STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition

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1. 02 May 2024PCGamesN

   The best Star Wars game is less than $3 right now in huge Steam sale

   If you ever became bored with life and wanted to shake things up a bit, one of the best ways to add a little conflict to your life is to ask a bunch of Star Wars fans what the best game is. Then stand back and enjoy the chaos. Thankfully there is a definitive answer, at least to

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2. 28 Jul 2023PC Gamer

   TIE Fighter: Total Conversion patch adds ray tracing, but honestly I'm way more excited about the animated concourse menu

   Sometimes a couple screenshots and a list of patch notes just isn't enough for an update. Sometimes a new patch needs a proper trailer, and that's the case for version 1.3.3 of the Tie Fighter: Total Conversion mod. You can watch it below, and it's pretty glorious... Read more.

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3. 21 Jul 2023PCGamesN

   Star Wars TIE Fighter has a full remake, available to play right now

   A Star Wars TIE Fighter remake, which rebuilds and expands one of the best Star Wars games using the engine from X-Wing Alliance, is available to play, with a brand-new update, right now. Originally released in 1994, Star Wars TIE Fighter is the predecessor to other LucasArt dogf

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4. 28 Mar 2022PC Gamer

   TIE Fighter: Total Conversion may well be the perfect mod

   It can be hard going back to play a game you loved years ago. Sometimes nostalgia is strong enough to overlook things like ageing graphics, tinny sound and fewer of the features we've become accustomed to with modern games. But sometimes no matter how much you enjoyed a game in t

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5. 04 Jul 2021PCGamesN

   1994's TIE Fighter has been modded into 1999's X-Wing Alliance, spectacularly

   LucasArts and Totally Games' Star Wars: TIE Fighter is still one of the best space sims ever made despite being 25+ years old, but now, after "years in development", it has been modded into X-Wing Alliance - which wouldn't be impressive, given that Alliance came out in 1999, exce

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6. 04 Jul 2021PC Gamer

   Here's a stunning mod that remakes the original TIE Fighter

   group of dedicated fans have remade 1994 LucasArts classic TIE Fighter to frankly stunning effect, giving new life to the nearly 30 year old game. Using the engine from 1999's X-Wing Alliance, given new life by a major mod project to update that game, the creators of TIE Fighter:

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7. 31 Mar 2021Developer post

   March 2021 Hotfix Update

   Addresses an issue where the music is no longer playing during missions on the remastered version of the game.

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8. 06 Apr 2020Developer post

   April 2020 Update

   This game now supports 64 bit Mac OS X as well as addresses other issues for both Mac OS X and Windows.

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9. 20 Mar 2018Developer post

   Compatibility Patch Update

   Minor bug fixes and optimized performance, including support for the Macintosh.

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10. 20 Mar 2018Developer post

    Compatibility Patch Update

    Minor bug fixes and optimized performance, including support for the Macintosh.

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11. 01 Feb 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun

    The best space games on PC

    Space games have experienced a rebirth over the past few years, particularly space sims, but as many in the comments pointed out, you don’t need to be sitting in a cockpit to enjoy the stars. This updated list broadens our search for the best space games on PC, throwing strategy

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12. 03 May 2016Developer post

    CD-ROM Collector's Editions Now Available (and Win10 fixes too!)

    Hi Star Wars fans! In honor of Star Wars Day tomorrow, we're happy to announce that the CD-ROM Collector's Editions of X-Wing and TIE Fighter are now available! So if you own either game already, you now own the respective Collector's Edition too. (You may need to restart Steam a

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13. 03 May 2016Developer post

    CD-ROM Collector's Editions Now Available (and Win10 fixes too!)

    Hi Star Wars fans! In honor of Star Wars Day tomorrow, we're happy to announce that the CD-ROM Collector's Editions of X-Wing and TIE Fighter are now available! So if you own either game already, you now own the respective Collector's Edition too. (You may need to restart Steam a

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