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Posted October 28, 2014
Make Admiral Ackbar proud, pilot!

<i>Star Wars</i>&reg;: 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 <i>Star Wars</i>&reg;: 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</I> and both [i]Tour of Duty expansions: Imperial Pursuit and B-Wing.

Fly over 120 deep space and Death Star surface missions against the Empire in <i>Star Wars</i>&reg;: X-Wing Special Edition, for only $9.99 on GOG.com!

Want to see it in action? Join BaerTaffy today, 6:00PM GMT (11:00AM PDT / 2:00PM EDT) at the usual place: <span class="bold">Twitch.tv/GOGcom</span> and bring enough popcorn to baer-out for solid two hours of unforgettable space combat! Not exactly Twitch-savvy? No problem! You'll be able to see the whole thing right here (and if you're confused by the timing, there's a handy countdown clock at the bottom of the very same page.

(C) 1993 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM or (R) as indicated. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. LucasArts and the LucasArts logo are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd.
Post edited October 28, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted October 29, 2014
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vandanger: Alright, THAT really and truly did make me LOL
*bows*
Posted October 29, 2014
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JudasIscariot: Does Admiral Ackbar even have teeth? Never saw any evidence of such in the movies :D
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F4LL0UT: Duh, of course he does! Don't you remember this moment?
That looks all kinds of Photoshopped :P
Posted October 29, 2014
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JudasIscariot: That looks all kinds of Photoshopped :P
So do most things in the digitally remastered versions. :P
Post edited October 29, 2014 by F4LL0UT
Posted October 29, 2014
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xucaen: I just bought this (and Tie) but can not play them. I thought being "re-releases" that they should support keyboard and mouse like every other FPS game out there. Even if these are the original DOS games, they should support the keyboard. How do I get a refund?
Considering the fact that each game maps several functions to every single key on the entire keyboard to control various subsystems of the ship, it is not possible to play the games /without/ a keyboard. ;o)

If it's not working for you then it sounds like you may be experiencing a technical issue that is either local to your setup or which may have not come up during testing on any of the test systems. In either case, GOG provides excellent customer support, just file a support ticket and they'll be more than happy to try to help you get the game to work. If they can't get it to work with reasonable effort they will refund your money if you wish, just read up on the money back guarantee policy for the fine details.

Also, check and see if they set up a game-specific forum for the game yet and if so you might want to report the problem there also so other users can offer suggestions and/or stumble upon it if they're having a similar issue etc.

Hope this helps.
Posted October 29, 2014
Can anybody confirm if the store page mentioning the 1993 version under IMPORTANT NOTICE section is a mistake? The 1994 version is mentioned in the description instead, so I'm not sure which one is correct.
Posted October 29, 2014
What needs to be done to get this game running. Doesnt seem to recognize my joystick.
Posted October 29, 2014
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tallen32: What needs to be done to get this game running. Doesnt seem to recognize my joystick.
You'll probably need to configure your joystick software to either emulate DOS style joysticks so they're visible to the game, or what I like to do with old games like this is use the game controller software (such as Saitek/Logitech etc. software) map controller buttons/axes/etc. to joystick axes and keyboard keys, or use 3rd party software to do the same if your hardware didn't come with such software.
Posted October 29, 2014
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JudasIscariot: Does Admiral Ackbar even have teeth? Never saw any evidence of such in the movies :D
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F4LL0UT: Duh, of course he does! Don't you remember this moment?
So awesome! +20
Posted October 29, 2014
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Elmofongo: As a guy that only experiance Space combat Star Wars games from this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQiAEeFwXac

Will I get that same experiacne with these older games?
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thehawkness: X-Wing and TIE Fighter are a bit different, they are more akin to the earliest flight sims on the PC. They are far more unforgiving, since you have to deal with a whole lot more: paying attention to your radar scope, cycling targets, ordering wingmen, and energy management (shields, weapons, and engines).

Rogue Squadron games were the watered down Arcade third person attempts at it. They were ok games, but not quite as in-depth. I prefer Rogue Squadron N64 myself.
Rogue Squadron 1 and 2 has First Person Cockpit modes. This guy just refuses to do it because he thinks its to hard :P
Posted October 29, 2014
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F4LL0UT: There's a rather universal fix for issues like these (you can read about it here). I created some registry files so you don't have to go through the whole process yourself:
LINK

Just run the corresponding registry files (depending on whether your Windows is 32 or 64 bit). Running the wrong one won't do any harm, though, just add a tiny bit of unnecessary data to the registry. Anyway, that's a common fix for older games suffering from screwed up colors on Windows 7, it *might* help. Chances are, though, that GOG already did the same thing and the fix just doesn't work on your system for some reason. Please report whether the fix worked.

Btw, if you feel uneasy about running registry files from somewhere on the web you can open them with a text editor and see for yourself that they only add the stuff that was also mentioned in the thread I linked to.
Interestingly, this didn't work.
Posted October 29, 2014
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OddDreams101: Interestingly, this didn't work.
Did you try what bryanhook suggested? (his reply may have gotten buried by mine)

Just updating the graphics card drivers apparently did the trick for him.
Post edited October 29, 2014 by F4LL0UT
Posted October 29, 2014
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Elmofongo: Will I get that same experiacne with these older games?
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F4LL0UT: What do you mean exactly? X-Wing plays *very* differently from Rogue Squadron but if you're wondering whether the assault on the Death Star is included: yes, it is.
Speaking of the Death Star battle in the films Am I the only one who like the Special Edition version of that battle then the original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8faBFPENMbg

The ships in the original look too static they don't fly as dynamically as they should. The CGI ships just move just right with grace. I am just saying thats the only CGI in the Special Editions done right imo. Probably because its easier to make a metal object be it a ship more realsitc than a CGI creature.
Posted October 29, 2014
I love the Star Wars films, and I am no purist... therefore I have nothing against the retcons, the updates and changes... besides two... Han shot first and Vaders No at the end... the rest is a clear improvement to me, including the new Death Star battle!
Post edited October 29, 2014 by Kondorr
Posted October 29, 2014
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Elmofongo: The ships in the original look too static they don't fly as dynamically as they should. The CGI ships just move just right with grace. I am just saying thats the only CGI in the Special Editions done right imo. Probably because its easier to make a metal object be it a ship more realsitc than a CGI creature.
The crazy thing is that they didn't even go all the way, inserting new CGI animations in some places while not changing anything about most of them. And sure, the new CGI shots look better, but they were still unnecessary and are inconsistent with all the shots they didn't alter. Also, somehow they managed to make most of the explosions look worse in the special edition.
Post edited October 29, 2014 by F4LL0UT
Posted October 29, 2014
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Elmofongo: The ships in the original look too static they don't fly as dynamically as they should. The CGI ships just move just right with grace. I am just saying thats the only CGI in the Special Editions done right imo. Probably because its easier to make a metal object be it a ship more realsitc than a CGI creature.
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F4LL0UT: The crazy thing is that they didn't even go all the way, inserting new CGI animations in some places while not changing anything about most of them. And sure, the new CGI shots look better, but they were still unnecessary and are inconsistent with all the shots they didn't alter. Also, somehow they managed to make most of the explosions look worse in the special edition.
Perhaps They left some of the original scenes because they were that good that they blended seemlessly with the CGI Ships and of course some of them are Iconic shots.

As to the explosion you mean how they are colored? I don't seem to care about that since fiery explosions should not happen in Space :P

And I like the Ring added to the Death Star explosion.
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