlett Packard. THATS how old I am. I just thought to look for this game after 30 years, never thinking that it would be on Steam. Thanks for letting me relive awesome memories!

Feb. 2024

Classic Star Wars game from the 90's that was recently patched for modern systems. Personally, I prefer TIE Fighter over this one, but it's still excellent.

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9.75€

7.3

325

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Developer

Lucasfim

Publisher

Lucasfim, LucasArts, Disney

Release 28 Apr 2015

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